Unmasked students enter building in protest of mandate (encouraged by parents)

[A_Woman_from_MI]

Unmasked Manchester (Michigan) students enter building in protest of mandate
Video on social media (they so proud of themselves):

Link to tweet

The school's approach - very reasonable, really. Far more so than I felt, seeing the video of parents encouraging a bunch of teenagers to go ahead and possibly infect, maybe kill their friends.

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/09/unmasked-manchester-students-enter-building-in-protest-of-mandate.html

The unmasked students, however, were not allowed into any classrooms and were sent into a separate, isolated part of the building where they completed work for the day.

“It did get vocal and students did begin pressing against the door for entry without masks, obviously not being compliant,” Bezeau said. “I wouldn’t want to block students or anything like that, so that’s certainly how they got past us, but we were doing our due diligence and making sure that they understood that entering the building without a mask isn’t in compliance.”

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“I think part of the issue is the expectation that once we issued orders we were going to be standing outside ticketing people - that’s just not how it happens. Does the authority exist and can we move forward with it? Yes. Is it going to be an instantaneous process? It’s not.”

Public health orders are a civil issue that the health department -- not the sheriff’s office -- can cite people in violation of, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Derrick Jackson said.

[Irish_Dem]

1. These parents are failing their children in so many ways.

The list is long.

[A_Woman_from_MI]

10. It is

Not to mention being hounded to "take a stand" by someone's dad carries none of the sense of purpose when students actually organize to protest something they find worthy. The video kind of shows they knew they were props. The parents involved are now the focus on social media, and the kids got to spend the day isolated. Yay?

[Irish_Dem]

11. Right, kids bullied into being public props for Dad's embarrassing acting out.

[msongs]

2. one suspects they are all trump humpers nt

[bottomofthehill]

3. No mask no grade.

Defy the school order, you may be there but get no credit. Bring home the strait f report card.

[FreeState]

6. Agreed; expel them n/t

[bluestarone]

4. My way of thinking is just like a business's asking the sheriff to remove a customer for trespassing

The sheriff needs to remove a student IF the school requests it. Am i wrong?

[A_Woman_from_MI]

17. The students would be trespassing if they were expelled or suspended

At least, that is how I understand it, based on the linked article. It seems like the principal didn't want to escalate to the furthest extreme immediately. The unmasked students were isolated for the day. I'll be following the story to see what happens next.

[dsc]

5. I am going to be blunt

if those people had been black teenagers refusing to abide by a dress code, that cop would have arrested them so fast your had would have spun.

[A_Woman_from_MI]

12. Not overly blunt

It almost goes without saying.

The linked article suggests the sheriff in attendance was not empowered to arrest anyone, the agency of enforcement is the health department and they are authorized to issue citations (I assume with fines), but a minority district would have included a larger LEO presence, no doubt, and reasons for arrest (and I shudder to think what else) would have been found. I appreciate no violence took place. I wish it was always the case.

[chowder66]

7. I would be looking hard at these kids as potential school shooters.

They have no regard for others.

[2naSalit]

8. Teaching them that it was okay to...

Storm the capital and it's okay to do it whenever you don't get your way.

[BoomaofBandM]

9. There were some soccer t shirts. Maybe kick them off sports.

I mean, sports are about teamwork and following the rules.

[bluedevil4]

13. Omg

That is seriously crazy and scary. I’m beside myself in disbelief at what I just watched

[justgamma]

14. That's where my son lives.

They had to put off his open heart surgery for 2 months last year because of Covid. (Before the vaccine) This makes me furious. People like my son and others could die for their stupidity.

[A_Woman_from_MI]

15. I'm so sorry you had to go through that

I hope your son has recovered and stays safe and healthy

[Treefrog]

16. This is awful.

Truly.