As parents of Harrison High School students, we have witnessed our students being unfairly harassed and restricted while attending school activities, particularly football games. Our student section has been singled out above the rest of the fans. All fans receive a health screening before they are allowed to enter the stadium. Once inside, general admission fans are free to sit in small groups. Our students are forced to not only wear a mask but must stay 6 feet apart at all times, including keeping 6ft apart from the friends they arrived with or normally spend their free time with. They have been yelled at for moving off of their "dots" for simply changing places or to try to hear a friend attempting to communicate through their mask 6 feet away.
This has resulted in the student population no longer attending what has been a beloved tradition, Friday night football games. Our senior students and student athletes are being denied the chance to celebrate the traditions they have long looked forward to. They are not being allowed to come together as a community which is so important in forging friendships and gaining their sense of independence. Our football players have been demoralized by the lack of support. Our cheerleaders are cheering to empty stands. Hoya Nation has been unfairly harassed to the point of leaving the game to avoid further escalation with faculty. The students want to come to the games. They want to cheer for their classmates. They have been patient and respectfully tried to request a more reasonable response from our school leadership. As parents, we have been patient, understanding that Covid restrictions have been very difficult for our teachers and school staff as well as our students, but we fear that this respectfulness and patience is being misinterpreted as "resilience" and an understanding that these restrictions will continue. It is not.
None of these strict measures adopted by Harrison faculty are effective in preventing the spread of the virus. As you can see from the photos below, other schools in Cobb county, which have the same guidelines, are not imposing such extreme restrictions. Harrison High School is alone in their drastic measures. We have continued to see our virus cases decline county-wide. Neighboring counties do not have such extreme restrictions and have not seen any increases in cases, let alone cases that could be tied to these outdoor activities. The rest of our stadium is not sitting in this manner. The visitor's student section is not sitting in this manner.
Starting with the next home game, as parents, we are requesting that our students be allowed to sit in the same manner as the rest of the fans attending the game. We are requesting that they sit in groups of four or with the same individuals they arrived with. Another acceptable option is for our students to be allowed to fill every other row. We want to continue to encourage the students to wear masks, but allow noise-makers and other items that the students can use to cheer for their classmates in the stands. We want our kids to be able to enjoy their traditions.
Thank you
Updates
October 26, 2020
One hundred signatures reached. It is exhausting to keep fighting for the basic fairness these kids deserve but seeing this support keeps me moving forward.
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
October 25, 2020
October 25, 2020
The exhaustion of fighting this battle is hitting me hard tonight but I refuse to let our kids lose their traditions. If we reach the next milestone through your effort I will have the leverage to demand a real meeting with the administration. Please keep pushing because I am not ready to walk away from this fight.
October 22, 2020
The administration is ignoring us because our numbers are still too small to demand attention. I am exhausted by the constant excuses, but we must reach one hundred signatures to prove our students deserve better than this isolation.
61 Comments
It was sad to see only a handful of students in their section on Friday and one member of facility who sat in the middle having removed most students after two were within 3ft!! with masks on!! The team need support not empty stands!
This school and team mean more than the world to me. The 2020 state run would have never happened without the energy and excitement the students bring to every game. We need that same energy this year and these restrictions are making that impossible.
We need to give these kids a little bit of normalcy. Their lives have been turned upside down.You as a school have decided to keep them apart not Cobb County because look at all the other schools around us. This is my last child at Harrison and i never thought I would say this but i am glad it is my last child there. Please make the right decision and follow other schools. Same with Homecoming. Please explain why we can't have one during normal football season but the other surrounding Cobb County schools can. You are robbing them of what should be great High School Memories. I am so disappointed with the decisions that Harrison has made on their own.
I completely agree. We are denying our Seniors some of the best fun of the year because we are overly restricted. All of us agree they have to wear mask but like the petition states why can’t they sit together in small groups with a row in between. Please reconsider the current rules for the Seniors, the football team and the cheerleaders
These kids are together all the time! They hang out hours before the game and after the game. I don’t see the point of them being 6ft apart and wearing masks. They need to be able to have a few great memories from their Senior year!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!
As long as they wear masks, I'm all for this
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As parents of Harrison High School students, we have witnessed our students being unfairly harassed and restricted while attending school activities, particularly football games. Our student section has been singled out above the rest of the fans. All fans receive a health screening before they are allowed to enter the stadium. Once inside, general admission fans are free to sit in small groups. Our students are forced to not only wear a mask but must stay 6 feet apart at all times, including keeping 6ft apart from the friends they arrived with or normally spend their free time with. They have been yelled at for moving off of their "dots" for simply changing places or to try to hear a friend attempting to communicate through their mask 6 feet away.
This has resulted in the student population no longer attending what has been a beloved tradition, Friday night football games. Our senior students and student athletes are being denied the chance to celebrate the traditions they have long looked forward to. They are not being allowed to come together as a community which is so important in forging friendships and gaining their sense of independence. Our football players have been demoralized by the lack of support. Our cheerleaders are cheering to empty stands. Hoya Nation has been unfairly harassed to the point of leaving the game to avoid further escalation with faculty. The students want to come to the games. They want to cheer for their classmates. They have been patient and respectfully tried to request a more reasonable response from our school leadership. As parents, we have been patient, understanding that Covid restrictions have been very difficult for our teachers and school staff as well as our students, but we fear that this respectfulness and patience is being misinterpreted as "resilience" and an understanding that these restrictions will continue. It is not.
None of these strict measures adopted by Harrison faculty are effective in preventing the spread of the virus. As you can see from the photos below, other schools in Cobb county, which have the same guidelines, are not imposing such extreme restrictions. Harrison High School is alone in their drastic measures. We have continued to see our virus cases decline county-wide. Neighboring counties do not have such extreme restrictions and have not seen any increases in cases, let alone cases that could be tied to these outdoor activities. The rest of our stadium is not sitting in this manner. The visitor's student section is not sitting in this manner.
Starting with the next home game, as parents, we are requesting that our students be allowed to sit in the same manner as the rest of the fans attending the game. We are requesting that they sit in groups of four or with the same individuals they arrived with. Another acceptable option is for our students to be allowed to fill every other row. We want to continue to encourage the students to wear masks, but allow noise-makers and other items that the students can use to cheer for their classmates in the stands. We want our kids to be able to enjoy their traditions.
Thank you
Updates
October 26, 2020
One hundred signatures reached. It is exhausting to keep fighting for the basic fairness these kids deserve but seeing this support keeps me moving forward.
Reached 250 supporters
October 26, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
October 25, 2020
October 25, 2020
The exhaustion of fighting this battle is hitting me hard tonight but I refuse to let our kids lose their traditions. If we reach the next milestone through your effort I will have the leverage to demand a real meeting with the administration. Please keep pushing because I am not ready to walk away from this fight.
October 22, 2020
The administration is ignoring us because our numbers are still too small to demand attention. I am exhausted by the constant excuses, but we must reach one hundred signatures to prove our students deserve better than this isolation.
61 Comments
Please stop with the draconian measures restricting our students. Treating them differently than other fans in the stands, including the visitors section, is unacceptable. There is no science or evidence that forcing them 6’ apart along with mandatory masking them stops the spread of the virus. Please stop doing your part in making our students, especially our seniors, lives miserable. We, as parents, can decide what level of risk we are okay with when it comes to this virus and our children.
It was sad to see only a handful of students in their section on Friday and one member of facility who sat in the middle having removed most students after two were within 3ft!! with masks on!! The team need support not empty stands!
This school and team mean more than the world to me. The 2020 state run would have never happened without the energy and excitement the students bring to every game. We need that same energy this year and these restrictions are making that impossible.
We need to give these kids a little bit of normalcy. Their lives have been turned upside down.You as a school have decided to keep them apart not Cobb County because look at all the other schools around us. This is my last child at Harrison and i never thought I would say this but i am glad it is my last child there. Please make the right decision and follow other schools. Same with Homecoming. Please explain why we can't have one during normal football season but the other surrounding Cobb County schools can. You are robbing them of what should be great High School Memories. I am so disappointed with the decisions that Harrison has made on their own.
I completely agree. We are denying our Seniors some of the best fun of the year because we are overly restricted. All of us agree they have to wear mask but like the petition states why can’t they sit together in small groups with a row in between. Please reconsider the current rules for the Seniors, the football team and the cheerleaders
These kids are together all the time! They hang out hours before the game and after the game. I don’t see the point of them being 6ft apart and wearing masks. They need to be able to have a few great memories from their Senior year!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!
As long as they wear masks, I'm all for this
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Please stop with the draconian measures restricting our students. Treating them differently than other fans in the stands, including the visitors section, is unacceptable. There is no science or evidence that forcing them 6’ apart along with mandatory masking them stops the spread of the virus. Please stop doing your part in making our students, especially our seniors, lives miserable. We, as parents, can decide what level of risk we are okay with when it comes to this virus and our children.