During a virtual news conference Sunday evening, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa said the district will continue to require masks.
“We have to protect the health and safety of our students and until there’s an official order of the court that applies the Dallas Independent School District, we will continue to have the mask mandate,” said Hinojosa to reporters Sunday evening through Zoom.
He held the news conference to address the Texas Supreme Court’s order which came down Sunday evening. It sided with Gov. Greg Abbott, and temporarily block Dallas County’s mask mandate put in place by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. The order also applied to Bexar County.
Hinojosa said after consulting with lawyers, they don’t believe the order applies to DISD because the district is not specially listed.
“It listed Clay Jenkins and…
