SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—The Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 4-2 Oct. 20 to send a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for K-12 students. The motion, authored by Trustees Gila Jones and Martha McNicholas, drew large crowds of parents to the meeting, where they spoke overwhelmingly against the mandates. The resolution noted that many parents would pull their students out of school over the matter, damaging their education. “While we respect the right of parents to choose the most suitable educational program for their children, we believe the vaccine mandate will result in substantial numbers of families choosing to leave traditional in-person K-12 schools, thereby crippling California’s existing school systems,” the resolution reads. “[W]hile the Board of Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District understands the goals of the governor and the [California Department of Public Health] to stop the …