Convenience Big Store: Parents protest school vaccine mandate, district responds

Parents take kids out of school to protest vaccine mandate – As parents continue fighting local school districts over mask requirements for children, they're now confronted with another COVID-19 protective measure — immunization mandates. Thousands of already-frustrated parents from across California pulled their children out of school for a protest at the State Capital, hoping to get Gov. Gavin Newsom's attention. Some parents participating in the organized gathering told ABC10 their children shouldn't be subject to a immunization mandate.

Local school districts: don't pull your kids from class to protest – As thousands of parents take their children out of school to the state capital for a protest on the vaccine mandate, school district officials said kids have been kept away from classrooms long enough. Instead, Twin Rivers Unified School District Superintendent Steve Martinez said parents should send a letter or video message to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The mandates were passed down to the school from the California Department of Public Health, another local school district superintendent said, parents shouldn't be protesting against the individual districts.

First Black U.S. Secretary of State dies at 84 – Colin Powell, who served the George W. Bush administration in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, died on Monday after succumbing to complications from COVID-19 — though his family said he was fully vaccinated. Powell played a central part in the Bush administration's 'War on Terror' campaign that led to ongoing military conflicts across the Middle East. Powell grew up in the South Bronx borough of New York City and served in the Vietnam War before becoming secretary of state.

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