Teacher sues Phoenix Union High School District over mask mandate | State of Arizona Schools

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/AP) – The school district that chose to go against state law by requiring masks at school is now facing the first official legal challenge to its policy. On Monday, the same day kids in Phoenix Union High School District went back to class, Metro Tech High School biology teacher Douglas Hester filed a lawsuit against the district.






PXU mask lawsuit

Phoenix Union High School District, which has about 28,000 students and 4,000 employees, announced a mask requirement for teachers and students last Friday.




“What is important is making sure that the government is not above the law,” said Hester’s attorney Alexander Kolodin. “We’re just asking the court to say, one, the policies and procedures that the Phoenix Union High School District have enacted are unlawful and they can’t do it anymore.” The suit doesn’t (and can’t) seek monetary damages (although it does request attorneys’ fees).

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I’m my high school’s first Black male valedictorian. I won’t be the last | Ahmed Muhammad

Ahmed Muhammad recently became the first Black male valedictorian in the 106-year history of Oakland Technical high school in Oakland, California, graduating at the top of his class with a 4.73 grade point average (GPA) and offers from 11 top universities. A video of his moving graduation speech subsequently went viral, drawing widespread attention on social media and even earning praise from the state’s governor.

Muhammad had previously earned fame for founding a non-profit called Kits Cubed that brings science kits to young students.

In his speech, Muhammad tackled the unprecedented circumstances that defined the class of 2021 – from the

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