LOS ANGELES—Many parents lost patience when California lifted the indoor mask mandate for vaccinated individuals while delaying the decision for all K-12 students and teachers. Hundreds of parents and students gathered in front of the Chino Valley Unified School District the morning of Feb. 15 to protest. “It’s time for the kids to stand up for their rights and our parents to support our children in their right to choose whether they want to wear the mask or not,” Kadie Kirkpatrick, mother of a student, told The Epoch Times. She believes that the prolonged mask mandate only brings harm and not much benefit for the students. “They hate wearing masks. They do not want to go to school anymore. Everything is just sad and depressing at school,” she said. With new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations falling, California has decided to drop its indoor mask mandate beginning on Feb. 15, but students …
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