The board voted to implement the mask mandate. We secured this win because 260 of you stepped up to demand safer classrooms. Keep watching the upcoming district policy updates to ensure they follow through on this promise.
November 21, 2021
Final supporters
School officials and the Kingsport Board of Education will be discussing COVID-19 protocols in Kingsport City Schools on Tuesday, August 24. If you support a mask mandate in KCS schools that will comply with Governor Lee's executive order allowing parents to opt out, please sign this petition.
Updates
August 28, 2021
We hit 250 signatures today. Post this link on your Facebook page and text three neighbors right now to keep the momentum moving.
Reached 250 supporters
August 26, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
August 20, 2021
August 20, 2021
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to push harder to hit that mark before the board meeting. Text three neighbors right now and ask them to sign the petition.
66 Comments
Please keep our most vulnerable kids safe, we need masks in schools. Our elementary kids are ineligible for vaccination, so we have to protect them other ways. Masks are an easy effective way to lower risk and keep our schools open. Let’s protect our kids and show the world that safety comes first.
I am begging each of you to vote yes to wearing a mask while in school. Our children are much too important not to take every precaution to keep them safe. My son does not qualify for a vaccine yet and the schools are full of Covid. Please do your part to keep our kids safe.
My daughter got COVID after her first week at Jefferson. She wore a mask, but it is not sufficient protection unless other layers of protection are also added - including others wearing masks.
Those in the medical field are pleading for mitigation measures in schools. These are local experts. They have nothing to gain from misinformation but so much to lose. We may never know if some things were overreacted too but we are already seeing the harm of doing too little. Public health is a community responsibility, it takes all.
It is up to the City school system to provide a safe learning environment for our children and grandchildren. Masks are a simple and effective way to stop the spread of Covid. Our grandson was home schooled for a year but has already contracted COVID from the Kingsport city schools within his first two weeks of school. Please look out for our children.
You have all the information or data you need. Local, state, and federal health agencies all say masks for everyone in public settings, regardless of vaccination status.
I fully support a mask mandate because I believe it will reduce the spread of Covid-19. I value life.
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The board voted to implement the mask mandate. We secured this win because 260 of you stepped up to demand safer classrooms. Keep watching the upcoming district policy updates to ensure they follow through on this promise.
November 21, 2021
Final supporters
School officials and the Kingsport Board of Education will be discussing COVID-19 protocols in Kingsport City Schools on Tuesday, August 24. If you support a mask mandate in KCS schools that will comply with Governor Lee's executive order allowing parents to opt out, please sign this petition.
Updates
August 28, 2021
We hit 250 signatures today. Post this link on your Facebook page and text three neighbors right now to keep the momentum moving.
Reached 250 supporters
August 26, 2021
Reached 100 supporters
August 20, 2021
August 20, 2021
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to push harder to hit that mark before the board meeting. Text three neighbors right now and ask them to sign the petition.
66 Comments
PLEASE put a mask mandate in place to protect my immune compromised daughter. She wants more than anything to be in school with her peers.
Please keep our most vulnerable kids safe, we need masks in schools. Our elementary kids are ineligible for vaccination, so we have to protect them other ways. Masks are an easy effective way to lower risk and keep our schools open. Let’s protect our kids and show the world that safety comes first.
I am begging each of you to vote yes to wearing a mask while in school. Our children are much too important not to take every precaution to keep them safe. My son does not qualify for a vaccine yet and the schools are full of Covid. Please do your part to keep our kids safe.
My daughter got COVID after her first week at Jefferson. She wore a mask, but it is not sufficient protection unless other layers of protection are also added - including others wearing masks.
Those in the medical field are pleading for mitigation measures in schools. These are local experts. They have nothing to gain from misinformation but so much to lose. We may never know if some things were overreacted too but we are already seeing the harm of doing too little. Public health is a community responsibility, it takes all.
It is up to the City school system to provide a safe learning environment for our children and grandchildren. Masks are a simple and effective way to stop the spread of Covid. Our grandson was home schooled for a year but has already contracted COVID from the Kingsport city schools within his first two weeks of school. Please look out for our children.
You have all the information or data you need. Local, state, and federal health agencies all say masks for everyone in public settings, regardless of vaccination status.
I fully support a mask mandate because I believe it will reduce the spread of Covid-19. I value life.
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PLEASE put a mask mandate in place to protect my immune compromised daughter. She wants more than anything to be in school with her peers.