'Paper terrorism': Parents against mask mandates bombard school districts with sham legal claims

[AZLD4Candidate]

Source: NBC

Jill Griffin had a panic on her hands.

Teachers and staff members of her school district in Bethalto, Illinois, a small town outside of St. Louis, were suddenly worried that they would not be paid. They had seen videos posted online in which a parent who objected to the district’s Covid mask mandate said that she had filed a claim against the district’s insurance, causing the schools to lose all federal funding.

Griffin, the Bethalto schools superintendent, has spent weeks dealing with the fallout.

“You have district officials who are spending time on things like this, rather than on what we need to be spending time on — making sure that our classrooms are covered right now in the middle of a pandemic,” Griffin said.

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[forgotmylogin]

1. I attended high school in Bethalto.

This is sad.

[L. Coyote]

2. Ben Collins: Senior reporter, dystopia beat, @NBCNews

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[underpants]

3. surety bonds - I actually heard about this on talk radio a few weeks ago

A guest on either the morning drive time or Glenn Beck. I had no idea what they were talking about.

Klann huh? 🙄

[pandr32]

4. Just great

So now our tax dollars have to deal with these "sham legal claims".

[L. Coyote]

5. I miss "The Silent Majority"

Ahhh, the good old days, when a few crazies thought they were a silent majority and the nation's worst problem was a president getting some pleasure.

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[pandr32]

7. The cockroaches need to scurry back into dark crevices

We have to shine bright lights on them all. A few traps would be helpful, too.

This "sovereign citizen" thing is a direct affront to everything We the People stand for. The 'made guys' this thuggery is producing are oligarchs divvying up everything we hold dear. They want to hand them our government.

[McKim]

14. The Republican Goal is....

Yes, the Republican goal is to destroy public education. This is just one more way for them to attack our schools!

[turbinetree]

6. And these freaks were yelling about frivolous lawsuits....and now they want

to endanger other parents kids.....if you don't like safety precautions then take your kid out of school.....go the fuck away...go down to Mar A Lago and talk to the asshole you love, you can scream and yell at him till you turn blue, he doesn't and did not give shit if you or your kid dies.....he has caused over 900,000 deaths do you fucking understand...and your helping with that shit.....are you that stupid.....you got vaccine shots and your kid had to get a vaccine shots prior to going to school....again are you that stupid....for $2.00+ for the cost of a mask you could save your kids life....

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They are milking their gullible lackies to pay the lawyers and court costs

and are funded by the RW wealthy to keep the chaos going.

It's all in an effort to "take back the suburbs" that have been trending purple and blue. But am wondering if this will end up backfiring on them.

[turbinetree]

9. I think that this will come back and bite them in the backside....

I've been seeing that a lot more parents are going to these meeting and basically confronting these people, saying how dare you put my children at risk....who do you think you are.....if you don't like it leave, go to a place were they don't have masks.....go away...and if something happens don't come crying.....

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I have been hearing the same

Most parents are not "angry faux activist" types and are just glad to get the kids back in the classroom as long as they feel they are safe. And what is missing out of all of this foaming-at-the-mouth nonsense, are the actual teachers, administrators, support, and maintenance staff, where a number them are potentially vulnerable, particularly when around the younger set who only recently received approval to be vaccinated.

The safety issue has generally been something the employees have demanded and it often becomes a stipulation included in their contracts, as well as a working condition agreed to through arbitration.

[turbinetree]

16. Yeah they are trying to tell everyone use common sense for the sake of yourself and your kids...

but some of these half wits, are well half wits, they have not even come close to thinking that they are here today because there parents got them there shots to be here today...and as for the workers they are just wanting to be protected from there dangerous parent and kids....to me this is non-negotiable, if you want to put your kid into a room and place everyone at risk, fine, go to your "choice " private school and don't take any federal dollars with you......leave go away....

[LiberalFighter]

10. If only liens could be placed on their property.

[CaptainTruth]

12. The right wing is determined to destroy public education.

They seem to worship ignorance & hate.

[in2herbs]

13. The CDC said face shields were not as effective as masks and thus the push for masks only. But

what if face shields had also been an option for anti-vaxxers? A shield would be more effective than wearing nothing and that is what they are wearing -- nothing. IMO the legal arguments posed by these anti-vaxxers would have been harder to sustain if they were also required to fight for their right not to wear a shield.

I have a friend who has refused to mask and has kept his young kids out of school as long as they're required to mask. Guess what, husband, wife, and three kids now have COVID. Hard to be sympathetic for their plight.

[RobinA]

15. The Amount Of Energy

these anti-vaxers and maskers put into this amazes me. I hate wearing a mask and think they don't do much, but to me it's just easier to put the stupid mask on when I have to. No way am I about to not do something I want to because a mask is required. All this fighting, protesting and suing... I just don't get it over something that bottom line is not that big a deal.

[calimary]

17. Sp what do we do about it?

What can be done about it?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. These parents will be first in line to sue the school district

when their children contract COVID and die. Even if they recover, there are long term consequences on their bodies. These parents are like the people who believe that they and their children and are immune to the virus. They know this because Fox Snooze and Facebook tell them so.

I feel so sorry for the children. They depend on their parents to keep them safe.

I work as a sub in local schools. The district has a mandatory masking requirement, but if they give in to political pressure I won't be able to continue to do this job. I'm 72, and I won't risk my life for these parents.