DS kids sit out to make parents’ point

 By Megan Wehring 

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Nearly 100 Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) students out of 7,487, or 1%, were marked absent last Friday for a sit-out protest against masks. 

Some parents pulled their kids out of school in an attempt to pressure the district to change the mask policy. Adults and students at least four years old are required to wear a mask on school premises, during instruction and school-related programs. Masks are optional while engaging in physical activity outside during recess and other activities, while social distancing.