Posted on 01/18/2022 3:06:09 PM PST by upchuck
In a surprise to no one, the radical Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax school boards in Virginia are ignoring the state’s governor’s executive order to eliminate masks in their districts. Yesterday the new governor in Virginia signed an executive order eliminating mandatory face masks across the state like most sane states have recently done.
Now WTOP reports:
Virginia’s freshly inaugurated governor, Glenn Youngkin, signed executive orders removing school masking requirements across the state on Saturday afternoon. Since that moment, Arlington and Alexandria school systems have joined Fairfax County Public Schools in reminding families that masking policies remain in place.
Youngkin’s list of day one executive orders put the power to decide if students should wear a mask squarely into the hands of parents across the state.
“A child whose parent has elected that he or she is not subject to a mask mandate should not be required to wear a mask under any policy implemented by a teacher, school, school district, the Department of Education, or any other state authority,” the order said...
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Refreshing to see the Trump effect take shape. When you say you are going to do something, do it. Everyone does not have to be a Trumper, but your word on the campaign trail better be acted on in office.
Younkin is not a Trumper, but so far his word seems to be his word.
Outstanding. Thank you Donald. You showed the way. Younkin... so far so good. Well done so far.
Interesting civics lesson the kids are learning from this. /sarc
Just before filming them issue ax handles to the administrators "to defend themselves against the unclean children". It will make the pictures even better.
Exactly!
I’ve thought this as well. Or better yet, National Guard.
The optics would be brutal. Our side needs to be more clever like this.
A nothing-burger response!
I wish I could “post the whole mess here.” But this is Jim’s house and we gotta live by his rules.
Bear in mind the excerpting rule is to his and our benefit. There are plenty of posts that would not be cared for by the article’s owner. That could easily lead to law suits and a real mess. Best to follow Jim’s rules.
There is no rule saying to excerpt GP. Where do you come up with this idea that there is such a rule? The rule is that you have to excerpt when it says you have to excerpt. All because LA Times didn’t like what we freepers were commenting on when it came to their articles — they didn’t sue anyone else who did exactly the same thing.
Virginia Governor Youngkin Responds to Northern Virginia School Systems that Refuse to Get Rid of Mask Mandates
By Joe Hoft
Published January 16, 2022 at 8:00pm
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/virginia-governor-youngkin-responds-northern-virginia-school-systems-refuse-get-rid-mask-mandates/#insticator-commenting
In a surprise to no one, the radical Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax school boards in Virginia are ignoring the state’s governor’s executive order to eliminate masks in their districts.
Yesterday the new governor in Virginia signed an executive order eliminating mandatory face masks across the state like most sane states have recently done.
Now WTOP reports:
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Virginia’s freshly inaugurated governor, Glenn Youngkin, signed executive orders removing school masking requirements across the state on Saturday afternoon. Since that moment, Arlington and Alexandria school systems have joined Fairfax County Public Schools in reminding families that masking policies remain in place.
Youngkin’s list of day one executive orders put the power to decide if students should wear a mask squarely into the hands of parents across the state.
“A child whose parent has elected that he or she is not subject to a mask mandate should not be required to wear a mask under any policy implemented by a teacher, school, school district, the Department of Education, or any other state authority,” the order said.
Less than 12 hours after Virginia’s first Republican governor since 2009 entered office and signed those executive orders, Arlington Public Schools announced that their mask mandates are still in effect.
Citing the state’s bipartisan Senate Bill 1303, the school system said that students would remain bound to mask requirements within their bounds. The bill, signed into law in early 2021, encourages in-person instruction using mitigation strategies provided by the Centers for Disease Control. Those strategies continue to include mask-wearing for those ages two and up.
“Arlington Public Schools implemented our mask requirement this school year prior to Governor Northam’s K-12 mask mandate, and we will continue to make decisions that prioritize the health, safety and wellbeing of our students and staff, following the guidance of local and national health professionals,” the system wrote in a statement.
Alexandria City schools followed suit, saying they would also be keeping their mask requirement in place.
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Governor Youngkin responded with the following:
We’ll see what happens in the next eight days. Hopefully, parents in these counties will let these radical school boards know what they think. Children have statistically never been at risk with COVID and masking them has been abuse.
Glad you know how to post.
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