Parents in Vail, Arizona Did Not End Mask Mandate

Arizona’s Governor recently removed mask mandates for schools in the state and left it up to individual districts to decide on their own requirements. On April 27th a school board meeting in Vail, Arizona intended to discuss their plans. Anti-mask protestors disrupted the meeting and it was cancelled. A video spread on social media showing parents upset over the cancelation, including one woman yelling, “You are killing our children,” and one person, referring to a 14 year old, “He’s brave enough not to wear a mask to school tomorrow.” 

Although the meeting was canceled, parents went on to stand in the hallway and vote among themselves to elect a new school board. On April 28th reports began cropping up that the parents had successfully taken over the school board and voted to end mask mandates.