WE WON!! THE DISTRICT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT CLASSES ARE MOVING ONLINE FOR THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS BECAUSE WE PROTECTED OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER!! WE WILL STAY VIGILANT BUT FOR NOW LETS CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE VICTORY!!!
September 15, 2020
Final supporters
Superintendent Kathy Rollo and
Lubbock Independent School District Board
1628 19th St
Lubbock TX 79401
Re: Closure Order for Lubbock Independent School District (LISD)
Dear Superintendent Rollo and Board,
As a group of concerned LISD parents, we are writing to urge you to close Lubbock schools for the first grading period (nine school weeks) of school year 2020/2021 in order to keep our children- and their teachers and staff- safe.
Our public health team here in Lubbock has done an amazing job keeping health data available and usable for Lubbock citizens during this pandemic. This data is clear: Lubbock is in the middle of community spread for Covid-19 to a much greater degree than at any time thus far. Spread is not restricted to the very old or to the very ill; 400 young people between ages 10 and 19 have fallen ill, along with a not-insignificant number of very young children ages birth to nine (124). Given a per-day increase of 108 cases and 1,100 tests run as of July 14, 2020, there is a positivity rate of 9.81% - almost twice the 5% maximum positivity rate deemed safe for re-opening.
Our concern is what will happen when children come to school ill, as they do every year, or when children come to school as asymptomatic carriers. One or two sick children can infect, or at least expose, huge numbers of staff and other students in the blink of an eye. Our schools are not built to support children spaced six feet (or even three feet) apart. Even if every child, teacher and staffer were to be 100% compliant with mask requirements- which it is absolutely certain they will not be- the physical spacing would be unsafe.
We understand that families will have financial and childcare hardships if schools are closed. We are aware that children of all ages need to be around other kids and their teachers to thrive. With all of our hearts, we want to be at a place where in-person schools can reassume the important role they play in all of our lives. But we want to do that safely. If our children die or get sick, incurring health consequences they will live with the rest of their lives, or if our teachers and staff endure horrific illness and death, we will have defeated the goal of making school a vibrant, essential and safe part of our students’ lives. Instead, we will have made schools frightening, dangerous and even deadly.
Please issue a school closure order for the first grading period of school year 2020/2021. It’s a life-and-death decision for our community.
Sincerely,
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 19, 2020
July 18, 2020
WE JUST SMASHED THROUGH 100 SIGNATURES!! THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND SHOWS HOW MUCH THIS COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT STAYING SAFE!!
July 18, 2020
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD 250 SIGNATURES AND I NEED EVERYBODY TO PUSH THIS HARDER RIGHT NOW!! GET THIS LINK INTO EVERY GROUP CHAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIT THAT TARGET TODAY!!
Reached 100 supporters
July 17, 2020
July 14, 2020
WE ARE BLASTING TOWARD THAT 100 SIGNATURE MARK AND THE ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! BLAST THIS LINK TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN SMASH THIS GOAL AND SHOW THE BOARD WE MEAN BUSINESS!!
113 Comments
As a nurse & mother, I feel it is my duty to sign this for my children, as well as other children who may be susceptible or at-risk of Covid-19 exposure. Why can't we just continue with online instruction?
My daughter has already been infected. What if I send her to school and she becomes reinfected? What if her outcome is worse than her 1st go around? We are not taking that chance.
I am a teacher at Lubbock High and want nothing more than the safety of our students and fellow teachers, that’s why I believe continuing online education is not a recommendation but a true necessity to improving the health of our community.
Israel had the virus under control but then they opened the schools and virus rates shot up. Lubbock doesn't have the virus under control yet. For the sake of the health of the entire community, delay opening.
Tech is going to reopen in mid-August. 37,000 students will back to Lubbock. The 9 weeks online instruction will give our community/ and hospitals a buffer to accommodate the increasing cases.
I’m a student and I’m terrified to go back to school on Monday, i feel that this is a very bad idea. reopening schools was so stupid.
As a librarian and educator, and with recent news of significant covid spread at a Georgia youth camp, I urge you to reevaluate opening for f2f instruction. Thank you, Joshua Salmans
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WE WON!! THE DISTRICT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT CLASSES ARE MOVING ONLINE FOR THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS BECAUSE WE PROTECTED OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER!! WE WILL STAY VIGILANT BUT FOR NOW LETS CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE VICTORY!!!
September 15, 2020
Final supporters
Superintendent Kathy Rollo and
Lubbock Independent School District Board
1628 19th St
Lubbock TX 79401
Re: Closure Order for Lubbock Independent School District (LISD)
Dear Superintendent Rollo and Board,
As a group of concerned LISD parents, we are writing to urge you to close Lubbock schools for the first grading period (nine school weeks) of school year 2020/2021 in order to keep our children- and their teachers and staff- safe.
Our public health team here in Lubbock has done an amazing job keeping health data available and usable for Lubbock citizens during this pandemic. This data is clear: Lubbock is in the middle of community spread for Covid-19 to a much greater degree than at any time thus far. Spread is not restricted to the very old or to the very ill; 400 young people between ages 10 and 19 have fallen ill, along with a not-insignificant number of very young children ages birth to nine (124). Given a per-day increase of 108 cases and 1,100 tests run as of July 14, 2020, there is a positivity rate of 9.81% - almost twice the 5% maximum positivity rate deemed safe for re-opening.
Our concern is what will happen when children come to school ill, as they do every year, or when children come to school as asymptomatic carriers. One or two sick children can infect, or at least expose, huge numbers of staff and other students in the blink of an eye. Our schools are not built to support children spaced six feet (or even three feet) apart. Even if every child, teacher and staffer were to be 100% compliant with mask requirements- which it is absolutely certain they will not be- the physical spacing would be unsafe.
We understand that families will have financial and childcare hardships if schools are closed. We are aware that children of all ages need to be around other kids and their teachers to thrive. With all of our hearts, we want to be at a place where in-person schools can reassume the important role they play in all of our lives. But we want to do that safely. If our children die or get sick, incurring health consequences they will live with the rest of their lives, or if our teachers and staff endure horrific illness and death, we will have defeated the goal of making school a vibrant, essential and safe part of our students’ lives. Instead, we will have made schools frightening, dangerous and even deadly.
Please issue a school closure order for the first grading period of school year 2020/2021. It’s a life-and-death decision for our community.
Sincerely,
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 19, 2020
July 18, 2020
WE JUST SMASHED THROUGH 100 SIGNATURES!! THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND SHOWS HOW MUCH THIS COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT STAYING SAFE!!
July 18, 2020
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD 250 SIGNATURES AND I NEED EVERYBODY TO PUSH THIS HARDER RIGHT NOW!! GET THIS LINK INTO EVERY GROUP CHAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIT THAT TARGET TODAY!!
Reached 100 supporters
July 17, 2020
July 14, 2020
WE ARE BLASTING TOWARD THAT 100 SIGNATURE MARK AND THE ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! BLAST THIS LINK TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN SMASH THIS GOAL AND SHOW THE BOARD WE MEAN BUSINESS!!
113 Comments
I don’t feel opening the schools is a wise decision as many parents, teachers and children will raise the risk of contracting covid-19 despite the sanitary precautions. As a LISD student I would rather learn online than put my family at risk during this difficult time
As a nurse & mother, I feel it is my duty to sign this for my children, as well as other children who may be susceptible or at-risk of Covid-19 exposure. Why can't we just continue with online instruction?
My daughter has already been infected. What if I send her to school and she becomes reinfected? What if her outcome is worse than her 1st go around? We are not taking that chance.
I am a teacher at Lubbock High and want nothing more than the safety of our students and fellow teachers, that’s why I believe continuing online education is not a recommendation but a true necessity to improving the health of our community.
Israel had the virus under control but then they opened the schools and virus rates shot up. Lubbock doesn't have the virus under control yet. For the sake of the health of the entire community, delay opening.
Tech is going to reopen in mid-August. 37,000 students will back to Lubbock. The 9 weeks online instruction will give our community/ and hospitals a buffer to accommodate the increasing cases.
I’m a student and I’m terrified to go back to school on Monday, i feel that this is a very bad idea. reopening schools was so stupid.
As a librarian and educator, and with recent news of significant covid spread at a Georgia youth camp, I urge you to reevaluate opening for f2f instruction. Thank you, Joshua Salmans
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I don’t feel opening the schools is a wise decision as many parents, teachers and children will raise the risk of contracting covid-19 despite the sanitary precautions. As a LISD student I would rather learn online than put my family at risk during this difficult time