North Carolina Superintendent in Hot Water After Talking About Mask 2-Year-Old's To Train Them to Comply in The Future

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<p>Wake County assistant superintendent Paul Koh talking about masking 2 year-old children at the Feb. 1, 2022 school board meeting, is blowing up on social media and prompted a response from state officials. “We have no interest in requiring face coverings indefinitely,” the district said in a statement Thursday. “Such a suggestion is wrong. Our priority is to maintain in-person instruction. And at this time, state health officials have made clear that safely achieving that goal includes the use of face coverings.” The board opted to continue requiring face masks for ages 5 and up. Face coverings are being recommended but not required for younger children. In explaining the recommendation, Koh told board members that teachers recognize that younger children can’t wear masks as long as older students. State school Superintendent Cathy Truitt referenced the video at Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting. “It’s very concerning to me that an assistant superintendent in one of our larger districts has presented to the state board a recommendation that we start masking 2-to-4-year-olds so that we can prepare them for masking in elementary school,” Truitt said. “That does not indicate progress towards removing the mask mandate.”</p>