On Monday, the Voorheesville School Board adopted layered mitigation measures for the upcoming school year. 
With mask-mandate decisions being taken out of the hands of local school boards thanks to Governor Kathy Hochul, parents still voiced opposition during the Aug. 30 meeting. 

But they also spoke out against the board’s decision to require that students voluntarily participating in high-risk sports — football, cheerleading, and volleyball — be vaccinated against the coronavirus during periods of high transmission.

Albany County is currently labeled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a high rate of community transmission of COVID-19 — the worst of four categories.

Despite vocal parental opposition to the mandate, the data was borne out by the overwhelming number of students — save for cheerleading — who had already been vaccinated. 

— Sean Mulkerrin