Masks - SquareOffs

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

Asked by ABC 17 News

383 Votes

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

The federal Department of Education said Monday that it is investigating school mask mandate bans in five states as possible civil rights violations.

The federal Department of Education said Monday that it is investigating school mask mandate bans in five states as possible civil rights violations. Show Less

2 Comments

Lesley Allen

Someone has to hold these governors accountable! They are lining their own pockets by sacrificing the wellbeing of our youngest and most vunerable citizens. Sickening.

Max

All mask mandates should be considered null and void. They are ineffective and they cause mental health issues. Just look at the school board members.

55%

No

Mask mandate opponents frame the issue as one of personal freedom that should not involve government.

Mask mandate opponents frame the issue as one of personal freedom that should not involve government. Show Less

3 Comments

Mark Cunningham

We say we do not need to mask up in public and allow businesses to decide, yet we want to allow school districts to make them mandatory?

Thomas James Hoey

They should investigate the mandates. It should be every persons choice to choose. No one is saying you can't wear a mask, just that you don't have to if you don't want to.

Do you support the Missouri attorney general's lawsuit to ban school mask mandates?

Asked by ABC 17 News

1,119 Votes

Do you support the Missouri attorney general's lawsuit to ban school mask mandates?

34%

Yes Yes

66%

No No

34%

Yes

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (pictured at lectern) named Columbia Public Schools in a class-action lawsuit meant to ban districts' mask mandates statewide.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (pictured at lectern) named Columbia Public Schools in a class-action lawsuit meant to ban districts' mask mandates statewide. Show Less

5 Comments

MrRey Guy

I have been around the world in 2020 and have done some travel in 2021. The research about mask being affective agents viruses all state it is not ment to protect or used for reducing the infection of any viruses. It's also not right to treat kids/people as if they are sick when they are not. Period

Max

Parents should make this decision, not school boards.

Michael

Since the mandate is not supported scientifically... CDC has never been able provide peer reviewed studies supporting their recommendation that haven't been soundly refuted by the medical community... then masking should entirely be a parental choice.

Rc Gisr

I feel that it infringes on our basic rights and is in direct violation of The American with Disabilities Act.

Jamie Stanton

I hate that kids are having a hard time breathing when they use maskes

66%

No

Columbia Public Schools said it was disappointed the state would try to ban important safety measures and promised to aggressively defend itself,

Columbia Public Schools said it was disappointed the state would try to ban important safety measures and promised to aggressively defend itself, Show Less

12 Comments

M S

Waste of tax money for political reasons

Sarah Younger

This is a ridiculous waste of taxpayer money and a slap in the face for all our hard working healthcare workers.

Lynne Booth

This is a ridiculous stunt. The attorney general is way out of line.

Cindy

This is not a made up disease... keep kids safe until they can be immunized..

Betsy Murphy

The Attorny General is on the wrong side of science and wants to unnecessarily expose children to disease. He is truly an embarrassment to the state.

Michael Guyer

AG is being completely political to Republican base. Not following science and wasting taxpayer money.

Victoria L. Hager

I have a grandchild in school. I think masking helps keep her and others safer than no mask mandate, and it may help keep students in the classroom, learning in person rather than remotely.

mike sparks

The AG should be disbarred... playing politics with public health for his own selfish gains. Our Healthcare system struggling to keep up with covid and this jack ass doesn't care if a human being needs real Healthcare in an emergency like a car accident or a stroke, heart attack. What selfishness.

Mask Up

1. Quarantines will increase once the mask mandate goes away this was proven in summer school. 2.Entrapment lawsuits later for students not being in school. 3.Child endangerment. 4.Kids in school with good educators is the goal. 5.More leave=less resources=less quality=lower standards=NCLBA failed.

Dennis Winingear

I believe all children should be vaccinated before going with no mask. This is a catastrophic disease and they should be protected by mask. Attorney general needs to stay out of all schools policy and let them decide whats best.

Rexene Olson

Each school district should be able to make decisions based on the best interests of their students and their community as they battle Covid-19 and the Delta variant. With things changing on a daily basis one blanket mandate for the entire state cannot be affective. Residents know best not the AG.

Damian Kane

Any possible precaution to keep our children safe should be required. It's absolutely ridiculous what AG is doing.

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

Asked by ABC 17 News

260 Votes

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

Schools are taking different approaches to protecting students and staff, with some requiring masks while others make face coverings optional.

Schools are taking different approaches to protecting students and staff, with some requiring masks while others make face coverings optional. Show Less

1 Comment

Hatton Chapel-Road

Recommendations and results are too complex to have a resilient and air-tight response. Lax attitudes and American sensibilities push back at anything substantive.

65%

No

Many parents have expressed their displeasure with their schools' rules. Some think they're too restrictive while others wish their schools would have more precautions in place.

Many parents have expressed their displeasure with their schools' rules. Some think they're too restrictive while others wish their schools would have more precautions in place. Show Less

3 Comments

Max

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitts is right and the local flunkies are wrong. It's time to end the fear mongering and get on with life.

Niki Goldenstein

No, it's all stupid, it's the flu, we dont do anything special for the flu so why this

Jeanne Woods

The superintendent is in quarantine and there will be no mask requirements implemented. This morning, the bus driver was NOT wearing a mask. What has to happen for the district to keep our children safe?

Masks SquareOffs

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

45% Yes Yes

55% No No

45% Yes

55% No

Do you support the Missouri attorney general's lawsuit to ban school mask mandates?

34% Yes Yes

66% No No

34% Yes

66% No

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

About Masks

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

55%

No

34%

Yes Yes

66%

No No

34%

Yes

66%

No

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

65%

No