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Arizonan Parents Take Over School Board and Reverse Mask Mandate

by Michael Curzon
29 April 2021 5:53 PM

Earlier this month Arizonan Governor Doug Ducey signed an executive order lifting the requirement for staff and pupils to wear face masks at school. The order also permitted school districts and charter schools to “institute and enforce” mask-wearing policies – among other “anti-Covid” measures – if they so wished. The Post Millennial has published a great report on how some parents in Vale, Arizona, responded when they found out that their local school board had decided to keep the mask mandate in place.

The school board in the town of Vail, Arizona, had implemented a mask mandate in public schools. Parents weren’t having it, so they showed up at the Vail School Board meeting to tell the Board to make the masks optional. Even before the meeting began, the Board walked out in protest.

So what did the parents do? On Tuesday, they voted in a new School Board on the spot, then voted to end mandatory masking in Vail Schools. Parents gathered outside the School Board meeting to make their positions known…

Vail was one of those school districts that decided to continue the mask mandate through the end of the school year, noting that they intended to discuss the plans. In response, parents showed up at the scheduled meeting to state their preference for the masking orders to be lifted.

With parents in the parking lot, carrying signs that read “unmask the kids”, the School Board cancelled the meeting right before it was set to start. They cited “safety concerns”.

After the Board cancelled the meeting, the parents demanded to speak with the Board. Only a few were allowed to do so, while the rest crowded into the building. The Sheriff was called in. It didn’t quell the parents or their demands to free their kids from masking in schools.

One parent told local news: “These are my rights as a parent and they don’t get to decide how I raise them and what I believe is true and factual. It’s disgusting what’s being done and I don’t agree with it. I don’t. When you look at the flu, it also causes death. It also hurts people.” …

A video of the aftermath of the School Board walkout shows parents organising and taking charge in a very orderly, if impassioned way. They figure out how many School Board members are needed, and go about nominating, seconding, and confirming School Board members who are eligible to serve, based on the Roberts Rule of Order.

Once the fifth School Board member was elected, the brand new Vail School Board took up a meeting, and the first order of business was to do exactly what their predecessors had refused to do – make masking optional.

One of the new Board members, Anastasia, says: “I motion that the entire Vail School District be free of mask policy and it will be optional to all teachers and students alike, with no fear of retribution.”

Amid cheering, another Board Member seconds the motion, and it passes unanimously.

A great example of change being brought about from the grassroots up. But will the local authorities allow it to pass?

“School officials say district leaders are working on a letter to send to all parents as a reminder that the mask mandate remains in place,” reported local news.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: MasksSchools

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Jess
Jess
4 years ago

“A great example of change being forced from the grassroots up. But will the local authorities allow it to pass?”

Bloody well hope so. I’ve just travelled on the London tube and witnessed a mother with two kids no older than 4yrs old – all muzzled. There are NO excuses can be made.

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Messifan
Messifan
4 years ago
Reply to  Jess

Government mandated child abuse, that’s all it is.

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Jess
Jess
4 years ago
Reply to  Messifan

Yup, though in the case of the kids it’s not even mandated, yet.
They both stared at me and I couldn’t even bring myself to give ’em a grin it was so sad.
Their mother gazed at the void.

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Messifan
Messifan
4 years ago
Reply to  Jess

Sad it is. Neither of my daughters will ever wear a mask. Hell mend anyone who tries to make them.

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Annie
Annie
4 years ago

These parents love their children.

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Prester John
Prester John
4 years ago

A small Tea Party for our times.

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BillRiceJr
BillRiceJr
4 years ago

I wish this story would have reported how many Arizona school children have died from COVID in the last 14 months … and how many have been hospitalized …. And then report the total number of Arizona students in grades K-12 … then readers could do their own math, and then calculate for themselves the mortality and “health” risks to Arizona students.

Who knows? If a few readers did do this, they might ask: “Why in the hell do these kids need to be vaccinated?”

Last edited 4 years ago by BillRiceJr
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marebobowl
marebobowl
4 years ago
Reply to  BillRiceJr

What a load of NONSENSE. Show us the stats sir. Kids are at extremely low risk of COVID and certainly nearly zero risk of dying. Show me one healthy child who has died from COVID. This is the kind of nonsense we need to eliminate. Children with severe physical disabilities and severe medical illnesses are at risk just like every other age group. However a healthy child has nearly zero percent chance of dying from COVID. Shame on you for passing on misinformation!

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AnnabelleG
AnnabelleG
4 years ago

Well done – Nobody should be mandated to wear a mask – the box they come in tells you they do not prevent any virus —As for children wearing them — I have no words…

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Epi
Epi
4 years ago
Reply to  AnnabelleG

CHILD ABUSE?!

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SueJM
SueJM
4 years ago

Go parents!

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J4mes
J4mes
4 years ago

“School officials say district leaders are working on a letter to send to all parents as a reminder that the mask mandate remains in place,” reported local news.

In other words; the façade of democracy has fallen and behind it is the ugly mechanisms of communism. When strength in numbers is now so regularly dismissed by the few in power, you know something very bad is happening.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
4 years ago

Why aren’t parents doing this in the Uk? The studies are out for everyone to read. Take charge of your children. Schools and government are not looking out for children’s best interest.

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Jess
Jess
4 years ago
Reply to  marebobowl

Why aren’t parents doing this in the Uk?

Apathy, indifference, ignorance – get the Theaurus out.
So many assume their kids are “protecting one another” (heard in a shop).
A (literally) sickening altruism.

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Sayless
Sayless
4 years ago

Am I the only one to be amused by the name of the school? Vail AKA veil …?

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