The Stafford County School Board voted Thursday to end its mask mandate.
The board voted 5-2 to end the mandate Feb. 22 despite advice from their attorney to wait for the Virginia General Assembly to change the law to allow parents to decide whether their children should wear masks.
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WATCH HERETwenty days ago, the school board voted to keep kids masked.
The date was set to give schools time to change signage.
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