QUESTION: How does #COVID19 impact the families of national security professionals? We asked Jo-Anne Sears @JoAnnePSears , Former Sr. Advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force and Partner, with Velocity Government Relations. Follow this thread for the answer.
ANSWER: "There is a growing challenge adversely affecting Defense Department and Intelligence Community personnel. It is not Russia or China – this time. It is the fact public schools are shuttered for in-person learning due to the #Covid19 pandemic.
This challenge has turned into a crisis for working parents in the region involved in classified programs critical to national security. They have to choose between being at home or protecting the homeland.
Public schools have historically been the quiet backbone of our economy. Schools not only cultivate and produce the next generation of our workforce they also allow parents to work, bring home income, and protect the nation.
When a parent can’t go to work – especially in a highly classified environment – the work is delayed or does not get done in a timely manner.
Thankfully, leadership in the Defense Department and Intelligence Community have been extremely supportive of working parents but...
this is not sustainable over long periods of time.
The solution? Schools need to be creative and safely open for the business of education and for the sake of national security."
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