✅ OC Board of Education Recommends Return To School Without Masks Or Social Distancing
Voice of OC
The guidance came from a panel of medical experts and education leaders, and also included Orange County Health Care Agency Director Dr. Clayton Chau and County Supervisor Don Wagner.
In a 36-page report to the Board of Education, the panel laid out concerns over the use of masks and social distancing, stating it was “not acceptable” to delay the reopening of schools and that the use of masks would be “impossible to implement.”
The report did not delve deep into online instruction, but called it an “utter failure,” and that its reliance on parental oversight was a “fatal weakness.”
Beckie Gomez, the only board member to vote against adopting the recommendations and the only one wearing a mask on the dais, said the report and the board had failed to discuss the issue properly with the public.
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She … took issue with the report’s short analysis of distance learning.
“For distance learning, in some cases yes, it was a failure, because we didn’t equip our teachers quickly enough. We shut down our schools with 24-48 hours notice. We can’t train someone in that time,” Gomez said. “Somebody that says it’s an utter failure doesn’t know about online teaching. We need to give our teachers tools.”
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The board’s decision runs counter to actions taken by school districts in neighboring counties, including announcements earlier Monday by the Los Angeles Unified School District and San Diego Unified School District that they would be starting the school year virtually.
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The report the Orange County education board approved set off a massive response from county residents, with advocates on both sides coming out to share their opinions. The board meeting received over 2,500 written comments on the proposed guidelines, a record for the body, according to Nina Boyd, the board’s assistant secretary and an associate superintendent.
None of those comments were read at the meeting, with the board accepting less than 25 in-person commenters over 40 minutes who were overwhelmingly in favor of the return to schools leading to immediate social media condemnation Monday night of the board’s decision to not make available the written comments.
It wasn’t immediately clear where or how the public could view those comments or which way the commenters leaned. The Voice of OC has requested copies of all comments submitted.
The board pushed the decision on how to handle the comments to the panel’s next meeting on Aug. 5….
6 comments:
Our local leaders have been flying under the radar for far too long. Now, when it matters most, they are proving themselves to be horrifically ignorant or unconcerned to issues of critical importance and basic governance in a time of crisis. They do not want or are unable to work in the public interest. They have been so consumed by their own selfish issues of vouchers, religion in schools, and taxes that they have no idea how to actually run a government. They are involved in malpractice.
We removed Dana and Mimi in 2018, which seemed impossible. We can oust these jokers and we will.
Evil jokers they are. Where were they educated? They may have done better on line. They are surely out of line with neighboring counties who are concerned about the health and well being of students, staff and faculty.
They are an embarrassment to the county.
Fact
Not one k-12 aged child has died from covid-19
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Teachers and staff are all older than K-12 grade students - often much older, some with risk factors and/or lives with family members who have risk factors.
What a lesson for the kiddies: Dear children, Because the adults in your lives at the family, community and societal level have failed you, your presence in public schools which re-opened during a pandemic of historical proportions, has resulted in the deaths of your teachers, family and neighbors. Good luck!
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