Spokane School Board meeting interrupted
The Spokane School Board packs up their computers as they move their School Board meeting to a Zoom call after attendees refused to wear facial coverings on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash.
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Barbara Chalich, a concerned grandmother, and Theresa Mahn a retired RN hold signs before a Spokane School Board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, outside the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash. The pair planned to attend the meeting before it was moved to a Zoom conference call after anti-mask attendees refused to don facial coverings at the onset of the in-person meeting.
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A woman who declined to share her name, holds a poster she claims was posted in a Spokane School conference room at an earlier date as she joins anti-mask protesters and parents of Spokane students on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, outside the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash. The woman said she planned to bring up the poster during the School Board meeting, before it was moved to a Zoom conference call after anti-mask attendees refused to don facial coverings at the onset of the in-person meeting.
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Jess Burns, of Spokane, a concerned parent, refuses to don a mask at the request of security personnel before a Spokane School Board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash. Eventually security staff allowed Burns and other anti-mask protesters and parents to enter to school board meeting, but the school board immediately moved the meeting to a Zoom conference call after anti-mask attendees refused to don facial coverings at the onset of the in-person meeting.
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Tatyana Skripnik shows Spokane Schools Security staff her mask of choice before she donned it to attend a Spokane School Board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash. The meeting was moved to a Zoom conference call after anti-mask attendees refused to don facial coverings at the onset of the in-person meeting.
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The Spokane School Board packs up their computers as they move their School Board meeting to a Zoom call after attendees refused to wear facial coverings on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash.
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Dr. Adam Swinyard, right, superintendent of Spokane Public Schools carries his computer out of the room as he and the rest of the School Board move their meeting to a Zoom call after attendees refused to wear facial coverings on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash.
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Randy Moore, director of SPS Campus Safety explains to a woman who declined to be named, that she will have to exit the building after the SPS School Board meeting was moved to a Zoom call following attendeesÕ refusal to wear facial coverings on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash.
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