OC Board of Education votes to support return to school without social distancing, masks

On the same day that Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified district administrators announced their schools would start online only in the fall, the Orange County Board of Education went a different way.
The conservative-leaning board voted Monday night on its own guidelines: for students to return to campus, without social distancing or face masks.
The lone dissenting vote was Trustee Beckie Gomez, also the only board member to wear a mask during the meeting.
The board has no power to direct