The school board doesn't have the authority

[Copper]

Pennsylvania judge boots 5 Dems from school board over mask mandate

Order is result of a parent-filed petition to the West Chester Area School District

A Pennsylvania judge ordered five school board members who voted at the beginning of the school year to make masks mandatory to be immediately removed from office.

The order is a result of a parent-filed petition to the West Chester Area School District back in February, according to public media organization WHYY. One of the parents, Beth Ann Rosica, argued that under the Pennsylvania school code districts have no authority to require students to wear masks.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-judge-boots-school-board-members-mask-mandate

[Jolly]

Moral of the story...Don't stick your tongue out at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and not expect repercussions.

[89th]

Masks are being dropped for pre-K classes starting next week, which impacts my daughter’s class. Honestly I’m glad.

[taiwan_girl]

(Not argueing weather masks should or should not be required)

But curious what the "basis" for the ruling was.

Can schools have a dress code? WOuld this be part of that or not?

I know some school districts in the US do not allow students to wear hats in school, or require certain color pants as part of a uniform, etc.

[Jolly]

Go read the Penn Supremes ruling. The schoolboard was mandating something that had already been adjudicated and struck down. The board's mandate was in direct defiance of the ruling.

Now, as to whether the judge can make the removals stick, I dunno.

[Axtremus]

A case of an “activist judge” not only overriding the policy of the executive branch but also booting the lawfully elected officials in the executive branch, eh?