Sometimes common sense prevails over craven politicians.
A judge in Virginia on Friday handed down a temporary ruling that seven school districts could keep their mask mandates in place — a setback to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who had signed an executive order making masks optional in public schools.
Last month, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, Hampton, and Richmond Public Schools filed a lawsuit against Mr. Youngkin, who had issued the order on Jan. 15, the day he took office. The order went into effect on Jan. 24. Together, the seven districts serve more than 350,000 students.
On Friday, Judge Louise DiMatteo of the Circuit Court in Arlington County granted a temporary restraining order to the school districts while the case makes its way through court. The judge said that Mr. Youngkin did not have the power to override local school board policies on mask mandates. The districts involved in the suit issued a statement on Friday saying they were “pleased” with the ruling.
“The order allows schools to continue to protect the health and well-being of all students and staff,” the statement said. “While the legal process on this matter continues, today’s ruling preserves the existing policies and practices in Virginia school divisions, which include masking requirements.”
Macaulay Porter, a spokesman for Mr. Youngkin, said the governor was “going to appeal.”
“The governor will never stop fighting for parents’ ability to choose what is best for their children,” Mr. Porter wrote in an email. “The governor often said that this is not a pro-mask or anti-mask debate. It’s about parents knowing what’s best for their child’s health.”
Governor Youngkin’s own children attend private schools that mandate masks.
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The fool running our state wants to lift the mask mandate in our schools as well. The teachers are even saying it’s about time. I’m at a loss considering many of our kids in our district aren’t vaccinated.
We live in quite the entitled society and any inconvenience is paramountly intolerable. My goodness what would they ever do if they got chronically ill. How would they ever handle the inconvenience…
The un-vaccinated adults or their children should be treated like we treat a young girl needing an abortion, even in the case of rape or incest . .
No Hospital nor Doctor can be compelled to offer her services. No Employer based Insurance company can be compelled to offer coverage for an abortion. Medicaid will not pay for that service except in the case of rape or incest and that exception was not the case for over a decade.
MAGA . Freedumb comes with responsibility if you want to be free to infect others you should be free to pay the price.
Contrary to the BS that vaccines do not provide protection they provide excellent protection against transmission. A 70% reduction of infection /transmission vs the un-vaccinated is not low efficacy.
You go girls!
How did the gov. miss the preramble of
the coninstitution? It sez:
“Citizens have the right to life,
liberty, and the hirsute of
test scores, PROVIDED
they mask up.”
What’s the kerfuffle gov.?
You wear a mask of benevolence
everyday like it’s Halloween.
HEY, leave them kids alone!
All in all, you’re just a
brick in the wall.
For our resident troll on masking. No need to mention the Manhattan residents name.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/04/covid-mask-effective-n95/
Some day, some time, people are going to forget the pandemic, and in a moment of astonishment are going to say, “Holy … over 900,000 AMERICANS DIED. NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND.”
And, politicians and supposed media people and trolls will have to look their children and grandchildren in the eye when asked, What did you do? and respond “Nothing” “I denied” “I didn’t speak up.”
900,000
I guess Youngkin has no problem wasting tax payers money. Republicans who promote limited government spending sure do like to pay for lawyers at the tax payers expense.
“The governor will never stop fighting for parents’ ability to choose what is best for their children,” Mr. Porter wrote in an email. “The governor often said that this is not a pro-mask or anti-mask debate. It’s about parents knowing what’s best for their child’s health.”
All parents are not created equal. All parents are not caring parents. Some are abusive to the extreme.
With a blanket policy like this, Yungkin is also fighting for abusive parents to have total control over their children’s health, too.
“Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. It’s a widespread war against our children that we have the power to stop, and understanding the issue is the first step. Just how bad is the issue of child abuse in the United States?
https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/
When i was teaching in the public schools (1975 – 2005), the law in California required me to file a police report if I suspected child abuse. If I didn’t, I could have been fired.
Younkin is advocating return to when parents had the power of life and death over their children’s. That’s called filicide and at one time it was legal.
“The United States has the highest rate of child murder among developed nations. The most common perpetrator of child homicide is a parent.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5282617/