Oh my gosh we did it. Got a response to an email we sent my son’s middle school principal that says kids will not be required or asked to wear a mask, nor will additional mitigation strategies be required for those who choose to unmask. My children will be mask free from now on!
Why we had to battle for this essential and simple freedom is beyond me. But, I am exhausted from it.
The win is bittersweet because I know so many other kids who have it much, much worse (see CA). I’ll take a moment today to relish the moment, but then it’s on to fight for everyone else!
Not to mention there are still things worthy of fighting for when it comes to school boards. Like CRT.
I’ve been asked over and over if I plan on running for school board. I’m not political. I’m not Ivy League educated. I don’t like being away from my kids. But, I will 💯 fight for them. I think I’ve at least showed the folks in power what I’m made of. We’ll see what happens. 😎
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When I read the comments, one question stands out: How can you get more involved? You’ve heard the phrase “All politics is local”. That’s so true. Go to school board meetings. Befriend people there. Join online groups. Educate yourself with facts. Never back down. Support others.
I lost many friends because I fought restrictions from the beginning of “the downfall”. It was almost enough to make me back down. But my kids kept asking me to fight for them. And guess what, I met new friends through my advocacy! Lifelong friends. And I still attend meetings!
Stand by the things you feel strongly about. I’ve always understood the uselessness of masks, so I don’t wear them. Anywhere. No matter the pressure. There are always exceptions, of course. Don’t get kicked out of a doc’s office, or off a plane. Different battles in the war.
WOW! This caught on camera RIGHT NOW at the PWCS board meeting. A MOTHER being forcibly removed!!! These are the jackboots in charge of educating our children! Is this the kind of syndicate you run, @PWCSChairman RT RT RT!!! #abuse#pwcs
Thread: My family knew the facts about COVID from the earliest reports in December 2019, thanks to a husband who tracks viruses like most guys track fantasy football, and has done so for 30 years. 🤓
We were never afraid. Ever.
We watched EO after EO come, each one curtailing yet another freedom. My husband was on Facebook and Twitter sharing facts to keep people calm, but folks stopped caring as if they wanted to be afraid. Then it got political.
We played by most rules, but we never masked. The facts had been clear on masks for decades. Then people started changing profile pictures and telling each other they were doing their part to stop the spread! There was never a study saying masks work miracles.
If I hear one more person tell me that my kid wearing a mask is a small price to pay… Price to pay for what? For a jacked up childhood living in a constant state emergency that by EVERY SINGLE METRIC AVAILABLE is the very least of concerns for kids? Literally.
It’s not a price to pay to protect the double-masked and triple vaxxed teachers. It’s not for the 900,000 COVID deaths, of which 98% - NINETY EIGHT PERCENT - are over 75 or have multiple existing and life-threatening co-morbidities. Last I heard, kids aren’t singing in rest homes
So what’s the small price? Not being able to go on field trips? Not being able to read facial expressions at the most critical time for brains to learn how to process them? Being told they’re disease vectors and dirty? Being used as pawns for the “greater progressive agenda”?