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Parents of public school students in the 9th Legislative district have had enough of coronavirus-related mandates from Olympia.

Shutter schools, curtail sports, wear masks, limit field trips, and restrict access to graduation.

The actions have not been embraced here. And neither has Gov. Jay Inslee’s renewed call for all public school students to remain masked for the upcoming 2021-22 school year.

Area parents are pushing back.

This week, led by a group from Fairfield, many parents are expected to protest the governor and his mandate to continue to muzzle students during the “Take Our...