56575
  • Log in
The Daily Sceptic
No Result
View All Result
  • Articles
  • About
  • Archive
    • ARCHIVE
    • NEWS ROUND-UPS
  • Forum
  • Donate
  • Newsletter
The Daily Sceptic
No Result
View All Result

Arizonan Parents Take Over School Board and Reverse Mask Mandate

by Michael Curzon
29 April 2021 5:53 PM
Arizonan Parents Take Over School Board and Reverse Mask Mandate

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

Donate

We depend on your donations to keep this site going. Please give what you can.

Donate Today

Comment on this Article

You’ll need to set up an account to comment if you don’t already have one. We ask for a minimum donation of £5 if you'd like to make a comment or post in our Forums.

Sign Up
Previous Post

PHE Figures Show Cases Down in Every Region and Fewer Over-80s Catching Virus Than Ever – So Why Seven More Weeks of Restrictions?

Next Post

Update on EU’s Vaccine Passport Scheme

Subscribe
Login
Notify of
Please log in to comment

Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.

15 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

NEWSLETTER

To view today's newsletter click here

To receive our latest news in the form of a daily email, enter your details here:

DONATE

LISTED ARTICLES

  • Most Read
  • Most Commented
  • Editors Picks
News Round-Up

News Round-Up

1 July 2022
by Toby Young
Did Vaccines Really Save 500,000 Lives in the UK?

Did Vaccines Really Save 500,000 Lives in the UK?

2 July 2022
by Noah Carl
“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

2 July 2022
by Will Jones
Halifax Customers Close Accounts in Response to Gender Pronouns Fiasco

Halifax Customers Close Accounts in Response to Gender Pronouns Fiasco

1 July 2022
by Toby Young
The Ideological Capture of Nature and Why it Matters

The Ideological Capture of Nature and Why it Matters

2 July 2022
by Dr John Staddon
News Round-Up

News Round-Up

39
Did Vaccines Really Save 500,000 Lives in the UK?

Did Vaccines Really Save 500,000 Lives in the UK?

35
“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

34
Confessions of a Conservative Rebel

Confessions of a Conservative Rebel

27
The Ideological Capture of Nature and Why it Matters

The Ideological Capture of Nature and Why it Matters

3
“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

“There’s No Herd Immunity and Covid is Still Wreaking Havoc,” Says Imperial Professor of Immunology

2 July 2022
by Will Jones
How Governments Bullied Us During the Pandemic

How Governments Bullied Us During the Pandemic

1 July 2022
by Susan Broomhall
Confessions of a Conservative Rebel

Confessions of a Conservative Rebel

1 July 2022
by Nick Dixon
Pfizer Set to Seek Approval for Its Covid Vaccine in U.S. Babies This Winter

The Case Against Vaccinating Children Against Covid

30 June 2022
by Will Jones
Letter From a Teacher to the Conservative Party About Mask Mandates in Classrooms

Children Need to be Taught to See Through The Lies

30 June 2022
by Mark Shaw

POSTS BY DATE

April 2021
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
« Mar   May »

SOCIAL LINKS

Free Speech Union
The Daily Sceptic
  • Home
  • About us
  • Donate
  • Privacy Policy

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

RSS

Subscribe to our newsletter

© 2022 Skeptics Ltd.

No Result
View All Result
  • Articles
  • About
  • Archive
    • ARCHIVE
    • NEWS ROUND-UPS
  • Forum
  • Donate
  • Newsletter

© 2022 Daily Sceptic.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Please note: To be able to comment on our articles you'll need to be a registered donor

Already have an account?
Please click here to login Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
wpDiscuz
You are going to send email to

Move Comment