{"id":1231975,"date":"2022-01-22T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T22:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231975"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T22:24:10","slug":"fairfax-county-virginia-orders-principals-to-suspend-maskless-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-county-virginia-orders-principals-to-suspend-maskless-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax County, Virginia Orders Principals to Suspend Maskless Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-county-virginia-orders-principals-to-suspend-maskless-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The superintendent of Virginia\u2019s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maskpolice\/\">directed<\/a> principals in the district to suspend students who do not wear masks in school, according to a whistleblower report provided to Parents Defending Education (PDE).<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Scott Brabrand briefed school district principals Friday on the updated mask policy, which says, \u201cAny student who refuses to wear a face covering while indoors on school property or during FCPS-provided transportation, and who is not otherwise exempt will be precluded access to face-to-face instructional programming until they comply with the requirements of this regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>This comes only days after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed an executive order affording parents the right to choose whether or not to mask their children in public schools, which goes into effect Monday. Brabrand\u2019s briefing slideshow shows direct defiance of Youngkin by announcing the continuation of a universal mask mandate six days after the governor\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19589930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-131450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19589930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-131450.jpg\" alt=\"FCPS Face Mask Chronology shows direct, intentional defiance of Youngkin executive order. (FCPS \/ PDE).\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FCPS Face Mask Chronology shows direct, intentional defiance of Youngkin executive order. (FCPS \/ PDE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any student who does not wear a mask will be met promptly with a \u201c1 day OSS,\u201d or Out of School Suspension, for violating the district\u2019s dress code.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19589970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-132104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19589970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-132104.jpg\" alt=\"FCPS mask suspension policy. (FCPS \/ PDE).\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FCPS mask suspension policy. (FCPS \/ PDE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If a student wishes to appeal the suspension, the principal is left to determine if the return of the student to class would \u201cpose a danger to persons or property\u201d defined as a \u201cpotential increase in COVID transmission in schools \u2026 [and the] impact increased exposure could potentially have on the health and safety of other students and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The principal will also determine if the student poses an \u201congoing threat of disruption of the school\u2019s educational program,\u201d which includes the possibility that \u201cstudents, staff, and\/or families could be fearful for their health and safety due to others not wearing required face masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19590002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-132503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19590002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-22-132503.jpg\" alt=\"FCPS mask refusal and discipline. (FCPS \/ PDE).\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FCPS mask refusal and discipline. (FCPS \/ PDE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Left out of FCPS\u2019s mask discussion are the well-documented detrimental effects masking has on the social development and mental health of children, which has contributed to skyrocketing suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, and anxiety among young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand is turning school staff into the mask police and punishing children to win a public opinion battle in Virginia that was decided at the ballot box,\u201d&nbsp;PDE Vice President for Strategy and Investigations said. \u201cParents elected Gov. Glenn Youngkin to office to win back parental rights over issues from what is taught in schools to whether a child wears a mask at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yougkin\u2019s executive order allowing parents to opt out of masking their children is currently being challenged in court, and he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/government\/virginia\/vp-nw-youngkin-listen-to-principals-20220122-njwybc32ojgkxpktmxho43r2be-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&amp;utm_content=6251642814954#nws=true\">remains<\/a> confident the Commonwealth\u2019s Supreme Court will \u201crule in favor of parents.\u201d Until it is decided, however, and in the wake of defiant responses from Democrat-run school districts, the governor has told Virginia parents to \u201clisten to their principal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The superintendent of Virginia\u2019s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has directed principals in the district to suspend students who do not wear masks in school, according to a whistleblower report &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}