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Erin Mendenhall: Salt Lake City school mask requirement is legal and necessary

A mayor has the responsibility to keep our children safe from a potentially deadly pandemic.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "What if our message doesn't get through," asked Zemirah Grossman of attorney Greg Skordas at Monday's press conference, who told her the group would need a "better lawyer." Grossman, 9, sits between her father Nate and mother Maurena Grossman. A group of Utah parents is suing the state for its ban on school districts enacting their own mask mandates which they say leaves their kids unnecessarily unprotected and at-risk from COVID-19 in the classroom, Aug. 23, 2021.