Eva Harrison, the mother of two kids at Wood Canyon Elementary in Aliso Viejo, says the call to the sheriff's department was an unnecessary scare tactic
Law enforcement was called to an Orange County elementary school after a handful of students refused to wear their masks in class, and now, one mother decided to share her frustration behind what she calls an unnecessary scare tactic.
“I printed the picture, wrote, ‘This is your mask exemption,’ and sent my children to school with that,” Harrison said.Last Monday, her son and daughter were taken out of class, again on Tuesday and by Friday, a few other students joined. Eventually, they were taken to the principal’s office. According to her, the principal of Wood Canyon Elementary told them to take their protest outside school bounds. They left immediately, but she believes the police presence was an unnecessary scare tactic.
“The education code limits a school’s authority when it comes to disciplinary action. They can’t be going forward with criminal proceedings just based on a student’s choice to mask or not,” said Sharon Mckeeman, founder of Let Them Breathe.
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