Posted on 09/01/2021 7:39:44 PM PDT by george76
Students and parents all over Douglas County, Colorado took to the streets Wednesday morning to protest a countywide school mask mandate.
The organized walkout reportedly occurred around 9:30 a.m., just two days after the county's health department issued a mask order requiring all staff and students from preschool to 12th grade to wear masks (via The Denver Channel).
Some of the loudest voices were heard at Thunder Ridge High School.
"These people agree with me. They hate masks, and I do too," said Thunder Ridge student Cole Bradley of the students behind him.
"I believe that masks, they’ve been going from mostly two years now, this is going to be the third year of my high school career that’s compromised. I want a normal high school career there. If you are scared you could stay home," said student Austin Knapp.
Thunder Ridge High School students were joined by Ranch View Middle School students and their parents.
"There’s enough parents, and there’s enough scientific data to show otherwise, that this is just not a necessary option that they have to take, and there are enough students that feel the same way," said parent Amy Ellis.
Around the same time, students at Legend High School took to the streets.
Colorado Community Media reporter Jessica Gibbs posted several videos and pictures of the protests to Twitter:
Gibbs also wrote that a student told her less than half of students were actually obeying the mandate in the classroom.
As the United Kingdom and other places around the world begin to understand the lack of real data or science behind masking students and drop their school masking requirements, counties in the U.S. continue to double down. It's going to take direct action and, yes, civil disobedience like this, as well as voting pro-masking school board members out of office at the earliest opportunity, to turn this thing around. This is definitely a good start.
The Douglas County School District responded to the walkout with the following statement:
Douglas County Schools tells Denver7 "The Douglas County School District continues to balance the challenges of the ongoing COVID pandemic. We will follow the recent public health order issued by the Tri-County Health Department, which requires all students and staff in preschool through twelfth-grade to wear a mask while inside school buildings. Additionally, we will work with our families and staff members who cannot tolerate a mask due to medical or mental health reasons. Our goal is to keep our students and staff in the classroom for in-person learning.
Meanwhile, Tri-County Health, which issued the mandate, insisted that masks "provide protection and prevent the spread of disease which allows students to remain in school where they learn best."
Well my senior citizen friend, props’ is slang for respect and not props as you think literally so I didn’t diss the kid. Sometimes I forget to the geezer demographics on FR.
Leaving cities is a good thing.
better idea
instead of the street
move the protest to the
teacher’s parking lot
Please, please, let more of us rise up like this…as Europe and Aussies already have been!
It’s the teachers who are scared and want everyone in masks.
LOL I know what you did there…and showed your age at the same time!
(BTW, since I am highly tuned to the old days….what was so offensive about “props” to you? Did you think it meant something bad? The only literal definitions I can think of are literal “stage sets” or abbreviated “propellers”.)
Government union administrators and teachers hate children / prefer their Caribbean vacations / never missing a paycheck.
YES. Stand up for yourselves young men and women. Don’t leave it all to your parents.
Enough is enough. The masks don’t work. They hinder breathing. They make effective human communication and relationships even more difficult than it already is.
We’re in the middle of no where in Park County. It is beautiful here, and harsh. So we are going back a little closer to civilization. We can have a garden again.
Their parents should all be canceled forthwith!!
/s
Park County has some nice scenic areas / good to visit when the weather is nice.
Where next ?
This is great news I was hoping some yutes would start fighting back. Plus, it’s September, very nice out and who wants to listen to a stupid ass teacher when you can protest outside? I hope it spreads, please God.
I hope this catches on.
Last year high school teachers were encouraging students to walk out and join BLM marches (riots).
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Exactly, now it will hopefully blow up in their faces. A national anti-mask movement by school students could be historic. And the 50 year old pro maskers on Twitter etc will hopefully look about as cool as disco in 1980.
My wife mandates that I must drink Jack Daniels, I obey.
Ha! You should be here in the winter. But the deer, elk, moose, eagles, pronghorns and the 14teeners are just awesome.
We'll be in Delta County net week.
next... damn
Exactly. These kids are “sticking it to the man.”
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