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."
Mad props.
“Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho!
Ditch the masks or we will blow!”
Delta County has lots going for it, as you know, mountains, fun golf courses, several nice towns, high rated hospital system, lots of deer, elk..
“The Douglas County School District continues to balance the challenges of the ongoing COVID pandemic.”
The Douglas County School District continues to act like a pack of panicky morons.
“Tri-County Health, which issued the mandate, insisted that masks “provide protection and prevent the spread of disease”
Tri-County Health are a pack of hypocritical, malevolent, vengeful, cowardly, deadly, mendacious, meretricious, loathsome, despicable, belligerent, opportunistic, barratrous, contemptible, criminal, fascistic, bigoted, racist, sexist, avaricious, tasteless, idiotic, brain-damaged, imbecilic liars.
signs of some hope.
Mine was a soap opera. AND, not a good one.
The article is somewhat misleading. Tricounty health issues a mask mandate about 2 weeks ago but they have an opt out clause. Two of the counties that makes up tricounty health opted out and the third was considering it, so tricounty suddenly ditched their opt out clause - otherwise known as bait and switch. They the. issued a new mandate that applies to everyone in. h school where previously it only applies to ages 2-11. I am glad there is outcry this is ridiculous. I have already written my county commissioners and will work to overturn this. There is. one odence mask mandates work with adults let alone children but it certainly makes them miserable and has drawbacks. Hopefully we can do something to curtail power drunk public health agencies
at is order applies to private schools as well
And those are their good points….
I’ve run into a few of these types. That was my reaction as well. What does this little jerk think gives him the right to go around giving orders? Who does he think he is? I can tell you what he is NOT! He is not a mature adult. If indeed he is an adult, he failed to live the normal life experiences that lead to be mature. I’ll bet that you recognize that as well.
Slowly but surely folks are coming to realize that masks are completely worthless. A virtue signaling device forced on folks by unelected bureaucrats.
lol word
The older kids on my school bus refuse to wear them. Their school is mask-free, but the CDC has mandated masks for school busses.
It’s heartwarming to see the younger generation tell the government to GO POUND SAND!
Mine was too in many ways. It was also one heck of a party.
What struck me as similar is that these kids are loudly pushing back.
We wouldn’t have hesitated to push back at all back then and with more than just words.
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