LMSD Petition for Re-Opening Committee and Metrics

I don’t want the schools to open now. I am okay with keeping my kids home for the sake of health safety. I trust our teachers and school administrators and staff and understand the need to keep them and the students safe. However, I would like some transparency and clarity as to the thinking of the school board about how and when schools will open. The October date seems ludicrous, given current conditions. How will things progress this year?

Please open the schools.

Similar to the decision made to go virtual, a plan must be in place to return to school when the conditions are safe for all. If there isn’t a plan in place with defined milestones, how can we move forward? There is one condition that I ask you consider above all, the safety of the students, staff, teachers, and janitors.

BHES parent.

Open the schools!!!!!

There is no substitute for in person learning for high school students. Please develop a thoughtful plan for safe reopening asap. Parent of Harriton class of ‘20,22,and 24

I support this petition, and urge the Board members to consider that this is not one-stop shopping. The metrics for kids under 10 years old and for kids with special needs might be different than for older students.

Thank you caring parents/staff

Great set of proposals, and something I fully believe the district should implement.

Thank you for your consideration.

Metrics established to bring back small groups of special needs learners or young children should be DIFFERENT than metrics to being back the whole district into the classrooms

We need a path towards in person learning for the sake of the children’s development. LMSD has The resources to make this a reality safety while mitigating risk.

Here by I signed the petition .

I would be happy to be a medical advisor even though we are in CCA for the year.

This!

Nearly every school-aged child will be in a learning pod this fall, thus still interacting with others and potentially spreading the virus. Therefore, closing schools has done little to mitigate virus transmission but instead has shifted the problem and liability to individual families. Families who continue to pay taxes for education while having to spend private funds on pod teachers and tutors who are becoming very costly due to high demand. A controlled smaller group environment in school, like the hybrid model, would be no different than a learning pod.

As an MD taking care of COVID patients, and a CEO working in biotech with visibility into drug and vaccine development, I would be happy to volunteer to participate.

A committee with pediatric medical Professionals is long over due.

Education and socialization is essential for our children. There needs to be a plan in place for them.

My kids want to statt school