and sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison let s return now to the pandemic and the explosive situation in virginia over mask requirements in public schools. seven school districts suing the governor today over his order to make them optional. catie beck with that story tonight. my children will not come to school on monday with a mask on. reporter: to mask or not to mask, a question now reaching a boiling point in virginia s schools we must keep our county mask mandate in place. not only do we need it, but we as students demand it. reporter: in effect monday, newly elected virginia governor glenn youngkin s executive order allowing parents to decide whether their child should wear a mask at school, undoing the previous statewide mandate. it means that our son will be able to breathe more freely, and we we have looked forward to this day for a very long time. reporter: while some districts are celebrating the new direction, others stand firmly against it, saying it puts