Posted on Dec 5, 2022
Schmitt backed off COVID lawsuits, but Lee’s Summit schools want answers about his authority
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As Eric Schmitt prepares to leave the Missouri Attorney General's Office for the U.S. Senate, the Lee's Summit School District still wants a judge to rule about whether he had authority to demand that schools rescind public health orders.
Even though Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt backed off months ago from his lawsuits seeking to prevent schools from enforcing COVID-19 safety measures, one Kansas City-area school district is forging ahead, testing how much power Schmitt’s office can exercise in health emergencies.
After Schmitt sued the Lee’s Summit School District in January to rescind rules meant to mitigate the risk of coronavirus transmission in schools, the district fired back with a counterclaim arguing that Schmitt’s “bullying” behavior threatened the balance of authority between state and school district officials.
Even though Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt backed off months ago from his lawsuits seeking to prevent schools from enforcing COVID-19 safety measures, one Kansas City-area school district is forging ahead, testing how much power Schmitt’s office can exercise in health emergencies.
After Schmitt sued the Lee’s Summit School District in January to rescind rules meant to mitigate the risk of coronavirus transmission in schools, the district fired back with a counterclaim arguing that Schmitt’s “bullying” behavior threatened the balance of authority between state and school district officials.
Schmitt backed off COVID lawsuits, but Lee’s Summit schools want answers about his authority
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This is one of those issues where the majority of Missouri is "Red", and Kansas City, Saint Louis, and Springfield are our liberal problem children. I don't think this has anything to do with Covid, but rather a political party issue. Democrats can't stand Republican politicians, and vice-versa. So, the liberal city is going to continue it's attack against the Republicans.
As a school bus driver in Missouri, many of the rules were left up to the specific school districts. For instance, I had to wear a mask anytime I had kids on the bus for over a year, because it was a federal law for transportation entities. However; the kids didn't wear masks during the day in school, but they were required to wear them on the bus. Moronic if you ask me. Did they really think wearing the mask on the bus, after not wearing a mask all day in the classroom was going to prevent transmission of the virus? Not to mention, some of those trips were to wrestling tournaments. The policy of the host schools, were that the kids had to wear the masks until they got on the mat for their match, then they could take the mask off. Think about that. How close are wrestlers and their faces while they are in the heat of battle? Again, didn't make sense to me.
As a school bus driver in Missouri, many of the rules were left up to the specific school districts. For instance, I had to wear a mask anytime I had kids on the bus for over a year, because it was a federal law for transportation entities. However; the kids didn't wear masks during the day in school, but they were required to wear them on the bus. Moronic if you ask me. Did they really think wearing the mask on the bus, after not wearing a mask all day in the classroom was going to prevent transmission of the virus? Not to mention, some of those trips were to wrestling tournaments. The policy of the host schools, were that the kids had to wear the masks until they got on the mat for their match, then they could take the mask off. Think about that. How close are wrestlers and their faces while they are in the heat of battle? Again, didn't make sense to me.
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