Lockdowns, Mask Mandates Prompt Mother to Run for Capistrano Unified
Kira Davis is running for Capistrano Unified school board in the Nov. 8 election, she says, to be a voice for parents in the district’s schools.
In the last two years, Davis said her children have experienced the district’s school closures during the pandemic, including her son’s high school graduation ceremony being canceled in 2020. And then there were the mask mandates.
The policies, she said, spurred her to pay more attention to the school board.
When the district’s Area 2 board member Pamela Braunstein resigned in March—over disagreements with her colleagues regarding COVID mask policies—Davis said she saw it as an opportunity to “put my money where my mouth is.”…