Virginia’s governor, attorney general, and the superintendent of public instruction have asked to join a lawsuit on behalf of parents fighting to opt their children out of mask mandates at school. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by three families against Loudoun County Public Schools, one of Virginia’s public school districts that insist on requiring students to wear a mask in school buildings in defiance of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order. Just hours after his inauguration on Jan. 15, Youngkin signed an executive order to make masks optional in schools across the state. But the Loudoun County School Board voted to support Superintendent Scott Ziegler’s decision to keep the mask requirements in place, citing COVID-19 concerns. The suing parents argued in the complaint that the decision is neither rational nor scientific, noting that many adults, who are at higher risks from COVID-19, have already returned to their pre-pandemic lives. “The board continues …
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