I am in favor of opening the Iroquois School District for the 2021-2022 school year with mask optional. Leave the decisions for our children to wear masks to each household.

We need to end all mask mandates in K-12 schools throughout our district. It has been proven repeatedly that our children are not the super spreaders of COVID-19. New studies are showing that mask-wearing is actually causing respiratory problems in our children. (See study below)

https://independentchronicle.com/study-finds-unhealthy-levels-of-carbon-dioxide-in-kids-wearing-face-masks/This mask mandate will not end unless strong parents stand up and demand change.

We need to follow the lead of other strong states and school districts around the country and put an end to the fear-mongering imposed by Governor Cuomo.

Our children are suffering from the oppressive fear of COVID-19, as well as passing out from hot temperatures in masks. The masks are uncomfortable, and our children are touching their faces more than usual to adjust the mask, removing and reapplying between sessions and/or movement around the classroom. There is statistically almost a zero percent chance of death amongst our children with a better chance of them dying from a shark attack or a lightning strike.

By authorizing this petition you will be standing with thousands of other parents that have said, ‘Enough is enough’.