AURORA CITY SCHOOLS REGISTRATION

The Aurora Public Schools District Accountability Advisory Committee meetings are generally held on the third Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m.

AURORA CITY SCHOOLS REGISTRATION

Family Advocacy, Registration & Engagement (FARE)ĭistrict Accountability Advisory Committee (DAAC) Meeting.But it is not the board or the district's place to force our kids to hide their faces and live in fear indefinitely when we know there are much more dire consequences our children are facing through devastating mental health pandemic that the response to this virus has triggered. “For those who have compromised health are at risk or even if you're just fearful of the virus, take every precaution you feel necessary to protect yourself and your family,” he said. Zayas said people who wish to wear masks have every right to do so, but the school board is right not to force all students to wear masks. “But now we urgently need to confront the long-term and ask when does this end? We know a new variant will be around every corner and we have already learned that masks will not be the answer.” “We've arrived at an important inflection point in addressing a pandemic, and it's time to examine a perspective that has long been neglected since we've had to react to this new threat,” he said. Tony Zayas, another parent of a middle school student, argued that there appears to be no end in sight to COVID-19 and that “masks will not be the answer.” “Having huge fast-moving waves is causing these overwhelming hospitalizations in the vulnerable that our hospitals, as great as they are, simply can't handle, and the result is profound harm to both the patients and the hospital caregivers.” “Gaining natural immunity may offer personal protection, and the young and healthy develop only mild symptoms,” he said. Gaining a measure of immunity through contracting COVID-19 may help individuals but does not tamp down the pandemic, he said. Most are unvaccinated, some are partially vaccinated and a few are boosted, said Moyer. These hospitalized adult COVID patients are all very vulnerable, either over 65 or with high risk conditions like diabetes, obesity, cancer, and the diseases of the heart, lung, liver and kidneys.” “I've been checking in on the adult ICUs at least once per week over the past month or so,” he said. Eric Moyer, a Cleveland Clinic physician and parent of two Leighton Elementary School students. While several parents argued cases tend to be mild for students compared with the educational and emotional burden of wearing masks, cases have not been mild for everyone, according to Dr. 28 if it were still following the 20-data-point system. From my understanding, the latest changes to contact tracing from the Department of Health, the Portage County Health District would monitor if we were to have an outbreak cluster, and they would determine that contract tracing would need to be taking place and the potential to require masks,” he said, adding the district would have gone mask-optional Jan. “My biggest concern is the impact on the district if our COVID numbers were to climb. While he said he ultimately serves “at the pleasure of the board,” Roberto said he has concerns about allowing masking to be optional. And I don't know about you, but I do not want to wish that upon the students and teachers again.” “If there was some kind of surge, his only option is to go virtual or to close the school. Roberto's ability to administer the district in the best way that he sees fit from his safety officer perspective,” she said. “My concern … is that we are taking away Mr. The system included a variety of Aurora-based and countywide data points that can eventually trigger required mask-wearing within the district. New Aurora School Board member Amy Dolzine argued in favor of returning to the data-based system administered by Superintendent Michael Roberto through Jan. She said her son got COVID-19 and had very mild symptoms. She had to see the counselor every week multiple times last year because she had to wear a mask every day.” “She has so many issues, especially anxiety. “She's tired she's fatigued,” said Tschudy. Aurora Board of Education member Miriam Conner said the choice of whether to wear a mask should be up to parents, adding that students have come to school historically with all sorts of illnesses with no mask requirement.Īlex Tschudy, whose daughter is at Harmon Middle School, said her daughter’s zeal for school has waned during periods when mask-wearing was required.

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