The lone Democrat serving on the Maricopa Board of Supervisors issued support Friday morning for school districts considering campus mask requirements.
District 5 Supervisor Steve Gallardo, whose district includes the southwestern part of the county with cities such as Tolleson, Gila Bend and portions of Glendale, Buckeye, Avondale and southwestern Phoenix, said public health has to be the first priority in a pandemic.
The statement came after Phoenix Union High School District announced it was instituting a mask requirements for students and staff. The move comes after the state legislature passed a bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey that sought to ban districts from imposing mask requirements.
