Los Angeles Charter Students Sue To End Vaccine Mandate, Claim School ‘Segregated’ Them ‘Behind Barriers’
Parents and students at a Los Angeles charter school have filed a lawsuit to stop a vaccine mandate that allegedly prevented unvaccinated children from going to class.
Two students recorded a video that started to surface on Twitter of them sitting out on the pavement and the students said they felt “segregated” and “discriminated against.”
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“Female students were segregated, harassed, and threatened with suspension just for trying to participate in their classes, and we will prove in court that this is unjust and unlawful,” Sharon McKeeman, founder of the Let Them Breathe organization, who is representing the students and parents in a lawsuit against the school, shared with Fox News Digital on Sunday.
“We’re being refused of the right to attend school,” one student claims in a video. “We feel segregated and discriminated against,” adds another student.
New West Charter School expressed to Fox News Digital that it had enforced a vaccine mandate for students after winter break and had attained 96% compliance, but “six students who did not follow the new policy still attempted to participate in classes.” The school asked the students to leave, but they declined.
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“The students proceeded to stage a sit-in directly behind designated areas for student PCR screenings on campus which was cordoned off with tape,” the school added. “New West Charter School administration notified local authorities who came to campus and helped alleviate the disruption.”