After anti-mask protesters harassed a student and confronted the principal, a Texas elementary school asked the police to provide security services.
At around 7:30 on Friday morning, about 30 anti-mask protesters came to the grounds of Bennie L. Cole Elementary School. Protesters protested against the mandatory wearing of masks for students in the Northern Independent School District (NISD). The area is located in central Texas, just northwest of San Antonio.
Barry Perez, Executive Director of Communications at NISD, told the San Antonio news site MySA.com that on campus, protesters yelled at a student and told him that he needed to take off his mask.
“He went to the counselor because he was frustrated,” Perez added.
The school wrote in an e-mail sent to parents on Friday that the protesters reportedly confronted the school principal Tod Kuenning and “triggered a riot.” The conflict forced the district police to intervene. police The protesters were asked to leave. They left without being arrested.
Perez said the school requires the police to conduct security in the next week to prevent the protesters from returning.
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At least 108 of the 1,247 public school districts in Texas have a mask requirement.Although this is only 8.5% of the total area of the state, it also includes The five largest school districts in the state. These five districts alone account for more than 10% of the state’s 5.4 million students.
These 108 school districts ignored the ban issued by the Republican governor of the state in July and required masks to be worn Greg Abbott. Abbott threatened to impose a fine of $1,000 on officials who compulsorily wear masks. However, because the lawsuit challenged his power to issue an injunction, his injunction was not enforced.
On August 19, the Texas Department of Education stated that it will enforce the injunction once the court’s challenge is resolved. San Antonio Express-News Report.
At the same time, according to the WFAA report, as of August 29, Texas public schools have self-reported 27,353 student COVID-19 cases and 4,447 faculty and staff cases.
The problem of wearing masks in schools has exacerbated tensions between parents and schools in Lone Star State.
Last month, a teacher from Eanes Independent School District (EISD) in Austin, Texas Her mask was ripped off by angry parentsThe parents yelled at another EISD teacher because they said they could not hear her through the mask.
At the end of August, at a school board meeting held in the Dripping Springs Independent School District near Austin, a parent almost stripped naked in public comments in support of wearing a mask. James Akers only left a pair of swimming trunks to illustrate what happens when people refuse to wear clothes for the comfort of others. USA Today Report.
“It’s a simple agreement, people,” Akers told the board. “We follow certain rules for good reasons.”
School district board chairman Barbara Stroud (Barbara Stroud) then told Akers, “I believe you are a swimmer, but if you don’t mind putting on your pants and commenting, that would be greatly appreciated.”
