Hartford High School sophomore Kaelyn Courtemanche strides over to her mother Rebecca Courtemanche and sister third-grader Lana after leaving school because she refused to wear a mask on Monday March, 28, 2022. Rebecca Courtemanche, of White River Junction, Vt. was at the school in the morning with a small group to protest the school's mask mandate. The Hartford School District reinstituted its mask requirement on Monday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late last week that community levels of COVID-19 in Windsor County are "high." As students walked into the school some of the protesters shouted out "It's not a state mandate, you don't have to wear a mask if you don't want to". (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Hartford High School sophomore Kaelyn Courtemanche strides over to her mother Rebecca Courtemanche and sister third-grader Lana after leaving school because she refused to wear a mask on Monday March, 28, 2022. Rebecca Courtemanche, of White River Junction, Vt. was at the school in the morning with a small group to protest the school's mask mandate. The Hartford School District reinstituted its mask requirement on Monday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late last week that community levels of COVID-19 in Windsor County are "high." As students walked into the school some of the protesters shouted out "It's not a state mandate, you don't have to wear a mask if you don't want to". (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — Jennifer Hauck

Hartford High School sophomore Kaelyn Courtemanche strides over to her mother Rebecca Courtemanche and sister Lana, a third grader, after leaving school because she refused to wear a mask on Monday. Rebecca Courtemanche, of White River Junction, was at the school Monday morning with a small group to protest the school’s reinstated mask mandate. The Hartford School District reinstituted its mask requirement on Monday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late last week that community levels of COVID-19 in Windsor County are “high.” As students walked into the school, some of the protesters shouted out: “It’s not a state mandate, you don’t have to wear a mask if you don’t want to.”