The safety of our children and ALL of our school staff members should be the top priority on everyone's list.
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Ketra Murphy
5 years ago
Keep our children, teachers and families safe
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John MacVean
5 years ago
Keep them safe!
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Emily MacVean
5 years ago
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As a working parent remote learning has been challenging and hard at times. We have been very fortunate to have grandparents step in and help. By sending them back to school it puts them at risk. I also have 1 child who is at high risk. I don't want my children to lose a sibling or another grandparent. I'm totally appalled that our school board and superintendent would even consider reopening with the numbers increasing.
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John Cousins
5 years ago
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My preference is that my children not be required to attend in person classes at this time due to the pandemic and increasing COVID-19 numbers in our area. Teachers should be given a choice as well without jeopardizing their employment.
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Paige Edwards
5 years ago
I no longer have kids in school, but I have many friends who do and/or who work in our school system. I do not feel it’s worth the risk or the stress to have in-person school at this time.
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Lisa Fahrenbruch
5 years ago
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As grandparents of 4 students who attend Canton schools, we’ve personally seen how hard it’s been doing remote learning. It’s hard for working parents. It’s hard for the teachers. It’s hard for the kids. It’s even hard for the grandparents who’re trying to help during this time. What’s not hard is knowing that this is absolutely what needs to be happening at this time (remote learning). The numbers in Fulton Country have been going up at an alarming rate and that’s without students in schools. We must protect the kids, the entire school staff and our community. Do not open schools until it is safe to do so.
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Danielle Smith
5 years ago
This is woefully inappropriate! The science needs to be followed! How are we to ask teacher and staff to not only risk their lives but also, because the teachers I've for my kids are wonderful and are so caring, the students they grow to love lives all for conviencience of some? We have had a spike in cases, reopening the schools will further increase it and sadly may cause the first COVID death in our county! As an essential worker at a Healthcare facility with the elderly it concerns me that me having to send my children back, even for mixed learning, could risk infecting a high risk group. We did well in the beginning and stayed the course until recently. We are all tired and want a sense of normalcy but it should not be a the risk of children, teachers, staff, bus drivers, families and our extended work families.
A lot of people cite how our economy is failing. What do you think will happen if we open up schools prior to the flu season or during the flu season? If a child has symptoms of Covid they can't be at school but we as a community won't know if it's a cold or flu for a few days when a multitude of people will possibly have been exposed and spreading the possible infection of COVID. What do you think jobs will do when parents who returned to work have to keep leaving and taking time off because of possibly sick children? Those same people might lose their jobs or what if those parents contract COVID and unknowingly infect their work or sadly pass away? Do we really think that there won't be parents who are pressed between working and staying home with an ill child who may think its probably just a cold I'll just give em some tylenol and the child(ren) will be okay? These are hard times for everyone please don't make them harder. Please look at our numbers and make the right choice. Stay closed to in person until it is safe!
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Amber Schappaugh
5 years ago
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As the parent of a special needs child who can’t wear a mask and an immunocompromised child with pulmonary issues this is not the time to return to school. Our local collages are struggling to keep students safe and they are adults! I am not willing to risk the lives of our teachers, staff members, or children for the inconvenience of having to juggle more on my own plate. I know it is hard, I work 2 jobs and have 5 kids in school but I would rather have safe, healthy kids and community than kids who went to school.
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Brett Ramthun
5 years ago
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I have a grandson in pre-K, and his father lives with me in Canton, while his mother lives a few blocks away. Sending these kids back to school in any way, shape or form right now is not only risky and dangerous, but it just going to add more cases and prolong the time until things can return to normal. Patience. Patience. Patience. JUST WAIT until the time is more safe to open the buildings, please.
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Holly Roos
5 years ago
We are currently part of a spike in Covid cases, why is anyone even discussing returning and risking the lives of not only our students and their families but also of our teachers and their families.
As of today, there have been 210 positive cases in Fulton County, 81 of those are from Canton alone.
According to a recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association COVID cases in children nationwide has spiked by 14% in the last 2 weeks since kids are returning to school.
It is simply irresponsible to even be considering this. I want my daughter to have an awesome senior year, this is not what we hoped or envisioned and I understand the concern over their mental health but I guarantee their mental health would take a much harder hit if they passed the virus to a teacher or loved one who died from it. I would rather see pictures of kids learning from home in the yearbook than tribute pages to those who died from COVID.
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Allison Roos
5 years ago
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As someone who is high risk this idea of going back is way to dangerous and unsafe, for both me and many others.
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The safety of our children and ALL of our school staff members should be the top priority on everyone's list.
Keep our children, teachers and families safe
Keep them safe!
As a working parent remote learning has been challenging and hard at times. We have been very fortunate to have grandparents step in and help. By sending them back to school it puts them at risk. I also have 1 child who is at high risk. I don't want my children to lose a sibling or another grandparent. I'm totally appalled that our school board and superintendent would even consider reopening with the numbers increasing.
My preference is that my children not be required to attend in person classes at this time due to the pandemic and increasing COVID-19 numbers in our area. Teachers should be given a choice as well without jeopardizing their employment.
I no longer have kids in school, but I have many friends who do and/or who work in our school system. I do not feel it’s worth the risk or the stress to have in-person school at this time.
As grandparents of 4 students who attend Canton schools, we’ve personally seen how hard it’s been doing remote learning. It’s hard for working parents. It’s hard for the teachers. It’s hard for the kids. It’s even hard for the grandparents who’re trying to help during this time. What’s not hard is knowing that this is absolutely what needs to be happening at this time (remote learning). The numbers in Fulton Country have been going up at an alarming rate and that’s without students in schools. We must protect the kids, the entire school staff and our community. Do not open schools until it is safe to do so.
This is woefully inappropriate! The science needs to be followed! How are we to ask teacher and staff to not only risk their lives but also, because the teachers I've for my kids are wonderful and are so caring, the students they grow to love lives all for conviencience of some? We have had a spike in cases, reopening the schools will further increase it and sadly may cause the first COVID death in our county! As an essential worker at a Healthcare facility with the elderly it concerns me that me having to send my children back, even for mixed learning, could risk infecting a high risk group. We did well in the beginning and stayed the course until recently. We are all tired and want a sense of normalcy but it should not be a the risk of children, teachers, staff, bus drivers, families and our extended work families. A lot of people cite how our economy is failing. What do you think will happen if we open up schools prior to the flu season or during the flu season? If a child has symptoms of Covid they can't be at school but we as a community won't know if it's a cold or flu for a few days when a multitude of people will possibly have been exposed and spreading the possible infection of COVID. What do you think jobs will do when parents who returned to work have to keep leaving and taking time off because of possibly sick children? Those same people might lose their jobs or what if those parents contract COVID and unknowingly infect their work or sadly pass away? Do we really think that there won't be parents who are pressed between working and staying home with an ill child who may think its probably just a cold I'll just give em some tylenol and the child(ren) will be okay? These are hard times for everyone please don't make them harder. Please look at our numbers and make the right choice. Stay closed to in person until it is safe!
As the parent of a special needs child who can’t wear a mask and an immunocompromised child with pulmonary issues this is not the time to return to school. Our local collages are struggling to keep students safe and they are adults! I am not willing to risk the lives of our teachers, staff members, or children for the inconvenience of having to juggle more on my own plate. I know it is hard, I work 2 jobs and have 5 kids in school but I would rather have safe, healthy kids and community than kids who went to school.
I have a grandson in pre-K, and his father lives with me in Canton, while his mother lives a few blocks away. Sending these kids back to school in any way, shape or form right now is not only risky and dangerous, but it just going to add more cases and prolong the time until things can return to normal. Patience. Patience. Patience. JUST WAIT until the time is more safe to open the buildings, please.
We are currently part of a spike in Covid cases, why is anyone even discussing returning and risking the lives of not only our students and their families but also of our teachers and their families. As of today, there have been 210 positive cases in Fulton County, 81 of those are from Canton alone. According to a recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association COVID cases in children nationwide has spiked by 14% in the last 2 weeks since kids are returning to school. It is simply irresponsible to even be considering this. I want my daughter to have an awesome senior year, this is not what we hoped or envisioned and I understand the concern over their mental health but I guarantee their mental health would take a much harder hit if they passed the virus to a teacher or loved one who died from it. I would rather see pictures of kids learning from home in the yearbook than tribute pages to those who died from COVID.
As someone who is high risk this idea of going back is way to dangerous and unsafe, for both me and many others.