VIRGINIA - A parent in Virginia told a school board on Thursday that she would "bring every single gun, loaded and ready" if the board did not abandon their mask mandate for students.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather"No mask mandates.
My children will not come to school Monday with a mask on. I will bring every single gun, loaded and ready," the woman said as she ended her speech to the Page County Public Schools board, after being told she had exceeded her allotted time."I’ll see y’all on Monday," she said as she walked toward the exit.The woman identified herself at the start of her speech as Amelia King of Luray, Virginia, and complained how she was almost arrested the last time she spoke at a board meeting after exceeding her allotted time.READ MORE: Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin intends to rescind school mask mandateKing told the board she was "fighting for transparency" and said they should respect "the wishes of parents."Page County Public Schools (PCPS) issued a statement on Friday morning saying that during Thursday’s meeting "there were comments made that referenced weapons and were perceived by many to be threatening in nature.""Page County Public Schools does not take these kinds of statements lightly," the board wrote. "Not only do comments such as these go against everything we wish to model for our students, they go against the very nature of how we as a community should interact with each other.