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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-11-20 Public Comment - C. Florquist - You Care About Your Kids - So Do WeFrom:Chris Florquist To:Agenda Subject:You Care About Your Kids - So Do We Date:Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:25:44 AM Attachments:Our Email to Journalists.pdf Keep Teachers Teaching.pdf In one month or less, we expect a number of schools operating in-person will experience severe outbreaks and will have to implement quarantine procedures or close. Nearly every school will either be forced to go virtual-only or will be pressured by members of government and community members to continue in-person education, putting students and teachers at direct risk. Periodic quarantines and school shut-downs and re-openings will create child-care issues for most parents, putting additional stress on businesses and their employees. You have already worked to assess and understand the risks inherent to reopening and operating schools. The effects of the reopening plans to date are evident - kids and teachers are still unprotected and getting sick, education will be disrupted, and more people will needlessly die. We've compiled a list of questions that you have asked yourselves and answered when preparing your community for your school districts’ reopening. Send us your responses as quickly as possible, so we can understand where your community needs additional resources and support from your legislators. Here’s what we need you to do: 1. Please review our plan to Keep Teachers Teaching 2. Compile your community’s responses to the Community Needs Assessment to Keep Teachers Teaching 3. Notify us of your community’s form completion by emailing policy@chrisflorquist.com 4. Register for our Zoom webinar here to learn about how our plans support yours a. Wednesday, August 12th at 11 a.m. PT b. Webinar will be open to participation for the first 100 registrants c. Our webinar will be recorded, posted, and Live-streamed on YouTube 5. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter, and share our posts 6. Contact your Congresspeople to forward them our Keep Teachers Teaching plan and the questions/responses from your community We’ve forwarded our plans to journalists across the country and invited them to attend our webinar as well, so they can highlight the effects of school reopening on children and their communities. Please review our Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, and Webinar Release and Waiver prior to submitting your registration form. By accessing any of the links contained within this email or communicating with our campaign, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions governing the use of our Site and communications with the Committee. You may unsubscribe to stop receiving our emails.