Hundreds of students across the state are showing up to school this week without masks in protest of California’s ongoing school mask mandate. Students up and down the state—including Chino Hills High School in Southern California and Bella Vista High School and the Oakdale Joint Unified School District in Northern California—are protesting the fact that the mask mandate in schools will continue, though the state’s indoor mask mandate is set to end Feb. 15. Some schools have accommodated protesting students by opening up designated “protest sites.” More than 300 unmasked protesting students at Chino Hills High were sent to the campus’ quad lunch area, while unmasked students from Bonita High School were placed in an “alternative location,” according to a school spokesperson. Up north at Bella Vista, protesting students were sent to an empty classroom or sent home. Students say they’ve experienced growing feelings of isolation and anxiety due to …