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The claim: Parents in Vail, Arizona, took over the school board and removed the mask mandate
A group of parents protesting mask mandates recently swarmed a Vail Unified School District meeting in Arizona, sparking online claims of a school board takeover by the group.
The protest followed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey s April 19 announcement rescinding the statewide order that directed K-12 schools to require masks. This gave districts the option to implement their own face-covering policies, which the Vail school board was planning to discuss before the meeting was canceled due to safety concerns.
While the district has disputed claims that the parents replaced the school board, some users on social media claim the parents meeting had a legal effect.
Vail Superintendent responds to protest, urges parents to focus on what unites them
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -The Superintendent of Vail Unified School District (VUSD) spoke publicly for the first time following a large protest.
On Tuesday,
Wednesday night, Superintendent John Carruth shared a message with Vail parents and the public.
“In the Vail School District, we seek to provide parents with safe and nurturing school communities,” he said. “We have long valued and respected parental choice. We have long valued and engaged listening to our parents. This past year has been incredibly intense and emotional. Providing education during this pandemic has produced an endless series of new challenges that must be overcome. It has brought about many equal, yet opposite, truths. We have always welcomed the voice of parents in shaping critical decisions within out district. We should be able to conduct safe meetings where parents, students
29 Apr 2021
More than a hundred parents arrived at the Vail Unified School District meeting Tuesday night to urge the Arizona board to lift its mask mandate, only to find school board members had suddenly canceled the meeting, claiming safety concerns due to the parents’ rally.
Parents intended to object to the school board’s decision to keep a coronavirus mask mandate in place, despite Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) executive order on April 19 that lifted the mask mandate in K-12 schools.
According to the Election Wizard website:
A throng of parents later pushed their way into the board room while refusing to wear masks and demanded to speak with their elected officials.