Fists flew after a Missouri school board voted to reinstate mask mandates because 180 staff and students were potentially exposed to COVID. The Pleasant Hill school district had 21 confirmed cases of students testing positive for COVID in the first nine days of the new school year, KMBC reported. It's part of a nationwide spike in COVID cases among children, which now accounts for 26.8 percent of all cases in the country. To curtail the spread in the Pleasant Hill school district, the school board unanimously voted to reinstate its mask mandate, sparking shouting matches and tense verbal exchanges during the meeting. That doesn't include New York City schools, which is the largest school system in the country and doesn't open until next week.

Source: Daily Mail September 08, 2021 14:26 UTC