Open Letter to My School Board on COVID

Note: This is the letter I sent to our local school board, and in response, I received a CTL C+V response that indicated that the recipient did not read it. The response, in part, reads, “Please note that this response plan provides minimal guidelines for our schools in how they should respond to the virus.” The issue, though, is that not even “minimal guidelines” are being followed to hopefully address the surge. As well, the response states that the situation will “improve”: “While we are going through a period where the number of cases is higher, the local data continues to show that the virus poses minimal risk to healthy students.” Within the past few weeks, a 13 year old student in Georgia passed away from COVID. I’ve spoken with someone who knows a two and a three year old with COVID, and in July a 5 year old boy died on COVID in Georgia.

Email I sent to school board.

Recently, I read the article on Now Habersham about the district’s position on COVID-19. First and foremost, I am a firm believer that my son, who attends ____________, should be face to face, for a myriad of reasons. Primarily, he needs interaction with his teachers and fellow classmates. As well, as is the case with most parents, it is difficult to shift to have him at home, especially when his sister is not available to assist. Last year was good. He was in person and my…