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Proud Boys and Anti-Maskers cause School to go into Lockdown
https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/anti-mask-protesters-cause-lockdown-at-skyview-hs/PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Anti-mask protesters caused a high school in Vancouver to go into lockdown on Friday.
Vancouver Public Schools Communications Director Patricia Nuzzo said a group was protesting Washington’s mask requirements for staff and students. The protesters were outside the school on Thursday and again Friday, when Nuzzo said they came up to the school.
Skyview, Alki and Chinook schools were also put into lockdown “as a safety precaution.”
Nuzzo said the protesters were turned away from the school by district security staff and administrators.
“The lockdown allows normal operations to continue inside the school. All students and staff members remain safely inside. District resource officers are onsite to help maintain safety,” Nuzzo said.
Vancouver Public Schools Communications Director Patricia Nuzzo said a group was protesting Washington’s mask requirements for staff and students. The protesters were outside the school on Thursday and again Friday, when Nuzzo said they came up to the school.
Skyview, Alki and Chinook schools were also put into lockdown “as a safety precaution.”
Nuzzo said the protesters were turned away from the school by district security staff and administrators.
“The lockdown allows normal operations to continue inside the school. All students and staff members remain safely inside. District resource officers are onsite to help maintain safety,” Nuzzo said.
UPDATE: Make that THREE schools that went into lockdown:
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/09/03/vancouver-schools-lockdown-anti-mask-protesters-entry/
Vancouver Public Schools officials confirmed on Friday that the Skyview High School, Alki Middle School and Chinook Elementary were put in lockdown after anti-mask protesters tried to gain access to school grounds.
Pat Nuzzo, communications director for the district, called the lockdown’s a “safety precaution.”
“This is related to yesterday’s protest against Washington state’s requirement for staff and students to wear masks or face coverings in schools and on buses,” Nuzzo wrote to OPB.
Patriot Prayer, a far-right group led by Southwest Washington’s Joey Gibson, and other far-right activists made posts online incorrectly claiming that a student at the school who did not want to wear a mask would face arrest if they entered school grounds...
Pat Nuzzo, communications director for the district, called the lockdown’s a “safety precaution.”
“This is related to yesterday’s protest against Washington state’s requirement for staff and students to wear masks or face coverings in schools and on buses,” Nuzzo wrote to OPB.
Patriot Prayer, a far-right group led by Southwest Washington’s Joey Gibson, and other far-right activists made posts online incorrectly claiming that a student at the school who did not want to wear a mask would face arrest if they entered school grounds...
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Donovan Farley
@DonovanFarley
Skyview High School in Vancouver, WA is apparently on lockdown after anti-vaccination extremists with a group of Proud Boys and @PatriotPrayerUS
broke into the school.
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Triss Winters
@TrissWinters
There is an ongoing anti-mask right-wing protest going on in North Vancouver at Skyview High School, which started small and has now attracted open white supremacists who are encroaching school property.
Video taken by a friend on scene, not my own.
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