absolutely right. forced masking does nothing, in fact it hurts. one thing you said, return power to the parents. isn t there argument to be made, best way parent exert power to local level giving power to school boards and school districts, parents have stronger voice dictating what they want to happen in their schools? of course it is important for parents to participate. by the way which is why it so disheartening for the attorney general merrick garland to sick the fbi on parents who were trying to make voices heard at school board meetings about mask mandates and critical race theory. as an aside, reality just because it s a local school board, just because it s a city council, or just because it s a county commission doesn t mean they violate against people s rights. don t do things authorized under state law. that is the nature of the lawsuit. parents can make decisions themselves. i would argue, will, the most local level we empower folks to make decisions are families, not s