Thu Feb 17, 2022 – 2:37 pm EST
EL DORADO HILLS, California (LifeSiteNews) — Hundreds of students walked out of a California high school Tuesday in protest of the district’s delay in lifting mask mandates, even as Democrats nationwide have begun abandoning the policy.
The Washington Examiner reports that the walkout of Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills “was a homegrown thing between the parents and then the kids working together to get everyone on board,” according to area parent Jennifer Yoder, after students were dismissed for showing up to school unmasked. “It just kept growing and growing. And then they eventually just got up and left those classrooms and ran outside and started their protest.”
More student protests breaking out around California.
We are taking our lives back, Gavin Newsom. pic.twitter.com/4eie2eOnCd
— Kevin Dalton (@NextLAMayor) February 15, 2022
Incredible image of protesting students at Oak Ridge HS! pic.twitter.com/RRSoB8P2Rm
— Reopen California Schools (@ReopenCASchools) February 15, 2022
Later Tuesday, the El Dorado Hills Unified High School District sent parents a letter announcing it was “changing our masking enforcement protocols. The enforcement of masking will be done by educating students and asking them
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