Thread by @APDillon_

Last night at the Iredell-Statesville Schools (ISS) Board meeting, parents signed up to speak about ending masks in schools.
Speakers included former Miss USA 2009 Carrie Prejean Boller, who used her Instagram account to rally parents to the meeting.
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Parents also spoke against the possibility of forcing children to be COVID-19 vaccinated in order to attend school. The ISS district is not letting parents proctor tests unless they are vaccinated.
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There's a bill (HB572) in the #ncga right now barring vaccine mandates. It passed the House with 10 Democrats voting Yes. It's now up to the Senate to move in it.
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Boller called out ISS board/district for requiring kids to get doctor notes proving they can't wear a mask, in violation of Gov. Cooper's exec. order which specifically says no documentation can be asked for.
Here's video, starting w/Boller:

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Boller: Enough is enough.
(Pointing at board) Just like you took your mask off to speak and you took your mask off to speak, none of our kids get to do that in school for seven hours a day.
Take the masks off our children. It is our choice as parents.
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Boller asked the board and officials present if any of them had asked a child what it's like & how they feel to wear a mask 7 hours a day.
None of them raised their hands.
Boller: Wow, that is sick... and this ends tonight.
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One thirteen-year-old student spoke, asking the board to let them take the masks off.
"You as the board have the power to speak for us, so please speak up, speak loudly, and get rid of the masks in our schools."
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Parent Michael Phelps:
Failure to unmask our children will require us (parents) to go to all of ya'lls districts... enlist & train voters and campaign viciously to toss every one of ya'll out of office.
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Another mom talked about the conflict of interest of the board listening to ABC Collaborative, tied to Duke & vaccine industry.
"The measures taken should not be more detrimental than the virus itself."
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The mom went on to say that masks and vaccinations should be by choice, parents should choose for their child, not governments.
"In a free country protected by a Constitution we must be able to choose. Stand with us on truth and law. Protect our children. God is with us."

After the last mom spoke before a break, the gallery of parents began chanting "no more masks!"


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