Tue Mar 1, 2022 – 7:37 pm EST
OAKDALE, California (LifeSiteNews) – A California school district is being sued for its treatment of unmasked students.
In a statement provided to LifeSiteNews by Sharon McKeeman, founder of Let Them Breathe (LTB), an organization advocating for mask choice based in San Diego, LTB filed a lawsuit Friday against Oakdale Joint Unified School District (OJUSD).
LTB alleges that “OJUSD is engaged in egregious actions against unmasked students,” maintaining that unmasked students were threatened with being marked with an unexcused absence, suspension, involuntary removal or disenrollment, inability to graduate, removal from extracurricular activities, some of which not requiring a mask, and disciplinary action.
LTB also alleges that unmasked students were denied textbooks, chrome books, and the ability to hand in assignments while masked students were offered extra credit. It is also alleged that unmasked students were forced to sit outside and leave campus without parental supervision while staff and administration were seen indoors unmasked.
“All students have a right to a publicly funded education and to their first amendment rights,” the statement reads. “Students peacefully shared their smiles this week after Governor [Gavin] Newsom and Mayor [Eric] Garcetti were seen unmasked
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