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Anonymous wrote:This Bill passed the state Senate today. Onto the house; lobby your delegates.

Do you have a link to how everyone voted? Or do you want to tell me how Mardsen voted? He’s mine. Thanks!

He voted yes.

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Anonymous wrote:This Bill passed the state Senate today. Onto the house; lobby your delegates.

Do you have a link to how everyone voted? Or do you want to tell me how Mardsen voted? He’s mine. Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:This Bill passed the state Senate today. Onto the house; lobby your delegates.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s what you really need to ask for - prioritizing schools means that other things must come behind schools. - restaurants, churches, gyms, etc. Tell them that those other things must be closed and it’s the schools must be open. The Supreme Court already made that not a possibility by their ruling on churches.

And we still are doing terribly with vaccines, especially in this area. Arlington still can’t figure out how to get vaccines for the 1b/c population; they’re still trying to get the 75+. I’m not sending my unvaccinated teenager back to block scheduled, non-cohorted schools to bring home covid to his non vaccinated older parents with health issues. I’m thrilled that the teachers are vaccinated, but we still have terrible measures to stop community spread, so just crying “think of the children” is silly.

Restaurants, malls and gyms are not firat amwnsment rights.

Churches are.

Keep schools and churches open.

No first amendment right is being violated. An order banning all gatherings over a certain size does not rule that you cannot be a Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu. It does not establish that one religion is preferred to others. It does not prevent you from prayer. It just prevents you from infecting and killing your neighbor, which is what all of those religions claim to be in favor of. Jesus had a thing or two to say about public prayer, and it wasn’t good. But they pandered to the religious right and the science deniers, so your kid has to stay at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so everyone knows, I'm a teacher and I don't agree with the union, and I don't think most of us do. As soon as I get my full vaccine, I'm good to go. I agree that kids are struggling. They need to be in school. I'm glad parents are uniting. I think this is the only way because the unions are too powerful.

Thank you for your perspective.

+1000
But watch it. Some will call in sick and there won’t be enough subs.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so everyone knows, I'm a teacher and I don't agree with the union, and I don't think most of us do. As soon as I get my full vaccine, I'm good to go. I agree that kids are struggling. They need to be in school. I'm glad parents are uniting. I think this is the only way because the unions are too powerful.

Thank you for your perspective.

Anonymous wrote:I am a democrat and will not vote for any candidate in local elections that advocated for keeping schools closed. It was (and is) reckless, short-sighted and harmful position.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what you really need to ask for - prioritizing schools means that other things must come behind schools. - restaurants, churches, gyms, etc. Tell them that those other things must be closed and it’s the schools must be open. The Supreme Court already made that not a possibility by their ruling on churches.

And we still are doing terribly with vaccines, especially in this area. Arlington still can’t figure out how to get vaccines for the 1b/c population; they’re still trying to get the 75+. I’m not sending my unvaccinated teenager back to block scheduled, non-cohorted schools to bring home covid to his non vaccinated older parents with health issues. I’m thrilled that the teachers are vaccinated, but we still have terrible measures to stop community spread, so just crying “think of the children” is silly.

Restaurants, malls and gyms are not firat amwnsment rights.

Churches are.

Keep schools and churches open.

No first amendment right is being violated. An order banning all gatherings over a certain size does not rule that you cannot be a Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu. It does not establish that one religion is preferred to others. It does not prevent you from prayer. It just prevents you from infecting and killing your neighbor, which is what all of those religions claim to be in favor of. Jesus had a thing or two to say about public prayer, and it wasn’t good. But they pandered to the religious right and the science deniers, so your kid has to stay at home.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what you really need to ask for - prioritizing schools means that other things must come behind schools. - restaurants, churches, gyms, etc. Tell them that those other things must be closed and it’s the schools must be open. The Supreme Court already made that not a possibility by their ruling on churches.

And we still are doing terribly with vaccines, especially in this area. Arlington still can’t figure out how to get vaccines for the 1b/c population; they’re still trying to get the 75+. I’m not sending my unvaccinated teenager back to block scheduled, non-cohorted schools to bring home covid to his non vaccinated older parents with health issues. I’m thrilled that the teachers are vaccinated, but we still have terrible measures to stop community spread, so just crying “think of the children” is silly.

Restaurants, malls and gyms are not firat amwnsment rights.

Churches are.

Keep schools and churches open.

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what you really need to ask for - prioritizing schools means that other things must come behind schools. - restaurants, churches, gyms, etc. Tell them that those other things must be closed and it’s the schools must be open. The Supreme Court already made that not a possibility by their ruling on churches.

And we still are doing terribly with vaccines, especially in this area. Arlington still can’t figure out how to get vaccines for the 1b/c population; they’re still trying to get the 75+. I’m not sending my unvaccinated teenager back to block scheduled, non-cohorted schools to bring home covid to his non vaccinated older parents with health issues. I’m thrilled that the teachers are vaccinated, but we still have terrible measures to stop community spread, so just crying “think of the children” is silly.

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Anonymous wrote:Marsden is a very dim bulb. He has grown children so he doesn’t give AF. At least Chap has kids in FCPS so he knows how terrible it is.

Agree. Only the reps who have kids in closed public schools should be allowed to vote on this because the other ones have NO idea how bad it is.

Anonymous wrote:School boards and teachers unions might have some leeway about closing and virtual school had kids at least gone back in-person for a few months in the fall when the transmission rate was low. Everyone likes to say that even Europe is closing its schools now. Its a different decision when your schools were open for the last year. The community will give you some leeway.

In the US, the school boards and teachers unions cried wolf for too long by saying it wasn't safe to go back when the rates were at 15 cases per 100K in September. No one is willing to tolerate a year without kids learning in-person. The cumulative impact has been too great on kids and families. Democrats need to start accepting that life must go on and we cannot eliminate the risk to zero. People are absolutely correct that this issue is going to play a big role in future local and state elections. I am a Democrat that plans on voting out all school board members associated with unions. I may have to vote Republican in local elections and Dems in national elections.