Arizona Teacher Sues Phoenix School District Over Mask Mandate

Arizona Teacher Sues Phoenix School District Over Mask Mandate
A child puts her mask back on after finishing lunch at a socially distanced table in the cafeteria of Medora Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on March 17, 2021. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
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An Arizona teacher is suing the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) and its governing board and superintendent for requiring that students and employees wear masks indoors in defiance of state law.

Douglas Hester, who teaches biology at Metro Tech High School, filed the lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Aug. 2, the same day the district’s mask mandate went into effect.
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