{"id":8136,"date":"2022-02-04T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8136"},"modified":"2022-02-04T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:42:04","slug":"oakdale-high-schoolers-protest-mask-mandate-classroom-segregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8136","title":{"rendered":"Oakdale High Schoolers Protest Mask Mandate, Classroom Segregation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hekman<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High school students in Oakdale, California are protesting the statewide mask mandate. Due to the mask mandate, many students are banned from attending regular classes and forced to some alternative classroom away from fellow students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, 375 students from Oakdale Joint Unified refused to wear a mask, with parents protesting outside the school. Students say that those who do not wear masks are forced to the school gym. \u201cLet Them Breathe\u201d, one of the organizers for the protest said, \u201cOakdale CA students throughout the district are refusing to wear masks. High schoolers have been sent to the gym and filled it with more unmasked students on their way\u201d. They followed up saying, \u201cThese kids are following the governor\u2019s example and we are here to legally support their rights\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement is referencing recent photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2022\/01\/gov-newsom-mayor-garcetti-and-mayor-breed-all-violate-mask-mandate-at-nfl-game\/\">Governor Newsom maskless next to former Laker Magic Johnson at the NFC Championship Game in Los Angeles<\/a>, violating his and the local city order on masks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/hundreds-of-students-go-to-school-without-a-mask-in-stanislaus-county\/38966832#\">Jennifer Henry, an Oakdale parent said<\/a>, \u201cOur own governor doesn\u2019t follow these rules, so why should our children have to be wearing a mask?\u201d Another parent, Jennifer Poth, said her 8-year-old son was made to study outside in 43 degree weather because he was not wearing a mask, \u201cThey forced him to go outside in 43-degree weather and sit there and try to do schoolwork.\u201d Superintendent Dave Kline said that this was a mistake and took responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California schools continue to be under a mandate from the state, but the indoor mask mandate for business is set to expire on the 15th of February so maybe schools will end their mandate as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: \u00a0Brooke Chau\/The Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hekman High school students in Oakdale, California are protesting the statewide mask mandate. Due to the mask mandate, many students are banned from attending regular classes and forced to some alternative classroom away from fellow students.\u00a0 On Wednesday, 375 students from Oakdale Joint Unified refused to wear a mask, with parents protesting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oakdale High Schoolers Protest Mask Mandate, Classroom Segregation - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8136\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oakdale High Schoolers Protest Mask Mandate, Classroom Segregation - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by William Hekman High school students in Oakdale, California are protesting the statewide mask mandate. 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