Dubuque School Board To Take Public Comments On Masks

Dubuque Community School Board members will hold a special meeting next week to take public comment and discuss whether to require masks in schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the Hempstead High School auditorium on Pennsylvania Avenue.  On the agenda for the meeting is public comment regarding masks and a board discussion of and possible action on masks in schools. District leaders have been examining next steps since a federal judge on Monday temporarily ordered the state of Iowa to stop enforcing a law that banned school boards from requiring masks in schools.