Masks are the easiest way for them to maintain control. It's a constant reminder that you are compliant and are waiting for them to tell you when you are allowed to take it off. On top of that schools are the easiest place to get compliance because of the authoritarian structure between teachers and students and the parents that seem to do nothing about it.

My area has already said no more masks for kids at school and really not much other than kids should stay home if they are actually sick with symptoms--which hell they should have been doing anyway. It's still public schools though and while doesn't come off as woke indoctrination, I'm sure there's some activist teachers in there.

I still just wait for all of it to get walked back even here in Texas. I saw how the dominoes fell before. No government officials here had the balls to be the one place that just said "no we aren't doing that bullshit" when everyone else around was.