Principal at top high school slammed for allowing teachers to still tell kids to mask upBy Kevin Sheehan and Selim Algar
March 7, 2022
Teachers at a top Manhattan high school pressured students to stay masked on Monday — all with the blessing of their principal, The Post has learned.
Beacon High School principal Brady Smith apparently sought to undermine the mayor’s ending of the school mask mandate by telling parents that teachers could ask their students to wear masks.
“While teachers cannot mandate a mask in their classroom, they may request that students wear one as many of us have vulnerable loved ones at home,” Smith wrote in a letter obtained by The Post.
Many said they were repeatedly asked to keep their masks on by teachers Monday — even after Mayor Eric Adams made the coverings optional for kindergarten through 12th graders.
Students said that the principal’s position had a direct impact.
A freshman told The Post that he had giddily shed his mask — until he was pressured into keeping it on by an instructor.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/03/07/top-nyc-school-principal-slammed-for-allowing-teachers-to-still-tell-kids-to-mask-up/
