SKSD Family Choice for Return to School

Please open our schools. My grandkids NEED to get back to normal.

My 3 middle schoolers want to be in school! We deserve to at least a choice.

This plan is absolutely sufficient. Thank you SKSD for supporting local families!

I think you have made a well informed, great decision. Please stand by it.

I get that there are people are nervous. And that makes me sad. Having said that, we need to get back to life as normal as we can! If we close down, there will be a lot of people laid off! And, the school I work in has a lot of single parents. How on earth are these parents going to afford daycares? And with children having to attend day care, who is going to get these kiddos online at day care? Is the daycare staff supposed to now teach the kiddos? And what happens if the daycare companies get more applications than they have room for? Where will the kids go that don’t have day care? And parents can’t quite their jobs because they’re a single parent? Listen, I love and adore the teachers I work with, but come on! Our grocery stores, home improvement stores, hospitals have opened up! Why can’t we? We can close our schools to all who are not essential! The only people in the schools will be the staff and kiddos! People can’t hide behind being afraid of getting sick! There is a flu vaccine and and people still get the flu and still die from the flu. I know that sounds harsh! But why are teachers above anyone else!? I’m so sorry they don’t feel safe, but we have a job to do! These kiddos need to be in school! My husband has gone to work every single day! And every day he wears a mask and he goes by the guidelines and regulations set by the CDC. Please, we have an opportunity to be a part of history? We are blessed enough that we don’t have to go fight in a war. However, this is our chance to fight for our kiddos! When I think about DDay, and all those young men who literally didn’t even make it to the beach... they gave their all! We have a chance to storm the beach and be there for our future generation! These kids are all of our futures! Don’t they deserve to be taught!? Yes!

Give the parents a choice!

Our children need to be in school. Education is essential and the online environment simply is not as effective with the youth. We now have a better understanding of Covid and CDC guidelines have proven effective at minimizing the spread of the virus. Other organizations have had success in getting back to work and being safe.

Denying parents to decide what is best for their children is akin to usurping their parental authority. Allow for families to make this substantial decision themselves.

We need to stop letting fear paralize us and start learning how to live our lives again-- ALL OF US, our children included! What is this pandemic teaching us? Right now it's teaching us to succumb to the fear of the unknown.. Let's learn to cope and adapt! Be the lone district who puts the kids and their families and the teachers first by allowing them all to get back to normal!

Parents and students alike deserve a vote in their education. We understand the science. We understand the recommendations. We also understand our child’s ability or lack of ability to be successful in a distance learning environment.

Online learning does not work for all kids. Having a choice for families & staff is the right way. If comfortable, in person. If uncomfortable, online. My middle school student now moving to HS did not learn as effectively as in person school.

We need to keep a choice... there are daycares that are still operating at normal capacity. Those children are those of essential workers who are still working and being exposed and you arent hearing of any major outbreaks at the day care... if school isnt open some parents dont have a choice to work from home so what is the difference between sending them to school or to daycare they are still out with a bunch of kids except at daycare they are not getting to learn or do school. But if they are school they wont be losing out on an education that our tax dollars are still being collected and paying for.

My children have special needs and need in-person instruction.

We need in person school. Those that don't want that already have the option to do online only!

Please think of the children and the teachers health! If we have precautions out in public being in a school setting would be worse!

Mask up open up Trust the math teacher not the drama teacher

Give us the choice.

I believe the best thing for our whole community is to offer in person school. This will benefit students and their families and district employees like myself, a school bus driver. I want to go back to work. My husband and adult children are essential workers and we have already been exposed to a confirmed corona19 Patient. We are not afraid And have taken necessary precautions. Those who are vulnerable have the clear option to stay home. The Flex model is so much better than the remote only option especially for those students who will not receive the support they need! Please stand strong and be the best leaders in our community! Please do not capitulate to the fearful.

“Choice” is everything to a student and to parents.

Parents deserve a choice. Students deserve a choice. Teachers deserve a choice. My child NEEDS personal interaction to learn. We choose to follow guidelines and protocols and accept the consequences, BECAUSE we have the choice. Those who don’t choose the consequences deserve the choice to remain strictly online. CHOICE is powerful!