reporter: ten minutes away from the virginia state capitol building where new governor youngkin was inaugurated this past weekend is richmond elementary school where an executive order he issued is getting panned. jason is the superintendent of richmond s 55 public schools. here in richmond and a number of other school districts across the state, there is concern that without mask mandates, the spike in covid cases will only get worse. anna mason is the mother of a 2nd grade daughter at the west overhills school. she says despite her superintendent s stance, the governor s order which takes effect next monday is very concerning. feel really disappointed. why? because i m scared. i am scared for my kid. i am scared for her classmates. yeah. i feel like this is what other protection do we have? reporter: mccormick is the
mask map date. reporter: jason is the superintendent of richmond s 55 public schools. here in richmond and a number of other school districts across the state, there is concern that without mask mandates, the spike in covid cases will only get worse. anna mason is the mother of a 2nd grade daughter at the west overhills school. she says despite her superintendent s stance, the governor s order which takes effect next monday is very concerning. feel really disappointed. why? because i m scared. i am scared for my kid. i am scared for her classmates. yeah. i feel like this is what other protection do we have? reporter: mccormick is the mother of a 4th grader. your school district says we are not listening to the governor. right. we want our kids in our school to still wear their mask. how do you feel about that? i feel they are protecting us. they are protecting our kids i love it. notably, one of the governor s children goes to a