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Radical leftists in Virginia are imposing forced masking on children in schools despite a state-wide executive order from Governor Glenn Youngkin that requires schools to drop the mandate.
The Frederick County (Virginia) Public School is illegally imposing forced masking. Enraged parents are taking the fight to the school board.
Footage captured at a school board meeting shows a man passing out subpoenas. School board members attempted to gather their things and leave but the parents stopped them in their tracks. Watch the clip below.
Parents serve members of Virginia board over mask mandates 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/jGHM8JCI8O
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“You broke the law and now we’re coming after you guys,” said one parent.
“You broke the law this week, then you stand up there and run your mouth about things.”
More on this story via RedState:
One member, Brian Hester, made a quick exit, ignoring the papers being served to him as angry parents called after him to come back.
According to The Northern Virginia Daily, Hester, along with Bradley Comstock, Ellen White, and Michael Lake, all voted to defy Youngkin’s mandate in a 4-3 vote. Brandon Monk, Miles Adkins, and Linda Martin voted against the move.
The executive order issued by Youngkin dictates that school boards were no longer allowed to decide whether or not children should wear masks, and leaves that up to the parents. In Frederick County, children were being treated differently if they refused to wear a mask, with numerous parents claiming their child was intimidated or threatened:
Riddell-Bellido said her child has not been back to school since Jan. 25, as he would not wear a mask. She accused some teachers of intimidating students into wearing masks and said that children who have not complied with the mask mandate had been bullied on social media.
“These children are receiving threats, they’re being told that they stink and they need to get out of the school to make the school smell better,” she said. “They’re being told they’re selfish, and education is being withheld. They’re not being given an education while they’re in these isolated places.”
Numerous other parents in the lawsuit allege that their children are being intimidated and threatened by teachers and students. They compared the separation of masked and unmasked children to “segregation” and said the unmasked students are being treated as outcasts. In addition, many parents wrote in the documents accompanying the lawsuit that the masks limit expression, hinder learning and ultimately distract from schoolwork.
The lawsuit also claims that religious or medical exemptions have not been recognized or granted. Moreover, school administrators have ignored students’ medical directives for exemptions by claiming the directives given by doctors were based on “unfounded cause.” Parents argue this violates Virginia Code 54.1-2902, practicing medicine without a license.
