Some parents pulling their children out of D49 over new COVID-19 reporting policy

Some parents pulling their children out of D49 over new COVID-19 reporting policy

SPRINGS WILL NOT BE REPORTG INPOSITIVE COVID-19 CASES INSTUDENTS AND STAFF TO CALOHEALTH OFFICIALS.IT'S A DECISION THAT'S RAISINGCONCERNS FOROM SE PARENTS.NEWS FIVE'S MAYO DAVISON HASBEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ANDBRINGS US BOTH SIDES OF E THISSUE TONIGHT.MAYO?WELL DIANE..WE'VE BEEN RECIEVEING DOZENSFMESSAGES FROMCONCERNED PARENTS OVER THIS WCOVID-19 REPORTING POLICY...ESPECIALLY AS CASES BEGIN TO POPUP IN CLASSROOMS. ..BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO SUPPORTTHE DISTRICT'S STANCE...AND THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.NATS- HORSEIT'S ONLY A FEW WEEKS INTO THESCHOOL YEAR...AND JARED WILLIAMS AND HIS WIFEHAVE ALREADY HAD TO MAKE SOMETOUGH DECIONSI<WE PULLED THE TWO AT RISK, THEOTHER THREE ARE CURRENTLY STILLENROEDLL, AND WE'RE TALKING W NOABOUT IF SOMETHING DOESN'TCHANGE, DO WE NEED TO PULLEVERYONETHE DECIONSI TO PULL HIS KS IDCOMING AFTER RECIEVINGHI TLETTER STATING THE DISTRICTWON'T BE REPORTING POSTIVECASES...THE LANGUAGE IN THE LETTERBASCIALLY TOLD ME THEY ARE GOINGTO STAY THE COURSE NO MATTERWHAT.WILLIAMS DOESN'T MIND THEDISTRICT'S STANCE ON FACECOVERING..S.THE PROBLEM WE HAD AS THWIREPORTING BECAUSE THAT TAKESAWAY OUR RIGHT AS PARES NTMAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.ANOTHER PARENT UPSET OVETHRNEW POLICY IS HALEY REVELS WHOJUST MOVED HERE...ABSOLUTELY IS THE NO REPORTING,THAT ONE.THAT A FAMILY IS NOT REQUIREDTO TELL TE SCHOOL IF THEIR CLDHIIS POSTIVE..AFTER SEEING THE LETTER...SHE'S THINKING OF PUING HELLDAUGHTER OUT OF THE DISTRICT.WE'RE DEFINTELY CONSIDERINGPULLING HER AND GOING BACKO TSIMILAR PLATFORM THAT WE DIDLAST YEAR.JUST BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVETS ITHE RIGHT THING TOO.

DOTHER PARENTS GRATEFUL FOR THEDISTRICT'S STANCE.I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT, ITHINK ITS GIVING DECIOISN MAKINGBACK TO THE PARENTS.KATHLEEN ZOLL SAYS SHE DOESN'TMIND THAT THE DISTRICT ISN'TREPORTING CASE.

S.THEY DON'T REPORT FLU CASES,THEY DON'T REPORT THER DISEASES,THERE IS NO TRACKING OF ANHIYTNGELSE SO WHY DO WE NEED TOCONTINUE REPORTING COVID-19SECATHE GOVENOR'S OFFICE SAYS THEYSTRONGLY RECOMMEND LOCAL LEADERSAND SCHOOL LEADERS TAKE ALAYERED APPROACH TOPREVENTION...AND THAT THOSE WHO DON'T -- RUNTHE RISK OF LOSING IN-PERSONLEARNI.

NGYOU CAN'T LIVE IN FEAR, YOU HAVETO GO ON ABOUT YOUR LIFE.IF WE ARE TEACHING TO FEAR AOF THE TIME, THEY ARE GOING TOBE AFRAID OF OTHER PEOPLE.SOME PARENTS JUST WANTING MORETRANSPARENCY..AS LONASG THE REPORTINGS IBACK, I CAN MAKE AN INFORMEDDECISION FOR MY FAMILY.