Angry parents refusing to wear masks halt BESE hearing

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Louisiana’s top school board cut short its meeting today to debate whether Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mask mandate for schools should be challenged, after a raucous crowd of angry parents packed the hearing room and refused to put on face coverings. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education warned the hundreds of attendees that they

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