Orange County resident Jennifer Sterling addressed rallygoers with a megaphone and said battles against mandatory masks were the beginning. There’s no way I’m going to put that in my kid.” I think now that I have the immunity in my system, I don’t think it’s really an issue for me to get vaccinated.
I took some hydroxychloroquine, and I’m fine. “I don’t think COVID is really an issue for the children especially, and for myself, I wouldn’t get it, either,” said John, whose daughter attends a private school outside the district. John, a parent in Laguna Niguel who declined to give his last name, said he is opposed to mandates for everyone, but especially for kids. Parents and others held anti-mandate signs. It’s how we manage so much disease.”Ī rally to protest the mandate was held outside the CUSD offices before the meeting, and participants remained outside and loudly chanted anti-mandate slogans during the meeting. “It’s how we are no longer living with smallpox. It’s how we are no longer living with polio,” Santos said. “I believe that vaccines are a really invaluable tool to fight disease, especially during global health pandemics like the one we’re going through. Some who spoke at the meeting, including Vanessa Santos, support the mandate. Trustees scolded the audience for their behavior and encouraged attendees to instead show approval by silently waving their hands. The meeting was, at times, tense as audience members variously cheered and jeered trustees-including Student Advisor Kanei Padhya. Some audience members felt the resolution did not go far enough, calling for the district to defy the mandate and sue the state-the latter desire again echoed by Davis. If you fight for us, we will fight for you.” I also know that you face serious consequences if you decide to go against the governor,” Vista Del Mar Middle School math teacher Craig Adnams said. “I realize that no one on this board wants to force these vaccines on students, and you don’t want to force them on teachers. Health experts have generally said vaccines are safe and help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Numerous parents and local community members spoke against the vaccine mandate on the grounds of individual freedom, skepticism over its safety and effectiveness, and dislike of government control. There went any money that we would have for legal.” “At the end of the day, a lawsuit-but, of course, with the walkout, that cost us about 500 grand. This is really sad to me and, again, it’s not going to fulfill anything that you want,” Hanacek said. “I feel like we are not addressing and representing a huge swab of the school district. Hanacek said that while she understood the intention of the resolution, it won’t effect change. These changes that are coming down legislatively from the governor are constantly changing.” You all know what we did to get kids back into the classroom. “But, please understand these people are working around the clock.
“We have said to you in many emails and on many platforms (that) we are following the (California Department of Public Health) and we are following the governor-not that we necessarily like it,” Bullockus said. Board members debated the exact words and technical details of the resolution during the hours-long discussion, including whether to add data about COVID-19 case and death rates-particularly as they apply to children.ĭistrict trustees and staff have repeatedly said they must adhere to state guidelines, a point reiterated by Bullockus.
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