WE WON!! THE SCHOOL BOARD JUST DROPPED THE MANDATE AND BACKED PARENT CHOICE FOR OUR KIDS!! I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT WE STUCK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR FAMILIES!! LET'S KEEP PAYING ATTENTION TO ENSURE THIS NEW POLICY STAYS IN PLACE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR!!
September 1, 2021
Final supporters
We the concerned parents of Half Hollow Hills School District are in favor of parent choice when it comes to mask wearing during the 2021-22 school year for children grades K-12.
We are calling on our school board and district administrators not to mandate masks for every child.
Camps and other events have taken place all summer long on HHHSD property with masks being optional. There was only a 3 cases in the entire district all summer which is very similar to our neighboring districts. Please don’t forget the majority of cases are minimally symptomatic and DO NOT cause hospitalization or death.
By now, teachers, staff and other adults have all had the opportunity to be fully vaccinated and the choice to continue to mask/distance if they would still like to. The risk of infections in schools still remains extremely low as opposed to large indoor and outdoor gatherings.
In October of 2020, the World Health Organization has reported that, “studies suggest that transmission from staff-to-staff was most common, and student-to-student spread more rare”. The burden our young children are carrying is NOT theirs to carry. It never has been. Their mental health is not being considered; they need to see facial expressions, and should have the right to take their masks off at their individual desks and not just have “mask breaks” while they are spaced 3 feet apart. Children and staff are constantly encourages to wash their hands and sanitize often.
Patrons in restaurants ALL OVER LONG ISLAND have the option to take masks off once they are seated at their table. Why can’t our children take their masks off at their desks then? If parents are unhappy with unmasked children being in the schools and feel they are a threat to them and their family then I’m sure accommodations can be made for them. Have them seat 6’ apart from the rest, tell the parents they can secure a double mask on their own child if they are fearful.
Is the psychological damage that all of our kids experienced not enough? How about the child who developed anxiety because he couldn’t keep up with the work since he couldn’t see the board well through his fogged up glasses or see beyond the plexiglass? He was too little and afraid to tell his teacher or his parents so his grades slipped and he became withdrawn. How about the child who vomited in their own wet, smelly mask and then passed out on the way home from exhaustion? Or how about the kid who came home crying to her mother right after school because she developed chronic debilitating headaches from feelings of heat stroke after sitting all day for hours masked in non-air conditioned, stuffy buildings? How about the kid who became depressed when he couldn’t look at himself in the mirror due to the infection he developed on his face? There are no long term studies of the potential mental health aspects of these masks on children and many researchers agree that has to be studied. Our children are not science experiments!
At this point, the only answer to mask wearing during the 2021-22 school is......
IT SHOULD BE UP TO THE PARENTS
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
August 13, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
August 9, 2021
63 Comments
The point of vaccinating was so we could be mask less. A full day is way too long for children to be oxygen deprived and it affects their ability to Communicate both with teachers and peers. Kids are very much lacking skills due to on school during Covid and interruptions in education let’s move forward.
The JAMA Pediatrics article published by the AMA in June 2021 is all I need to know that masks are unhealthy for my children. Parents have the authority over their children’s’ health and well-being and they should absolutely have the choice.
Parents must decide what is best for their kids. Not schools, not governors or anybody else. Health decisions are family decisions.
Masks should be a choice, especially when seated in the classroom. Children are lower risk, the adults are vaccinated if they wish to be.
I am strongly opposed to any choice other than parental choice for masks and vaccines. Parents should be free to choose what is best for their children. Low risk of sickness and spread of covid in the student population, negative effects of the mask on kids’ emotional, psychological and physical health should be taken into account when making this decision. The masks are not “harmless”. Please give parents the power to choose.
Parents choice
Masks do not work. They are not healthy. The childrens well-being is more important than a false sense of security.
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WE WON!! THE SCHOOL BOARD JUST DROPPED THE MANDATE AND BACKED PARENT CHOICE FOR OUR KIDS!! I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT WE STUCK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR FAMILIES!! LET'S KEEP PAYING ATTENTION TO ENSURE THIS NEW POLICY STAYS IN PLACE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR!!
September 1, 2021
Final supporters
We the concerned parents of Half Hollow Hills School District are in favor of parent choice when it comes to mask wearing during the 2021-22 school year for children grades K-12.
We are calling on our school board and district administrators not to mandate masks for every child.
Camps and other events have taken place all summer long on HHHSD property with masks being optional. There was only a 3 cases in the entire district all summer which is very similar to our neighboring districts. Please don’t forget the majority of cases are minimally symptomatic and DO NOT cause hospitalization or death.
By now, teachers, staff and other adults have all had the opportunity to be fully vaccinated and the choice to continue to mask/distance if they would still like to. The risk of infections in schools still remains extremely low as opposed to large indoor and outdoor gatherings.
In October of 2020, the World Health Organization has reported that, “studies suggest that transmission from staff-to-staff was most common, and student-to-student spread more rare”. The burden our young children are carrying is NOT theirs to carry. It never has been. Their mental health is not being considered; they need to see facial expressions, and should have the right to take their masks off at their individual desks and not just have “mask breaks” while they are spaced 3 feet apart. Children and staff are constantly encourages to wash their hands and sanitize often.
Patrons in restaurants ALL OVER LONG ISLAND have the option to take masks off once they are seated at their table. Why can’t our children take their masks off at their desks then? If parents are unhappy with unmasked children being in the schools and feel they are a threat to them and their family then I’m sure accommodations can be made for them. Have them seat 6’ apart from the rest, tell the parents they can secure a double mask on their own child if they are fearful.
Is the psychological damage that all of our kids experienced not enough? How about the child who developed anxiety because he couldn’t keep up with the work since he couldn’t see the board well through his fogged up glasses or see beyond the plexiglass? He was too little and afraid to tell his teacher or his parents so his grades slipped and he became withdrawn. How about the child who vomited in their own wet, smelly mask and then passed out on the way home from exhaustion? Or how about the kid who came home crying to her mother right after school because she developed chronic debilitating headaches from feelings of heat stroke after sitting all day for hours masked in non-air conditioned, stuffy buildings? How about the kid who became depressed when he couldn’t look at himself in the mirror due to the infection he developed on his face? There are no long term studies of the potential mental health aspects of these masks on children and many researchers agree that has to be studied. Our children are not science experiments!
At this point, the only answer to mask wearing during the 2021-22 school is......
IT SHOULD BE UP TO THE PARENTS
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
August 13, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
August 9, 2021
63 Comments
As a home owner and long time residential I will defend the right of all patents to make this choice for their children - snot encrusted, germ laden masks that are 100% worn ineffiently do nothing to protect but hinder breathing, cause distraction and interfere with both pediatric, social snd educational development. Adults have options/- don’t make hostages out of the kids and their dissenting parents.
The point of vaccinating was so we could be mask less. A full day is way too long for children to be oxygen deprived and it affects their ability to Communicate both with teachers and peers. Kids are very much lacking skills due to on school during Covid and interruptions in education let’s move forward.
The JAMA Pediatrics article published by the AMA in June 2021 is all I need to know that masks are unhealthy for my children. Parents have the authority over their children’s’ health and well-being and they should absolutely have the choice.
Parents must decide what is best for their kids. Not schools, not governors or anybody else. Health decisions are family decisions.
Masks should be a choice, especially when seated in the classroom. Children are lower risk, the adults are vaccinated if they wish to be.
I am strongly opposed to any choice other than parental choice for masks and vaccines. Parents should be free to choose what is best for their children. Low risk of sickness and spread of covid in the student population, negative effects of the mask on kids’ emotional, psychological and physical health should be taken into account when making this decision. The masks are not “harmless”. Please give parents the power to choose.
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Masks do not work. They are not healthy. The childrens well-being is more important than a false sense of security.
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As a home owner and long time residential I will defend the right of all patents to make this choice for their children - snot encrusted, germ laden masks that are 100% worn ineffiently do nothing to protect but hinder breathing, cause distraction and interfere with both pediatric, social snd educational development. Adults have options/- don’t make hostages out of the kids and their dissenting parents.