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Laura Baker joins a group of parents with children who attend Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Glenview to protest the Archdiocese of Chicago's decision to continue the state's COVID-19 mask mandate on Feb. 8, 2022. The parents are asking officials to consider an "off-ramp" for masking in schools and urging them to adopt "mask optional" policies.
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune
Laura Baker joins a group of parents with children who attend Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Glenview to protest the Archdiocese of Chicago’s decision to continue the state’s COVID-19 mask mandate on Feb. 8, 2022. The parents are asking officials to consider an “off-ramp” for masking in schools and urging them to adopt “mask optional” policies.
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As pressure mounts on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reveal his exit strategy for COVID-19 virus mitigation measures, Illinois parents appeared increasingly divided over a Springfield judge’s decision that made masks optional for students at hundreds of school districts.