Duval County Schools

At the "strong urging" of the state Department of Education, the Duval school district says it will no longer participate in the federal questionnaire for teens.

A group of teachers and staff gathering at the district's headquarters to demand N95 masks, contact tracing and more vaccination campaigns.

The district says a mask mandate will remain in place, but medical documentation is no longer required to opt out.

The Duval County School Board is holding firm on its mask mandate. But, on the advice of attorneys, the board chose Monday to keep its discussion outside public view.

According to a letter to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, Superintendent Diana Greene briefly planned to end the district’s 90-day emergency mask mandate.

Board members authorized the district’s legal team to sue over an emergency rule requiring school districts to allow parents to opt their kids out of mask mandates and quarantine requirements.

Duval County Public Schools has joined the growing list of Florida school districts defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order on school mask mandates.

On private social media groups, teachers discussed masked students requesting to be seated away from unmasked students and the frustration of being told by district officials they can't do anything.

School board members met Tuesday to consider whether to reconsider the district’s face mask rules.

The Broward, Leon, Duval and Alachua school districts began testing how far they can go regarding student mask mandates, setting up potential showdowns with the governor and education commissioner.