January 11, 2026

January, 11, 2026
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Parents, School Boards, Unions Clash over Classroom Masks Across Country: ‘Unmask Our Kids Now!’

Parents are protesting and voicing dissent against mask mandates as school boards continue to require them to be worn in the classroom.

Utah’s Granite School District board attempted to abruptly end its meeting Tuesday when parents were unhappy that a state mask mandate had ended, but one for schools remained, KUTV reported.

The audience jeered as Utah state Sen. Kathleen Riebe (D) was invited to the podium to thank teachers and the board tried to end the public comment period.

“You let a senator come up here and speak in the name of my children, who you guys are abusing? Are you serious?” one parent said.

“You will listen to us!” an attendee shouted. “Remember this day! Remember this day!”

Earlier that day, parents in Seminole County, Florida protested outside the school administration building, holding signs that read, “Unmask our kids now,” “Mandates aren’t constitutional,” and “Medical freedom, no mandate,” according to Fox 35.

“Yesterday, (Gov. Ron) DeSantis (R) said the pandemic was over, we need to go back to living our normal everyday life everywhere,” parent Melissa Taylor said.

A school official said they will “wait and see based on health professionals” about repealing the mask order.

Parents at Southwest Allen County Schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attended Tuesday’s meeting to demand answers about the ongoing mask requirement, WANE reported.

Masks were not on the agenda, so the board would not discuss the policy.

“This is not acceptable, not at all,” one attendee said.

“So how can we give any feedback, because you’re voted in by us, so how can we give you feedback?” one woman wondered.

“When are you going to decide on the masking policy for next year?” a parent said. “Are you going to seek parent input for that? What data are you using to make decisions for the masking policy?”

School board president Brad Mills told the news station it is out of their hands, as it was mandated by the state.

“The rule is we have to have our kids masked in school,” Mills said. “They might make me think, ‘gee that’s a good idea,’ but it’s out of my control at this point. So for this year, that can’t happen. It’s not in my control. I couldn’t will it if I wanted to.”

Trustees of the Lexington-Richland 5 district in Columbia, South Carolina, dropped an August 2020 mask mandate Tuesday, opting to make them “discretionary,” according to the Post and Courier.

“We’re sitting here dickering about keeping babies in face coverings. It’s child abuse. No ifs, ands or buts about it,” parent Laura LaSalle told the board prior to the repeal.

“This has become political. Government overreach is done.”

But the nearby Lexington One district is keeping a mandate through the end of the school year.

“Masks absolutely have played an essential role in our return to school,” superintendent Greg Little told the paper. “We realize that people are frustrated with masking and the pandemic in general and we all want it to be over, but we’re not quite there yet.”

That district also had a meeting Tuesday night and “nearly all” of the speakers wanted the district to drop the mask requirement, to no avail.

Lexington-Richland 5 teacher Albert Jones asked the board, “Are you comfortable with even one person dying under your leadership? Masks work best when everyone wears one.”

“We are conditioning our children to be scared and I feel like we’re conditioning them to be scared because of politics,” Lexington-Richland 5 trustee Rebecca Blackburn Hines said during the meeting, according to the paper.

Board members in Ohio’s Blanchester Public Schools voted Monday to phase in a mask repeal, Cleveland.com reported.

Beginning immediately, students in Blanchester Public Schools will no longer be required to wear masks while playing outside or while riding on a school bus with the windows down, Fox 19 reports. On June 1, there will be no requirement to wear masks at all, including in the district’s buildings.

“Why not continue to follow the state and the CDC and the medical community’s clear guidance?” Ohio Education Association Scott DiMauro complained.

“It seems blatantly illegal, but it’s also just poor judgment. There is still significant spread” of coronavirus.

Board member Jeremy Kaehler said the decision came after parents expressed concerns and there was a consensus “of staff members believe wearing masks is not effective.”


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Parents are protesting and voicing dissent against mask mandates as school boards continue to require them to be worn in the classroom.

Utah’s Granite School District board attempted to abruptly end its meeting Tuesday when parents were unhappy that a state mask mandate had ended, but one for schools remained, KUTV reported.

The audience jeered as Utah state Sen. Kathleen Riebe (D) was invited to the podium to thank teachers and the board tried to end the public comment period.

“You let a senator come up here and speak in the name of my children, who you guys are abusing? Are you serious?” one parent said.

“You will listen to us!” an attendee shouted. “Remember this day! Remember this day!”

Earlier that day, parents in Seminole County, Florida protested outside the school administration building, holding signs that read, “Unmask our kids now,” “Mandates aren’t constitutional,” and “Medical freedom, no mandate,” according to Fox 35.

“Yesterday, (Gov. Ron) DeSantis (R) said the pandemic was over, we need to go back to living our normal everyday life everywhere,” parent Melissa Taylor said.

A school official said they will “wait and see based on health professionals” about repealing the mask order.

Parents at Southwest Allen County Schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attended Tuesday’s meeting to demand answers about the ongoing mask requirement, WANE reported.

Masks were not on the agenda, so the board would not discuss the policy.

“This is not acceptable, not at all,” one attendee said.

“So how can we give any feedback, because you’re voted in by us, so how can we give you feedback?” one woman wondered.

“When are you going to decide on the masking policy for next year?” a parent said. “Are you going to seek parent input for that? What data are you using to make decisions for the masking policy?”

School board president Brad Mills told the news station it is out of their hands, as it was mandated by the state.

“The rule is we have to have our kids masked in school,” Mills said. “They might make me think, ‘gee that’s a good idea,’ but it’s out of my control at this point. So for this year, that can’t happen. It’s not in my control. I couldn’t will it if I wanted to.”

Trustees of the Lexington-Richland 5 district in Columbia, South Carolina, dropped an August 2020 mask mandate Tuesday, opting to make them “discretionary,” according to the Post and Courier.

“We’re sitting here dickering about keeping babies in face coverings. It’s child abuse. No ifs, ands or buts about it,” parent Laura LaSalle told the board prior to the repeal.

“This has become political. Government overreach is done.”

But the nearby Lexington One district is keeping a mandate through the end of the school year.

“Masks absolutely have played an essential role in our return to school,” superintendent Greg Little told the paper. “We realize that people are frustrated with masking and the pandemic in general and we all want it to be over, but we’re not quite there yet.”

That district also had a meeting Tuesday night and “nearly all” of the speakers wanted the district to drop the mask requirement, to no avail.

Lexington-Richland 5 teacher Albert Jones asked the board, “Are you comfortable with even one person dying under your leadership? Masks work best when everyone wears one.”

“We are conditioning our children to be scared and I feel like we’re conditioning them to be scared because of politics,” Lexington-Richland 5 trustee Rebecca Blackburn Hines said during the meeting, according to the paper.

Board members in Ohio’s Blanchester Public Schools voted Monday to phase in a mask repeal, Cleveland.com reported.

Beginning immediately, students in Blanchester Public Schools will no longer be required to wear masks while playing outside or while riding on a school bus with the windows down, Fox 19 reports. On June 1, there will be no requirement to wear masks at all, including in the district’s buildings.

“Why not continue to follow the state and the CDC and the medical community’s clear guidance?” Ohio Education Association Scott DiMauro complained.

“It seems blatantly illegal, but it’s also just poor judgment. There is still significant spread” of coronavirus.

Board member Jeremy Kaehler said the decision came after parents expressed concerns and there was a consensus “of staff members believe wearing masks is not effective.”


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Forcing Americans To Fund Abortion: This Is Not Merely A Policy Dispute; It Is A Profound Moral Wrong

When we consider the moral truth of the sanctity of human life in the womb — and the equally important right of citizens not to be forced to finance its destruction — we are reminded of the words of another president at a moment of national consequence who said: “Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”

Pro-Family Coalition Urges Executive Order To Protect Religious Freedom Of Christian Parents

These four recommendations would prevent federal and state governments from unconstitutionally withholding adoption and foster care licenses from Christians or taking children with sexual identity confusion away from loving, Christian parents. States like Colorado, Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, Washington and California require prospective foster parents to affirm a child’s same-sex attraction and sexual identity confusion.

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