New York Prep School Announces Students Will Be Suspended for Failure to Comply with Mask Mandate

The Horace Man School, a preparatory academy in the Bronx, NY, sent an email to students and their families on Tuesday warning them that they will be suspended and possibly even expelled for failing to comply with the school’s mask mandate.

“Upon return to school on January 3, students in the Middle and Upper division requiring prompting to wear a mask appropriately will be sent home without access to remote instruction For the duration of a two-day suspension,” reads a statement emailed to families and obtained by New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz.

Despite the fact that the students are children, the letter said those who wear the mask incorrectly will not be given any grace before the school takes disciplinary action.

“At HM, mask noncompliance for students is intentional noncompliance. There are no students at HM approved not to wear or struggling to understand or appreciate the need to consistently wear one’s mask over their mouth and nose. In almost every instance, noncompliant students already know who they are,” the statement said.