High schooler says she was escorted off campus by security for peacefully protesting CA mask mandate

The Grossmont Union High School District PIO referred me to Steele Canyon High School Principal Scott Parr. This is what Parr told me on Friday, February 3:Show more

"Steele Canyon follows the lawful masking requirements according to the guidelines set by The California Department of Public Health. We recognize that there are strong opinions on both sides of the masking debate. Furthermore we respect and support our students' right to peacefully protest in a way that does not disrupt the learning environment. I would like to confirm that no student has ever or would ever be removed or 'kicked off' campus for refusing to wear a mask while indoors. We work with students and families who don't want to comply with the mask mandate and offer equitable learning options and provide them with information regarding qualified mask exemptions. Thank you."

High school sophomore Maddie saw the picture of Governor Gavin Newsom and other celebrities maskless at Sunday night's NFL game at SoFi stadium between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. Keep in mind, California is under a strict mask mandate. School children in California must wear masks for hours a day due to California's two-year-long "state of emergency" that clearly wasn't enforced at a packed NFL game.

Maddie decided if Governor Newsom was safe without a mask, so was she, so on Monday, she said she peacefully walked into class without a mask on. Her teacher offered her a mask, but she wanted to "follow Governor Newsom's example."

The first video is included with permission from Maddie's family. It has thousands of views, along with social media videos of a few other Southern California kids that also decided to peacefully protest the mask mandate on Monday.

I asked Maddie about how the school handled it, her classmates' reaction, what the status of her enrollment is, and how her family is supporting her.

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