Thread by @emwest22

Business decorum is expected tonight at the Williamson County School Board meeting. Disruptive individuals will be asked to leave. No signs during the meeting. #WCSB

Kristen Benton, Daniel Martin and Steve Tabor (??) are being asked to the podium.

Benton is Moms for Liberty. She said she used to be proud of the school system. She said emergency online learning is not acceptable. Said she removed her children from WCS last year. Said they are about preside over the largest unenrollment of Williamson Co.

Daniel Gordon says masks don't work. Compares masks to lattice wall at Cracker Barrel. He is yell talking. He said Dems and RINOs need to step down.

Nick Shcriber is next at the podium. He says he is an Air Force veteran. Said the school board is keeping the public in the dark and they are they are in a dereliction of duties. Said the board isn't listening and when it comes to the mask mandates, he will "not comply w/ crap."

Patricia Lucinda said they have abandoned their duties and keeping a germ infested cloth is keeping them at a greater risks. She says her kids are going to Pearre Creek. Note this is a school with one of the highest opt-out rates of masks.

Jim Vintenel said the board loves the CDC and is citing that a classroom study didn't have a benefit. Said those dressed in scrubs pushing an agenda wouldn't be allowed near his sick child.

Erin Newman said she was glad to see parents here with righteous indignation. Said she read a CDC study in 2015 that masks aren't medical devices effective and that voting for it there is no evidence and that the public will rid them of an unfit officer.

Garrett said that preference is given to speakers of Williamson County. The crowd is laughing.

Natalie Showalker (sp) is reading her son's letter. Told the board he was miserable at school and anxious about quarantine and that he was peeved he was required to wear masks. Said he was miserable from the masks and that it affected his grades.

Marissa Diprock (sp) said her son started navigating the school in an unsafe environment. Said that masks should only be requested because food allergies aren't mandated but requested.

Kelly Jackson said she's a parent with Moms for Liberty. Said that the statehouse has determined they don't have the authority for masks. She's reading that they can't mandate masks based on a Williamson case.

The case was dismissed and didn't set precedent.

Jana Leslie said she was a lone voice in the wilderness b/c of parent choice and moved her family away from COVID-19 tyranny. Said the school board was practicing government overreach.

Jenny Halterman said she was there for parents rights regardless of their viewpoints regarding COVID-19. Said parents' rights have been violated. Said they have made options available. That if the school board mandate masks they take away a place for children to learn.

Charles Chapman said he's a husband of a teacher and has two students. Said he's sad about what's going on. Said he never got any contact letter last year. Said in the two weeks they've been back in school he's gotten 5. Said his experience with last year worked better.

Thomas Silenski (not sure of the name). Said he served 8 years defending freedom. Freedom to not wear a mask. To not infringe upon his freedom as a parent. He lives in Fairview.

Mary Smith said strong leadership matters and the COVID is here to stay. Said they are elected leaders and that's what they are asking. Asking for more solutions. Asking for prayer in crazy times and that the school board shouldn't listen to government bureaucrats or media.

Gary Graham has the mic now. Said parents and doctors knows what best for his children. Said that the only masks that work is a N-95 masks. Said he done research on the mask through a Cleveland clinic releasing it. Said sitting in cloth masks look silly and it affects oxygen.

Mandy Buckles said there were more deaths from H1N1 that COVID-19.

Justin Kanew said he didn't want the only voices at the school board being 'their's.' Said rural bus routes has kids being up at 5 a.m. Said they should be allowing remote learning if parents want it. That it should be a parent choice.

Alika Riordan said he was a volunteer firefighter and former military. Said he served his country and the oath to protect the community. Said we are in a pandemic and can't bury heads in the sand. Said he used a mask on a man who died from COVID. Said masks do work.

Jessica Bell said she was a recent transplant from CA. Said she has autoimmune conditions. Said she could choose which doctor they listen to. Said she doesn't comply with mask mandates.

Andrew Zen said he has two twin boys entering K this year. Has been a sub. Said that masks don't stop the spread of the virus. That is stops friendship and learning.

Jason Rouble said his kids go to Page. That public sentiment isn't with the masks. So as elected officials, he said they should go with the will of the people there. That the psychological damage - that there's been more suicides with this.

Courtney Martino called the board bad babysitters. Said that walking around with Tennessee, she questions their faith and if they don't believe in the gospel she questions their intelligence.

Robbie Starbuck is the next speaker. Father of 3 kids in WCS. He said he is releasing CDC data and comparing kids getting COVID to an astroid taking out the whole world.

Liz Custard said she's from a family of doctors. Couldn't play hookey from school. Said she had grandkids from D7. Said her son took the horse medicine to help her son with COVID-19 and that kids should wash their hands and using the horse medicine helps.

Jen Baker is next on the mic. Said that the CDC published a study of Georgia schools with COVID mitigation in place. Said forced student masking weren't having a statistically benefit.

Lisa Veil is next. Said she recently moved to TN. She wore a mask and as an adult she assesses danger. That masking should be her decision not the board's.