Parents, Teachers Protest Mandates as Unmasked Kids Left Out in the Rain and Cold

Parents, teachers, and students protest mask and vaccine mandates in Temecula, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2022. Courtesy of Stephanie Dawson

A group of more than 100 parents, teachers and students criticized local school trustees at a recent Temecula Valley Unified School District board meeting in Temecula, Calif., over policies that allegedly forced dozens of unmasked students to study outside in the cold.

Stephanie Dawson, a parent, blasted the board for sending unmasked children at Temecula Middle School to do their schoolwork outside in the rain on Feb. 22, with daytime temperatures dipping down into the low 50s.