How to resolve AdBlock issue? BALLSTON SPA —On Thursday, Feb. 10, following the recent debates surrounding the mask mandate in schools and requests to make them optional, approximately 75 Ballston Spa high schoolers came to school unmasked.
According to multiple parents, these students were quickly rounded up and sent to the library by the High School Principal. These students were all marked absent and told that if they come to school unmasked tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 11) they will be suspended. Also, these students were not allowed to use the school bathroom without their masks.
“It was great to see the kids’ faces again. This has to come to an end,” said the parent of a Ballston Spa senior.
Saratoga TODAY reached out and a representative from the district confirmed this stating, however, that students were allowed to go to the restroom but because they had to travel through the building, they needed to put their mask on. The district “utilized their quarantining rules for the day” and followed the “normal procedure for absences”. By 11 a.m. many students returned to their classes and were following their schedule.
“Mass non-compliance may be the only way to preserve our freedoms moving forward,” added Paul, parent of a Ballston Spa junior who participated.
