![]() ![]() They don't tell you the long-term impact of what this does to children, said Abbie.īut the relief from Youngkin's announcement didn't last long. It made me feel like I wasn't breathing, said Joshua, a first-grader," said Joshua. It was welcome news to the Platts who say masks give Madeline headaches, make it hard for Brayden to understand his teachers, and aggravate Joshua's breathing. "We were like 'Hallelujah, Hallelujah!," said Abbie Platt. The Platt children along with more than two dozen students showed up unmasked anyway after Youngkin nixed the mandate saying he wanted to give parents more control over their children's education. ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you keep receiving the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.*** "They said it will go on my record and they said it could affect when I go to college," said Madeline. ![]() Madeline told CBN News her principal even gave her a dire warning before suspending her. Siblings 7-year-old Joshua, 10-year-old Brayden, and 13-year-old Madeline Platt are among them. After warnings from school administrators, 29 students were suspended for showing up without a mask. The new Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order right after being sworn in last month making them optional.īut some school districts are making masks mandatory in school anyway, including Loudoun County. The drama over school mask mandates continues in Virginia. ![]()
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