By Megan Wehring

HAYS COUNTY — Several parents are advocating for masks to be optional for students while others want the policy to remain the same.

Come Friday, some Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) parents will keep their kids out of school in protest. A “sit-out” flyer is circulating on social media, hoping more parents will join the alliance and forcing the school board to lift the mask requirement.

DSISD parents who choose to participate in the sit-out plan to keep their kids hom...