Many people in our community are anxious about returning to F2F learning on Wednesday with no policy changes made to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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This includes teachers, school administrators and other FCS staff, as well as students, parents and other members of the general community.
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Many teachers and FCS feel “unprotected” and “undervalued”
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Without a mask mandate, teachers are powerless to protect themselves and the other students.
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Responses FCS teacher have received from students: “I don’t have to”, “My body my choice”, “My mom/dad said you can’t ask me that”
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What are we teaching our children? Is this the type of disrespect we want to instill in them?
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@DrJeffBearden, you have stated many times that you believe the science. The science says my mask protects you, your mask protects me.
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Please use the authority that @SuptWoods gave you on 8/7/2020 and mandate masks so that we can all protect one another the best we can. 9/ gadoe.org/External-Affai…
Regardless, misinformation needs to be addressed. If we can’t agree that a problem exists, we aren’t all invested in solving it.
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For instance @DrJeffBearden, you have advocated for masks since August. Would you be willing to explain to the parents of our district why you feel this way? This is a comment from a FCS parent. It's just one of many. 3/
Shared on FB by @AJCGetSchooled, nearly 1000 Paulding County parents already signed a change.org petition for the district to NOT mandate masks. @DrJeffBearden@FCSchoolsGA you have pandered to the same folks in FOCO. Examples in thread.
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These comments are from a public Facebook post by @FCSchoolsGA. We all know that there are hundreds out there just like them. 2/
You’re right @DrJeffBearden, you can’t make everyone happy. Honestly, that shouldn’t be a priority over the health & safety of staff & students. This mother has a clear problem with the language you’ve chosen. You’ll see more evidence of this. 3/