A Pennsylvania judge ordered five school board members who voted at the
beginning of the school year to make masks mandatory to be immediately
removed from office.

The order is a result of a parent-filed petition to the West Chester Area
School District back in February, according to public media organization
WHYY. One of the parents, Beth Ann Rosica, argued that under the
Pennsylvania school code districts have no authority to require students
to wear masks.

The five removed were all the Democrats. The lawyer representing them,
Kenneth Roos from Wisler Pearlstine, LLP, said they submitted a motion for
reconsideration of Judge William Mahon's order Tuesday night. The group
anticipated it would be accepted for filing Wednesday morning.

The board opted to continue requiring masks after Pennsylvania's state of
emergency first ended in June 2021. It kept the decision in place two
months after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared the mandate
unconstitutional in December.

The decision from the Court of Common Pleas "states that the removal of
the board members named in the petition was a �procedural result� and does
not address any of the allegations made in the complaint" a statement from
Superintendent Dr. Robert Sokolowski reads. "Special counsel to the
district is in the process of preparing a substantive response on behalf
of those school board members named in the petition."

Sokolowski told district families and members of the community that due to
the ongoing legal matter he will not be able to provide additional
comments, but would provide updates when he can.

Judge Mahon gave both parent petitioner Rosica and the school district
seven days to submit recommendations for replacement board members. A
district spokeswoman did not respond to Fox News Digital's question about
whether or not that has been done.

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