Washington school forces unvaccinated student athletes to wear ankle monitors

> We are using these monitors for high contact and moderate indoor contact sports. The monitors are for both staff (coaches) and students on the field, regardless if they are vaccinated or unvaccinated.

> The mother spoke to an employee in the school office, as well as a coach and was informed there was a meeting last week discussing the ankle monitoring program for unvaccinated teens. The program was allegedly designed for contact tracing in the event of a positive COVID test of a student.

> The mother said she was told by Kralik that there were forms to opt-out of the program at a meeting the previous week which she was not informed about and additionally, had received no communication about the meeting or the devices. According to the mother, the athletic director acknowledged the error and apologized for the "slip up" of not getting her consent.

So nobody's really being forced to do anything and it's not specifically unvaccinated students. These devices seem unlikely to actually accomplish anything if the students are all doing sports in enclosed spaces anyway though.

We're in a pickle, folks, and I'm very anxious.