The mask mandate is staying in place. We kept the focus on student safety and the results prove that local pressure forces real action. Keep monitoring district announcements to ensure these protections remain enforced.
October 5, 2021
Final supporters
Update: Thanks to Governor Beshear and the Kentucky State Board of Education, the mask mandate will stand in Marshall County Schools. Thanks to everyone who signed in support of student safety. Link to the update from Superintendent Miracle.
https://www.facebook.com/265369147519103/posts/854...
Dr. Miracle & Marshall County Board of Education,
It has come to my attention that you seek to “protect” our students from Governor Beshear’s mandate that requires masks in school. I would like to know what data is driving your decision to skirt the mandate intended to keep our children and community safe and healthy. From where I sit, there is no reasonable excuse for this action.
To date, only 46% of Marshall County residents are fully vaccinated (chfs.ky.gov). This poses a problem because of what we know about the Delta Variant, which is the prevalent strain in the United States right now. According to the CDC, Delta is more contagious, causes more severe illness, the unvaccinated are of great concern, and breakthrough infections in the vaccinated can spread the virus (cdc.gov). We also know that children’s hospitals are filling up with covid patients (cdc.gov data tracker), making this strain more dangerous to children than the Alpha.
Moving on, we can look at the data related to hospital census and availability of ICU beds. Marshall County is in Region 1, and according to data from the Kentucky Covid daily report, we see that 78% of our ICU beds are spoken for (chfs.ky.gov). If we continue this trend, we will soon have our hospitals at capacity. That means that when you have a stroke, there won’t be a bed for you. If your friend is in a car accident, there may not be a bed for them. Hospitals that are full end up treating people in hallways and other areas not intended for treatment. People will hold off on seeking medical attention, putting themselves at greater risk of death. Our already fragile health care system breaks down, as does the overall health and wellness of our community.
Now we can take a look at the data supplied by Marshall County Schools. As of today, we already have 94 students out of school on quarantine due to exposure. We also have 43 students with active cases (marshall.kyschools.us). Allowing students to remain maskless will cause a public health crisis in Marshall County. Medical services will be impacted for everyone, including those of us who choose to take our fair share of personal responsibility to our community by getting vaccinated and wearing a mask when needed. I am all for people being able to make their own decisions, but when those bad decisions take a toll on the health and wellness of our entire community, I have to ask what is the driving force behind these decisions? It certainly is not data and facts.
I think we can agree that children belong in school as opposed to virtual academy for many reasons, such as mental health and adult oversight. In order to keep our kids in school, we need to keep them healthy. We also know that the best way to prevent the spread of Covid is to use a face covering when indoors or in close contact with other people, and to social distance whenever possible. I can’t for the life of me understand why any public official would blatantly disregard evidence based guidelines set forth by the CDC and every other public health expert. Especially someone in the field of education. You should know better. It is clear that you care more about catering to a misinformation and disinformation driven ideology than you do about the children of Marshall County, and for that you should be ashamed.
Below you will find a list of resources I used in this letter. I would love to see your list of resources that back up your will to disregard the mask mandate and overall health of our community. You are in a position of power, and have the ability to positively or negatively affect the health of our entire community. Don’t make the wrong choice. Allow the mask mandate to stand because the health and wellness of our community depends on it.
Sincerely,
Marshall County residents in favor of masking
https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/covid19/COVID19DailyReport.pdf
https://www.marshall.kyschools.us/content/covidparentinfo
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#new-hospital-admissions
Updates
August 12, 2021
The school board is still dragging their feet on this vital safety measure. Post this petition link on Facebook right now and tag your local board members to demand they follow the mandate.
August 12, 2021
The mandate is staying in place because we refused to be quiet. Please post this victory to your Facebook feed and email your local school board members to keep up the pressure.
Reached 100 supporters
August 12, 2021
35 Comments
If they can enforce dress codes and some of the other stupid policies they have had in effect for the last 40 years… they can enforce masks. We need to protect our children
The role of the Marshall County School Board is to educate and protect our students while present on school property or at school functions. I support a mandatory mask mandate until K-12 students can be vaccinated.
This is the most common sense strategy to protect our children while they sit indoors in a school building all day long with hundreds of other people, all sharing the same airspace. Our opinions, and our children, belong in this county too.
I am no longer a Marshall County resident but I am a health care professional, and I am the grandparent of a 4th-grader in your school system. Please put politics aside and help protect our children and the entire community.
I'm a local teacher and grew up in the MCHS school system. You may be winning points with the misinformed but, as an educated scholar, YOU should know better than to put partisanship over the lives of kids in my hometown!
Keep kids safe!
The kids need to be in school. Wear the mask.
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The mask mandate is staying in place. We kept the focus on student safety and the results prove that local pressure forces real action. Keep monitoring district announcements to ensure these protections remain enforced.
October 5, 2021
Final supporters
Update: Thanks to Governor Beshear and the Kentucky State Board of Education, the mask mandate will stand in Marshall County Schools. Thanks to everyone who signed in support of student safety. Link to the update from Superintendent Miracle.
https://www.facebook.com/265369147519103/posts/854...
Dr. Miracle & Marshall County Board of Education,
It has come to my attention that you seek to “protect” our students from Governor Beshear’s mandate that requires masks in school. I would like to know what data is driving your decision to skirt the mandate intended to keep our children and community safe and healthy. From where I sit, there is no reasonable excuse for this action.
To date, only 46% of Marshall County residents are fully vaccinated (chfs.ky.gov). This poses a problem because of what we know about the Delta Variant, which is the prevalent strain in the United States right now. According to the CDC, Delta is more contagious, causes more severe illness, the unvaccinated are of great concern, and breakthrough infections in the vaccinated can spread the virus (cdc.gov). We also know that children’s hospitals are filling up with covid patients (cdc.gov data tracker), making this strain more dangerous to children than the Alpha.
Moving on, we can look at the data related to hospital census and availability of ICU beds. Marshall County is in Region 1, and according to data from the Kentucky Covid daily report, we see that 78% of our ICU beds are spoken for (chfs.ky.gov). If we continue this trend, we will soon have our hospitals at capacity. That means that when you have a stroke, there won’t be a bed for you. If your friend is in a car accident, there may not be a bed for them. Hospitals that are full end up treating people in hallways and other areas not intended for treatment. People will hold off on seeking medical attention, putting themselves at greater risk of death. Our already fragile health care system breaks down, as does the overall health and wellness of our community.
Now we can take a look at the data supplied by Marshall County Schools. As of today, we already have 94 students out of school on quarantine due to exposure. We also have 43 students with active cases (marshall.kyschools.us). Allowing students to remain maskless will cause a public health crisis in Marshall County. Medical services will be impacted for everyone, including those of us who choose to take our fair share of personal responsibility to our community by getting vaccinated and wearing a mask when needed. I am all for people being able to make their own decisions, but when those bad decisions take a toll on the health and wellness of our entire community, I have to ask what is the driving force behind these decisions? It certainly is not data and facts.
I think we can agree that children belong in school as opposed to virtual academy for many reasons, such as mental health and adult oversight. In order to keep our kids in school, we need to keep them healthy. We also know that the best way to prevent the spread of Covid is to use a face covering when indoors or in close contact with other people, and to social distance whenever possible. I can’t for the life of me understand why any public official would blatantly disregard evidence based guidelines set forth by the CDC and every other public health expert. Especially someone in the field of education. You should know better. It is clear that you care more about catering to a misinformation and disinformation driven ideology than you do about the children of Marshall County, and for that you should be ashamed.
Below you will find a list of resources I used in this letter. I would love to see your list of resources that back up your will to disregard the mask mandate and overall health of our community. You are in a position of power, and have the ability to positively or negatively affect the health of our entire community. Don’t make the wrong choice. Allow the mask mandate to stand because the health and wellness of our community depends on it.
Sincerely,
Marshall County residents in favor of masking
https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/covid19/COVID19DailyReport.pdf
https://www.marshall.kyschools.us/content/covidparentinfo
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#new-hospital-admissions
Updates
August 12, 2021
The school board is still dragging their feet on this vital safety measure. Post this petition link on Facebook right now and tag your local board members to demand they follow the mandate.
August 12, 2021
The mandate is staying in place because we refused to be quiet. Please post this victory to your Facebook feed and email your local school board members to keep up the pressure.
Reached 100 supporters
August 12, 2021
35 Comments
I am still in complete shock that I would even have to sign this. Never in my 18 years in education did I ever think I would have to sign a petition to protect the children in our school district. Safety is non-negotiable. Doing what’s best for kids is our foremost job as educators. Marshall County School Board- end this madness.
If they can enforce dress codes and some of the other stupid policies they have had in effect for the last 40 years… they can enforce masks. We need to protect our children
The role of the Marshall County School Board is to educate and protect our students while present on school property or at school functions. I support a mandatory mask mandate until K-12 students can be vaccinated.
This is the most common sense strategy to protect our children while they sit indoors in a school building all day long with hundreds of other people, all sharing the same airspace. Our opinions, and our children, belong in this county too.
I am no longer a Marshall County resident but I am a health care professional, and I am the grandparent of a 4th-grader in your school system. Please put politics aside and help protect our children and the entire community.
I'm a local teacher and grew up in the MCHS school system. You may be winning points with the misinformed but, as an educated scholar, YOU should know better than to put partisanship over the lives of kids in my hometown!
Keep kids safe!
The kids need to be in school. Wear the mask.
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I am still in complete shock that I would even have to sign this. Never in my 18 years in education did I ever think I would have to sign a petition to protect the children in our school district. Safety is non-negotiable. Doing what’s best for kids is our foremost job as educators. Marshall County School Board- end this madness.