Next speaker is the guy who led the Pledge of Allegiance, claims there is no direction from Sacramento, everything is in limbo, wants the kids to be back out playing sports, claims it will make them healthier and build up their immune system.
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Trustee Shaw claiming that there will be online options for those who want and that temperature checks will be performed regularly, it’s not business as usual. Good thing there haven’t been any asymptomatic cases of Covid!
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Now says there will be extra cleaning, does not say if cleaning staff will be paid more (spoiler: they won’t).
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Board member Barke says “parents are clearly equipped to make the best decisions for their children,” and apparently she was not watching the last hour of comments.
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Board member Gomez saying that parents should be educating their children and not just project their own fears, says Board did not share enough opposing views and that there are flaws in the report.
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Only one opposing vote to white paper (Gomez). Moving on to resolution supporting law enforcement, to which I can say go fuck yourselves you boot licking shits. That one passes unanimously.
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Oh fuck me, now they’re talking about helping charter schools because they’re not getting enough funding from the state budget. They literally just closed an elementary school in HB.
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This Board needs to get voted out ASAP. What the fuck. Closing public schools and shifting the funds to charter schools is governance for the privileged, not the public.
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Gomez is asking what “financial support” means in particular (she’s nobody’s fool)
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Gomez now pointing out that vendors are price gouging on PPE, and if they want schools to reopen it’s going to cost a LOT, and that giving money to charter schools ain’t it
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None of the rest of the Board want to touch that particular budgetary fact
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Okay, looks like we’re getting into legislative minutiae, I’m calling it a night and making myself a drink. Stay safe, wear a mask, register to vote, go vote.
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Oh wait, as I was leaving, President Ken Williams wants people to stop sending him angry emails about the governor closing sports programs. What an absolutely self-absorbed little turd.
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Lol, sorry, one more. President Ken Williams saves the best for last. Over 2500 emails were sent on the school opening issue to the Board, isn’t going to put the actual content of the emails into the minutes but only the last name of the submitter.
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Gomez is pointing out that their job is to read all the correspondence and make sure people’s voices are heard.
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Gomez wants them to figure out a mechanism so that people can actually be heard, because right now they aren’t. Boyd (secretary) points out that the website says comments will be read, but they are not actually doing so.
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Boyd also points out there are close to 4k people watching on YouTube, many of whom likely submitted comments and were waiting to hear them read.
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Williams wants to pile the work of developing a new public comment system on Gomez’s shoulders, Gomez is quite happy to take on the burden.
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I am never escaping this. Three more public speakers are being acknowledged.
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First one is masked. Opens with getting police out of schools, not picking and choosing when it comes to science. Points out that we could have opened up if the government had done their job, we have thousands of cases. Says we need to reframe our thoughts to fit the facts
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Next speaker is also masked (younger guy). Points out that the Board doesn’t really care about kids, and the Board needs constant correction on most basic facts. Wants Board to stop looking for money, focus on constituents and their health.
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President Ken Williams has not liked the last two speakers.
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Last speaker is also masked with a BLM mask. Getting a clear sense that the Board tried to keep certain types of people out.
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Points out that teachers and students need to be safe, and that current standards don’t even come close to meeting that, so how is reopening supposed to happen? Not enough sanitizer, no sinks, poor ventilation, too many kids in a classroom.
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One more speaker, also masked. Another younger person, works for the school district with moderately to severely disabled children, says that sending kids back and having one die is terrible. Points out that even at current stats it’s 14,000 kids dead.
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I definitely feel like the Board did not want those last speakers talking.
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And that’s the end of it. Good luck, everyone.
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