Across the country, schools are implementing mask mandates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise and the U.S. grapples with the highly contagious Delta variant.
But their efforts aren鈥檛 being met without resistance. A number of governors are banning mask mandates, including in Phoenix, Arizona, where six school districts are defying Gov. Doug Ducey鈥檚 order.
Here & Now鈥榮 Peter O鈥橠owd speaks with , superintendent at Phoenix Union High School District, the first district in the state to require masks.
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