[2. CALL TO ORDER]
[5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
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>> [BACKGROUND] ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
>> IT BEEN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA,
[6. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER AND CONTENT]
ORDER AND CONTENT. SOME OF.[7. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]
REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TOTAL TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.EACH SPEAKER OR LETTER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BE READ.
PERSONS WISHING TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM CAN SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AT MCDONALD'S AT BANITOK12.CA.US.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC PERTAINING TWO ITEMS LISTED ON THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA WILL BE READ ALOUD DURING THIS TIME.
I'M ADVISED THAT WE HAVE 50 COMMENTS TO BE READ SO WE WILL BE WITH NO DISSENT WAVING THE 20-MINUTE LIMIT PER SUBJECT THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST COMMENT WRITTEN BY IRENE SANTANA, SHE WRITES.
I AM CONCERNED BY THE PUBLIC POST OF ONE OF BONITA'S SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CONSIDERING HERSELF A SCIENTIST AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO LIKE HER AND NOT WEAR A MASK, "TAKING OUR POWER BACK." SHE WAS PLACED IN HER POSITION BY THE PEOPLE AND I'M CONCERNED, SHE'S IN A POSITION SHE'S IN WITH THESE IDEAS.
I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OR EVEN SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES IN A POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT SCHOOLS THINK LIKE HER, AND WORSE YET, ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S MISSED OUT ON HER JUNIOR YEAR IN THE LAST HALF OF HER SOPHOMORE YEAR.
I WANT HER TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING THAT HER CLASSMATES ARE GOING TO BE ENCOURAGED BY THEIR PARENTS TO NOT WEAR MASKS OR WORSE YET, BRING A DOCTOR'S NOTE CLAIMING THEY CANNOT WEAR A MASK.
WHERE DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT? AND THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT STAND WITH THIS BOARD MEMBERS IDEAS.
NEXT, LAURA DV. SHE WRITES, I AM DUMBFOUNDED TO LEARN THAT A BONITA SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIAL, CRYSTAL JACK MAC IS FLOUTING LA COUNTY ORDINANCES AND BRAGGING ABOUT NOT WEARING A MASK IN OUR LOCAL GROCERY STORES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS IS APPALLING AND SHAMEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A MEDICALLY VULNERABLE CHILD AT RISK OF COVID COMPLICATIONS AND WE'VE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS TO THIS DEVASTATING VIRUS.
YOU HAVE AN UNFIT BOARD OFFICIAL WHO WAS RECKLESSLY PUTTING OUR COMMUNITY IN DANGER, ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO FOLLOW HER EXAMPLE.
I MOVED TO THIS COMMUNITY IN PART DUE TO BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGH REPUTATION.
BUT IF SITTING BOARD MEMBERS DENY SCIENCE AND DEFY CITY ORDINANCES AND CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, I WILL GLADLY PAY FOR MY CHILD TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOL.
HOW WILL THIS BE ADDRESSED? LAURA DV. NEXT FROM SANDRA DEMUTH.
SHE WRITES, YOU'VE LIKELY RECEIVED AN OUTPOURING OF RESPONSES IN LIGHT OF CRYSTAL CHECK MAX IRRESPONSIBLE POSTS REGARDING PROUDLY REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK.
SO MY EMAIL MIGHT BE ONE IN HUNDREDS STILL.
I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHIME IN BECAUSE THEIR ACTIONS ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNING AND PROBLEMATIC.
NOBODY LIKES WEARING MASKS AND NOBODY LIKES HAVING TO CHANGE OUR LIVES TO COMBAT A VIRUS THAT IS STILL UNCONTAINED.
BUT NOT WEARING MASK IS THE VERY REASON WE'RE ALL STILL IN THIS PREDICAMENT AND IT'S WHY OUR STUDENTS ARE STILL UNABLE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL SAFELY.
SOME PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO EXPRESS THEIR FREEDOM IS AT THE DETRIMENT OF THE SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY THEY SUPPOSEDLY CARE ABOUT AND WERE BY VERY SLIM MARGIN, VOTED IN OFFICE TO STAND FOR.
MS.JACK MAC INVITES PEOPLE TO JOIN HER IN A RIDICULOUS EFFORT TO NOT WEAR MASKS, AND SHE'S SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
HER APOLOGY DOES NOT CHANGE HER PASSIONATE DESIRE TO ACT IN A SELFISH, HARMFUL WAY.
IT DOES NOT SCRIPT FOR OFF HER POWER TO INFLUENCE THOSE WHO ARE THERE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY IS BUSD.
HER SELF-PROCLAIMED RESEARCH IS NOT BASED ON FACT.
SHE'S NOT AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, SHE'S NOT A DOCTOR.
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SHE'S A SERVER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COMMUNITY AND SHE IS WILLFULLY BEHAVING IN A WAY THAT WILL HARM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT OKAY.MS.JACK MAC NEEDS TO RESIGN OR BE RECALLED.
WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT BUSD DOES NOT GIVE A PLATFORM TO THOSE WHO WISH TO DIRECTLY PUT HIS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, FACULTY, AND STUDENT BODY AT RISK? BOTH OF MY KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH BUSD.
ONE GRADUATED, ONE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE LOVED THE COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT THAT THEIR SCHOOLS HAVE GIVEN TOWARDS STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL AT ACKNOWLEDGING STUDENTS IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE CONVERSATION AND CELEBRATION.
MS.JACK MAC DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUES I'VE SEEN SHINE THROUGH AT BUSD.
I AM HOPEFUL THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL PROCEED IN A WAY THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH HIS VALUES AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SANDRA DEMUTH.
AS A PARENT OF FOUR CHILDREN IN BUSD, I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH MS.JACK MAC POSITION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HER RIGHT TO EXPRESS HER PERSONAL VIEWS.
I'M DISGUSTED BY MR. ADOS ACTIONS AND HIS POST THAT APPEAR TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO CANCEL MS. JACK MAC.
I'M SADDENED THAT THE BOARD WAS PUT IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS.
I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY, FEBRUARY 12TH.
I SUPPORT AND TRUST THE BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN OUR CHILDREN CAN RETURN TO THE CAMPUSES.
I'VE RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS GROWING CONTROVERSY REGARDING A PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA POST MADE BY CRYSTAL JACK MAC TO HER PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
I SEE THAT SOMEONE DECIDED TO COPY, SCREENSHOT HER POST AND SHARE IT ALL OVER PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IN AN EFFORT TO DISCREDIT, ATTACK, AND SHAME HER.
TO ME REGARDLESS OF YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT MASK-WEARING, AND YES, THEY ARE OPINIONS WHICH EACH AND EVERY PERSON HAS PERSONALLY ENTITLED TO, THIS IS CLEARLY A CASE OF SOCIAL MEDIA HARASSMENT, BULLYING, AND ABUSE.
SHE DESERVE ANYONE WHO SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
CONTRARY TO COMMON ATTITUDES TODAY, THERE ARE IN FACT DIFFERENT VIEWS ON HOW THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE SHOULD BE HANDLED AND ALL PERSPECTIVES SHOULD BE HEARD.
I AND MY FAMILY SUPPORT CRYSTAL AS A RESPONSIBLE FREE THINKING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHO SUPPORTS OUR BUSD COMMUNITY WITH HER BEST INTENTIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF ALL INVOLVED, REGARDLESS OF HER PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT THE MATTER.
I HAVE NO DOUBT SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE AND TO GET THEM BACK TO SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHATEVER MAY BE NECESSARY TO RETURN EVERYONE TO CLASS SAFELY.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO CONSIDER MY OPINION, REBECCA CARTWRIGHT.
HE WRITES, I UNDERSTAND YOU FOLKS ARE TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDERS, BUT THE ONLINE ATTACKS, ON CRYSTAL JACK MAC ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO STATE HER OPINION ABOUT FACE MASKS.
NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PUNISH HER FOR STATING HER OPINION.
THAT WAS A PRIVATE POST ON HER PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
YOU FOLKS CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING OVER AN INSTAGRAM POST.
CRYSTAL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING YOUR CAMPAIGN, OR FIGHTING FOR OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS YOU'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE VOICE FOR US, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY VOTE.
TO THE REST OF THE BOARD PLEASE CONSIDER THIS BY TAKING OUT.
THEN MR.SALINAS THEN HAS WRITTEN THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ALREADY PUBLIC. I WON'T READ IT AGAIN.
BUT HE LISTED THE RESOLUTION AFTER THAT STATEMENT.
AGAIN, THAT'S FROM JACKSON SALINAS.
SHE WRITES, I DEMAND ALL WEAR MASKS FOR OUR SAFETY AND TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. GINNY CHIC.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE RECENT EXAMPLE SET FORTH BY BOARD MEMBER CHAKMAK.
THOUGH EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR PRIVATE BELIEFS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS RUNNING REMAIN WITHIN THE LAW AND PROMOTE SUCH BEHAVIOR.
THE RECENT POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS A POOR EXAMPLE FOR MY CHILDREN AND THE OTHER CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT NO ADULTS FOLLOW HER EXAMPLE.
THIS PANDEMIC AND THE LAWS THAT HAVE SURFACED ARE DIVISIVE ENOUGH.
WE DO NOT NEED OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ADD TO THAT DIVISION, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD MEMBER CHAKMAK TO RECONSIDER HER POSITION AND RESIGN IF NECESSARY.
PEGGY COVEX FROM KATHY CARLSON.
AS A PARENT OF FOUR BUSD STUDENTS AND A PRODUCT OF BUSD MYSELF, I APPLAUD KRISTA.
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ONE OF THE FEW STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT OUR KIDS NEED.TOO MANY PREVIOUSLY GREAT STUDENTS ARE GIVING UP SAYING, "WHAT'S THE POINT?" WATCHING THESE PREVIOUSLY STRAIGHT A STUDENTS DROP BARELY SCRAPED BY, COUNSELORS IN OUR AREA ARE SEEING AN 800 PERCENT RISE IN CASES.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDES ARE UP BY 600 PERCENT.
KIDS WHO ONCE HAD SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO CANNOT SEEM TO PULL THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR DARK ROOM.
MENTAL HEALTH OF THESE STUDENTS IS AT ROCK BOTTOM WITH EVERY BLOW OF, "IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING GO TO DI, THE KIDS WANT TO SCREAM.
THERE'S NO HELP ON THE HORIZON." REMEMBER JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS WAS SAYING 10 HOURS A WEEK IS TOO MUCH TIME FOR A TEENAGER TO SPEND ONLINE.
NOW ON THE DAILY, MY KIDS ARE ON THE COMPUTER FOR 10 HOURS A DAY.
THEY NEED EXTRA HELP, GO TO DI.
THE NEXT HOUR OF ONLINE TIME, MISSING TIME WITH FRIENDS? LET'S HAVE A GOOGLE HANGOUT.
MORE TIME ONLINE. MENTALLY STRUGGLING? DON'T WORRY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS SET UP COUNSELORS FOR YOU TO MEET WITH, ONLINE.
SOMEONE, ANYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS.
KRISTA HAS BEEN THAT SOMEONE AND NOW SHE'S GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR POSTING ON HER OWN PERSONAL PAGE, HER OWN PERSONAL VIEWS.
IF OUR KIDS GET WIND OF THAT, THAT THE ONE PERSON STANDING UP AND FIGHTING FOR THEM TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL GOT IN TROUBLE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, WHAT WILL THEY THINK? AGAIN, THAT'S FROM KATHY CARLSON.
NOW TIFFANY BURGOYNE WRITES, I AM ABSOLUTELY DISHEARTENED BY THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT TO ALL BUSD MEMBERS AND PARENTS REGARDING THE BOARD MEMBER WHO MADE A STATEMENT ON HER PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE? I'M NOT DISHEARTENED BY THE POST ITSELF ALTHOUGH, I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS NOT A VERY WISE STATEMENT IN THIS DAY AND AGE AS WELL AS POLITICAL CLIMATE.
I'M TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS FIND IT MORE IMPORTANT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM A MEMBER WHO MADE A MISTAKE AND VOICED HER OPINION AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO GET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL.
KRISTA IS SUCH AN AMAZING ADVOCATE FOR EACH OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN.
THERE'S AN 800 PERCENT INCREASE IN CHILDREN NEEDING COUNSELING DURING THIS TIME, AS WELL AS AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF FAILING GRADES ACROSS THE BOARD.
I WOULD FIND THIS SO MUCH MORE TROUBLING AS A DISTRICT, AS EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS POSTING HER PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLEASE GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT AND OPEN UP OUR SCHOOLS.
BOARD'S DECISION TO PUBLICLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM KRISTA HAS TAKEN CENTER STAGE, THUS PUTTING THE FIGHT OF OUR CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON THE BACK-BURNER.
WE AS PARENTS HAVE ENOUGH ON OUR PLATES, THIS INCIDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN-HOUSE, TIFFANY BURGOYNE.
>> NUMBER 11, FROM ADRIAN EUERS.
AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE HOW DISHEARTENED I WAS TO RECEIVE AN E-MAIL LAST WEEK FROM THE DISTRICT REGARDING AN ELECTED BOARD MEMBER'S DECISION TO MAKE A POST ON HER PERSONAL PAGE REGARDING THE DECISION TO NOT WEAR A MASK.
I SAW THE POST WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DELETED AND A PUBLIC APOLOGY MADE BY THE BOARD MEMBER.
WHETHER I AGREE WITH THE POST OR NOT, I OBSERVE THAT SHE WAS STATING HER OWN OPINION AND PREFERENCE AND WAS IN NO WAY MAKING A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER PERSON, ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, ET CETERA.
I BELIEVE SHE IS ENTITLED TO THIS NOT ONLY AS YOU OUTLINED IN THE BOARD POLICY, 9010 PUBLIC STATEMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON CIVIC OR COMMUNITY INTEREST MATTERS AND HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS FREELY BUT ALSO AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WITH A RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
I VOTED FOR THE BOARD MEMBER IN QUESTION.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING HER SIT ALONGSIDE MY SISTERS IN I4, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, SAVE THE HEARTBEAT, AS A MEMBER OF OUR GALA COMMITTEE.
SHE WAS THE MOTHER TO WHAT WE CALL A HEART WARRIOR AND HAS BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN MOST COULD EVER IMAGINE WITH HER SON.
WHAT I ADMIRE MOST ABOUT HER IS SHE PRESSES ON WITH A PASSION FOR POSITIVITY IN ANYONE IN NEED.
AS WELL, I HAVE SEEN HER WORK ETHIC FIRSTHAND, HER GRIT, HER SELFLESSNESS IN GIVING EVERY OUNCE OF WHAT SHE HAS FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN AND EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN.
HER HEART OF PURE GOLD, HER LOVE FOR OTHERS, AND HER GIFT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THESE REASONS COMBINED WITH HER PURSUIT IN THE BUSD FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND A RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR OUR CHILDREN, SHE NOT ONLY EARN MY VOTE, BUT MY COMMITMENT TO ADVOCATE FOR HER TO OTHERS.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS SOMEONE LIKE KRISTA ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
I BELIEVED THAT IN NOVEMBER AND I BELIEVE THAT TODAY.
THE LINK THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR A POST SHE MADE ON HER PERSONAL PAGE AND THE POSSIBLE THREAT SHE POSES TO A SAFE RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR OUR CHILDREN IS ASTOUNDING, IT'S UNFAIR.
IT'S ALSO FRIGHTENING TO OBSERVE THAT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE NOT ONLY BEING ENCOURAGED TO SERVE TOGETHER FOR A BENEFICIAL OUTCOME FOR ALL,
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BUT ARE INSTEAD BEING PUBLICLY BLASTED IF AN OPINION GOES SLIGHTLY AGAINST THE GRAIN.THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN BEST AND MOST EASILY RESOLVED WITH AN IN-HOUSE DISCUSSION RATHER THAN AN ALERTING EVERY FAMILY IN THE BUSD FOLLOWED UP BY AN ARTICLE IN THE SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY POST.
I ALSO CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALERTED AND AN ARTICLE DRAFTED IF A BOARD MEMBER FELL ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM BY STATING THEY FELT, TWO MASKS SHOULD BE WORN BY CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES AND REMOTE LEARNING WAS BEST FOR ALL.
REGARDLESS, I HAVE THE UTMOST FAITH WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MADE WITH DIFFERING VIEWS, OPINIONS AND BACKGROUNDS WILL COME TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY DO WHAT IS THE BEST INTERESTS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
ISN'T THAT WHAT A BOARD IS ALL ABOUT? ON THAT NOTE, PLEASE, AT A TIME WHEN WE WE'RE FINALLY GAINING MOMENTUM TOWARDS A PHYSICAL RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR OUR TK THROUGH 5TH GRADERS, THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE SPENDING TIME ON IS AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS.
OUR TIME IS SO MUCH BETTER SPENT DISCUSSING WHAT IS THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING.
I HOPE THE NEXT MESSAGE I GET FROM THE DISTRICT IS WHEN IT DISCUSSES MORE DAYS IN SCHOOL, FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS BACK, HAVING ACTUAL SPORT SEASONS, NOT ABOUT A PERSONAL POST ON A PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM BY ONE BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS SIMPLY EXERCISING HER RIGHTS AS A BOARD MEMBER AND AMERICAN CITIZEN.
AS A CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBER AND A PARENT OF MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I AM APPALLED AT THE COMMENTS MADE BY KRISTA CHAKMAK.
WE AS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF BY ALSO TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE AND HEALTHY.
THESE COMMENTS ARE INSULTING TO ALL STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS.
I WAS CONCERNED BACK WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST STARTED THAT THIS BOARD MEMBER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO VOTED THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE IN-PERSON SCHOOL WHEN ALL THE DATA WAS WARNING US AGAINST THIS.
I WAS DISTURBED WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS.
HER COMMENTS AND OBVIOUS POINT OF VIEW SHOWS ME HOW SHE THINKS ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD BE HANDLING THE PANDEMIC AND ONLY CONFIRMS MY WORRY.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, BUT PEOPLE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE CAN BE CONSEQUENCES TO WHAT IS SAID.
I HOPE THE BOARD DECIDES TO TAKE SOME ACTION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE PERSON I WANT REPRESENTING MY CHILDREN IN SCHOOL OR MY PLACE OF WORK.
"FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY BUSD EMPLOYEE.
IN THE LION'S HOME, YOU ARE ALL HEROES OF THIS PANDEMIC AND YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT CONCERN.
IN SHORT, SCHOOLS NEED TO BE A SAFE WORKPLACE BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN THEY ARE NOT A SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING SPACE FOR OUR KIDS.
THIS IS WHY I STRONGLY SUPPORT RESOLUTION 2021-13.
AT THE SAME TIME, I AM SADDENED BY THE NEED FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND THE UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION THAT IT REPRESENTS FOR EACH AND EVERY BUSD EMPLOYEE, THE BOARD, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A DISTRACTION ALL CAUSED BY HARMFUL RHETORIC AND ANTI MASK STATEMENTS BY BOARD MEMBER KRISTA CHAKMAK.
I AM NOT ONE OF HER OVER 500 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS.
I WASN'T ONE OF THE 500 PLUS PEOPLE THAT SHE WANTED TO BROADCAST TO ANTI-MASK FRUSTRATIONS AND OPINIONS TOO.
SEEING HER STATEMENTS SECOND HAND ON SEVERAL FACEBOOK GROUPS WAS ALARMING.
MORE SO BECAUSE IT WAS COMING FROM A MEMBER OF OUR BONITA UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THE VERY SAME BOARD THAT IS PLANNING THE RETURN OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND KIDS ON APRIL 5TH.
AS A PARENT, I'VE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN BOARD MEMBER KRISTA CHAKMAK AS I HAVE READ AND RE-READ HER ANTI-MASK STATEMENT.
HER REPEATED ANTI-MASK GRANTS TO HER INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS SEEM TO HAVE THE INTENT TO PUBLICLY SHAME EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESSES FOR ENFORCING PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY.
THESE ARE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT SHOW HER CHARACTER AND DEMONSTRATE HER AUTHENTIC SELF.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR ME, HER CLARIFICATION REGARDING A RECENT POST THAT I SHARED VIA MY PRIVATE PERSONAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER AS IT COMES UP UNAUTHENTIC.
HER ANTI-MASK RHETORIC IS HARMFUL TO EVERY TEACHER WHO WANTS CONFIDENCE AND A SAFE WORKPLACE.
HER ANTI-MASK RHETORIC IS HARMFUL TO THE FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO HOPE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SAFE PROMOTION ON THE CAMPUS.
HER ANTI-MASK RHETORIC IS HARMFUL TO THE STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ASPIRE TO SAFELY TRAINING COMPETE.
HER ANTI-MASK RHETORIC IS HARMFUL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE GRADUATION AND THE CULMINATION OF THE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL SAFELY WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
TO DISCOUNT THESE HARMFUL STATEMENTS AS PRIVATE IS A DISSERVICE TO EVERY STUDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER WHEN WE REPEATEDLY ASK FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SAFE.
WHEN WE ASK THEM TO SAY SOMETHING, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, WE SEE SOMETHING AND IT IS ALARMING AND HARMFUL.
I APPLAUD THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO SAID SOMETHING.
MOREOVER, TO PRETEND THAT THIS WAS A SINGLE MOMENT OF FRUSTRATION IGNORES WHAT IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT TO BE A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR ON BECOMING OF A BOARD MEMBER.
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I CHALLENGE THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO READ BOARD MEMBER CHAKMAK'S POST AGAIN AND PRETEND YOU DON'T KNOW IT IS FROM ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES." HE GOES ON TO READ THE POST."THIS ANTI-MASK RHETORIC CONTRADICTS PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND IS A COMPLETE DISSERVICE TO YOU AND EVERYONE WORKING HARD ON THE SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
AGAIN, I PERSONALLY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN BOARD MEMBER KRISTA CHAKMAK, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I STRONGLY FEEL THAT SHE IS UNFIT FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF BONITA UNIFIED.
HER CLARIFYING STATEMENT PROVIDES VERY LITTLE RELIEF TO MY CONCERNS, WHERE RESOLUTION 2021-13 IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND THE ABSENCE OF HER IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION, I BELIEVE THERE ARE REASONABLE AND MEASURED ACTIONS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THAT WOULD BE A MOTION IN BOARD APPROVAL TO REMOVE AND REASSIGN HER CLERK POSITION AND ANY OTHER OUTSIDE BOARD ASSIGNMENTS UNTIL THE NEXT REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.
IN HER CLARIFYING POST SHE STATES, "I AM CONTINUING TO LEARN," SO GIVE HER MORE TIME TO LEARN WITHOUT THE BURDEN AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL BOARD ASSIGNMENTS ALARMED AND DISTRACTED.
MATTHEW LIONS." NUMBER 14, FROM HEIDI AND JEFF BERG.
"WE WOULD FIRST LIKE TO COMMEND THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SWIFT FACEBOOK RESPONSE TO HER POSTS AS WELL AS MR. COLE'S STATEMENT IN HIS LETTER.
WE ARE SO PROUD THAT OUR DISTRICT CONSISTENTLY PUTS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FIRST.
MRS. CHAKMAK'S VIEWS CLEARLY DID NOT REPRESENT THOSE OF THE DISTRICT.
THIS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO BY PREVIOUS PUBLIC STATEMENTS SHE HAS MADE, ALTHOUGH IT IS HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EXPRESS HERSELF, IT IS ALSO THE RIGHT OF STAFF, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VOICE OUR DISPLEASURE REGARDING HER CONDUCT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS IF HER POLITICAL AND PERSONAL VIEWS DIRECTLY CONTRADICT THOSE OF THE DISTRICT.
WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT MRS. CHAKMAK RECONSIDER HER ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD AND BEGIN TO ALIGN HERSELF WITH THE DISTRICT'S FOCUS ON SCIENCE AND CONSIDERATION OF THE HEALTH OF OTHERS.
AGAIN, HEIDI AND JEFF BERG." NUMBER 15, FROM JULIE NISBET.
"FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND REACTING SO QUICKLY.
I FIND THIS ENCOURAGING IN EVIDENCE THAT YOU TAKE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS SERIOUSLY.
MS. CHAKMAK'S POST DEMONSTRATES HER VIEWS ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THE DISTRICT.
I UNDERSTAND SHE'S ENTITLED TO HER OPINION, BUT AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I'M CONCERNED THAT SHE'S HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY EMOTIONS INSTEAD OF SCIENCE.
THIS HAD BEEN AN EMOTION OF YOUR FOLLOWERS.
HOWEVER, ALL DECISIONS MADE REGARDING THE RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING MUST BE MADE BASED ON FACTS AND SCIENCE.
I DESPERATELY WANT MY KIDS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL, BUT NOT UNTIL IT'S SAFE TO DO SO.
I REQUEST THAT MS. CHAKMAK BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER ACTIONS AND THAT SHE ALIGN HERSELF WITH LOCAL GUIDELINES AND THE DISTRICT'S FOCUS ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR ALL. JULIE NISBET." NUMBER 16, FROM JANINE BREHMER.
"I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY GREAT CONCERN REGARDING THE BUSD BOARD MEMBER KRISTA CHAKMAK RECENT CALL TO ACTION AND JOINING HER IN TAKING OFF ONE'S MASK IN PUBLIC DURING THE PANDEMIC OF THE CENTURY.
THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT OR MOMENTARY ACTION BORN OUT OF FRUSTRATION.
IT IS AN ESTABLISHED PATTERN OF BEHAVIORS SPANNING MANY MONTHS AND WITH MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
THIS WAS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT WEAR MASKS.
OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS MAKE CHAKMAK INFORMS PEOPLE THAT IF YOU STATE THAT YOU ARE MEDICALLY EXEMPT FROM WEARING A MASK, PEOPLE CAN'T FORCE YOU, WHICH GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF HER TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM AND EXPLOIT MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS.
IF YOU LEGITIMATELY CANNOT WEAR A MASK, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS MADE.
THE ACCOMMODATION DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT THOUGH.
IT JUST MEANS YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS PRESENTED.
THE APOLOGY STATEMENT ISSUED WAS LADEN WITH BUREAUCRATIC LANGUAGE AND AN OVERARCHING LACK OF REMORSE REGARDING HER ACTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, KNOWING MS. CHAKMAK'S WRITING, AND SPEAKING STYLE.
I QUESTION IF SHE EVEN WROTE IT.
THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO CANCEL CULTURE AS SOME ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT TO BE.
WORDS AND ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.
WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. OPEN THE SCHOOLS.
HOW DO YOU LET A BOARD MEMBER REMAIN WHO WAS ACTIVELY CHAMPION OTHERS TO INDULGE IN RECKLESS BEHAVIOR THAT ONLY PROLONGS US FROM ACHIEVING THAT GOAL? WHEN WE DO RE-OPEN OUR SCHOOLS, WHAT ASSURANCES DOES ANY BONITA PARENT HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED ON CAMPUS? LACK OF REPERCUSSIONS FROM MS. CHAKMAK SETS A BAD PRECEDENCE TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, AND OTHER BUSD BOARD MEMBERS.
I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER REQUESTING MS. CHAKMAK TO STEP DOWN FROM THE BUSD SCHOOL BOARD IMMEDIATELY.
IF SHE REFUSES, I URGE YOU WOULD REQUIRE HER TO RECUSE YOURSELF FROM ANY VOTES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COVID-19 OR THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS.
IF YOUR SOUL TELLS YOU OTHERWISE, THAT MY SOUL TELLS ME THAT BONITA IS NOT CONCERNED FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR MY CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
PTA BOARD MEMBER AND PROUD CHARLES SHARK'S MOM, JANINE BREHMER." NUMBER 17, FROM HOLLY TORRES.
"I'M SENDING THIS EMAIL DUE TO THE DOUBLE STANDARDS AT HAND,
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INCLUDING HOW IT'S BECOMING VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION AND THAT OUR DISTRICT SUPPORTS ONLY ONE SIDE AND POINT OF VIEW.SPECIFICALLY, THE PERSON WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS, JOE OTTO, WHO DOES IT EVEN FOLLOW THE RULES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HE'S STILL VEHEMENTLY ARGUING AGAINST KRISTA.
BECAUSE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, HE BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER TO DAY CARE AND HE KNEW IN ADVANCE NOT TO ENTER HIS DAUGHTER'S CLASSROOM BECAUSE ONLY THE KIDS AND STAFF ASSIGNED TO THE ROOM WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER.
HIS DAUGHTER WANTED HER DAD TO WALK HER TO HER DESK, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER KID WHO WANTED THEIR PARENTS TO WALK THEM TO CLASS.
JOE OTTO KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT ALLOWED.
HOWEVER, HE DID ENTER AND HE WENT AGAINST THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, STAFF, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THAT THEY WOULD GO HOME TOO IN THAT ROOM.
HE THEN TOLD THE PARENTS OUTSIDE THAT IT'S OKAY.
HE GETS TO DO WHAT HE WANTS BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
NO ONE POSTED THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED FROM POOR JOE'S CHOICE TO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THAT THE SUPERVISOR ASKED HIM NOT TO ENTER THE ROOM AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE.
THEREFORE, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT KRISTA AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD ATTACKS BEING MADE BY JOE OTTO, WHO'S INSTIGATING THESE ATTACKS AGAINST KRISTA, WHO HE HIMSELF DID WHATEVER HE WANTED TO DO, REGARDLESS OF THE RULES CREATED FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.
HE WENT AGAINST THE RULE, AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S SUPPOSEDLY SO ADAMANTLY TRYING TO USE AGAINST KRISTA YET KRISTA'S PLATFORM HAS NEVER CHANGED. WHY NOW? WHY THE ATTACK CREATED BY JOE OTTO WHEN HE MAKES HIS OWN RULES AS IT RELATES TO OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR SAFETY AT SCHOOL IN REGARDS TO THE SAME VIRUS AND RULES, HE'S ATTACKING KRISTA ON MASKS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO WEAR A MASK, AND THAT IS THEIR RIGHT.
IT IS ALSO THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT WEAR A MASK DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ALL MEDICAL REASONS CONFIRMED BY THEIR DOCTOR.
WHO'S ADVOCATING FOR THEM? ANY OF YOU? IF NOT, YOU NEED TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE FOR ANY REASON.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE HAPPENING FOR KRISTA AND ANYONE SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR.
I SUPPORT KRISTA AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THANK YOU. HOLLY TORRES." NUMBER 18, FROM ROBIN WALKER.
I HAVE TWO KIDS ATTENDING BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS EMAIL IS IN REGARDS TO THE RECENT INSTAGRAM POST ON KRISTA CHAKMAK PERSONAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
I VOTED FOR KRISTA CHAKMAK AT THE TIME BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE MOST REPRESENTED MY VIEWS ON SUBJECTS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO ME.
HAVING SPOKEN TO HER AT LENGTH A FEW WEEKS AGO, I FOUND THAT WE HAD MANY VIEWS IN COMMON, INCLUDING HER FEELINGS ON MASK.
KRISTA WAS VOTED IN BY WE THE PEOPLE, AND SHE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT STEP DOWN, OR HER VOICE BE SILENCED.
I REALIZE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO FOLLOW ALL LAWS AND RULES SET BY THE GOVERNING BOARD ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
BUT THIS WAS A PERSONAL POST BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
IN ADDITION, SCIENCE ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THE FACT THAT MASKS DO NOT PROTECT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS, AND I KNOW THAT THE MOB FINDS THIS TO BE UNETHICAL TO DISCUSS IN PUBLIC, BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S IN FACT SMART TO DISCUSS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON WHETHER OR NOT MASKS PROTECT US.
AGAIN AS RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY WITH 6000 PARTICIPANTS PUBLISHED IN THE ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IN NOVEMBER 2020, FOUND NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT OF HIGH-QUALITY MEDICAL FACE MASK AGAINST STARTS COVID-19 INFECTION IN A COMMUNITY SETTING.
I'VE ATTACHED A WEBSITE THAT LISTS 10 STUDIES AND SOURCES WHICH SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT SCIENCE HAS NOT PROVEN THAT MASK PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
THE CDC HAS FOUND THAT 85 PERCENT OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE NEW CORONAVIRUS REPORTED WEARING A MASK ALWAYS 70 PERCENT, OR OFTEN 14 PERCENT OF THE TIME COMPARED TO THE CONTROL GROUP OF UNINFECTED PEOPLE ALWAYS WEARING A MASK DID NOT REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION.
IN ADDITION, THE MANY STUDIES SUPPORTING THE IDEAS THAT MASKS DON'T WORK, THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE THAT WEARING A MASK CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH.
IN GERMANY, TWO 13-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN DIED SUDDENLY WHILE WEARING A MASK FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
AUTOPSIES COULDN'T EXCLUDE CO_2 INTOXICATION OR A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.
IN CHINA, SEVERAL CHILDREN WHO HAD TO WEAR A MASK DURING SPORTS CLASSES FAINTED AND DIED.
THE AUTOPSIES FOUND THAT SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF DEATH.
THE HAMBURG ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE WARNED OF THE INHALATION OF CHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN POLYESTER MASK AS WELL AS PROBLEMS IN CONNECTION WITH FACE MASKS DISPOSAL.
PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW WEARING A MASK COULD BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH.
WHY AM I SHARING ALL THIS WITH YOU? BECAUSE ABOUT HALF THE POPULATION IS MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE LOCKDOWNS, MASK REQUIREMENTS, SCHOOL CLOSURES, THAN DYING OF A VIRUS THAT KIDS HAVE A 99.9 PERCENT CHANCE OF SURVIVING.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES.
MS. CHAKMAK HAS THE RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN TO QUESTION THESE MANDATES FOR OUR OWN HEALTH, AS WELL AS OUR KIDS' HEALTH.
MY OWN DAUGHTER GETS HEADACHES WHILE WEARING A MASK FOR A PROLONGED TIME.
I GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND I FEEL I CAN'T BREATHE.
I ASK THAT THE BOARD CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SAFELY GET OUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL ASAP BY LOOKING AT THE GUIDELINES AND ALL THE SCIENCE,
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NOT JUST STUFF THAT BIAS BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND BIG TV HAS DISSEMINATED FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY CENSORING, CONCERNED WITH THOUGHTS AND OR DISCUSSIONS.
IN ACTUALITY, THE STUDIES DONE ON MASK EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS SUPPORTS KRISTA'S FEELINGS.
WHEN LA TEACHERS UNION DEMANDED FOR THE POLICE TO BE DEFUNDED IN ORDER FOR THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR RED FLAG THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS BEST FOR OUR KIDS AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.
I WILL END WITH THIS, SUICIDE IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST MATTER OF DEATH FOR TEENS.
THESE LOCKDOWNS HAVE CAUSED MORE DEATHS AMONGST THIS GROUP THAN COVID HAS.
IT IS GOOD THAT WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONING THESE MANDATES.
MANY OF THEM DON'T MAKE SENSE AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT SO MUCH HAS TO DO WITH POLITICS AND MONEY.
GOOD PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH HOWEVER UNPOPULAR IT IS.
AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
I ASK MYSELF OFTEN HOW MY SON CAN WORK AT THE LOCAL BURGER JOINT, BUT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN'T GO INTO CLASSROOMS. WE CAN PILE INTO AN AIRPLANE, INCHES FROM A STRANGER, BUT CLASSROOMS AREN'T SAFE.
MY FAVORITE IS HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO WORK BUT SO MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES CANNOT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A BRAIN SURGEON TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON HERE. THANK YOU.
ROBIN WALKER [NOISE]. NUMBER 19, THIS IS FROM CRYSTAL JONES-BACON.
I DO NOT WISH TO ATTACK THE CHARACTER OF ANY BOARD MEMBER, AS I DO NOT FIND THIS TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE MANY TASK ON HAND, WHICH NEED TO BE DONE.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND TRULY A WASTE OF SUCH PRECIOUS TIME WHICH SHOULD BE SPENT WORKING TO ENSURE STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING FURTHER IMPACTED BY THE SITUATIONS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL.
STATEMENTS MADE BY MRS. CHAKMAK ARE IRRESPONSIBLE, DANGEROUS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO BONITA'S GOAL TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY AND QUICKLY.
I UNDERSTAND WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE ARE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO ERRORS IN JUDGMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN DECISIONS ARE HASTILY MADE FUELED BY OUR EMOTIONS AS OPPOSED TO SOUND EDUCATED RESPONSES.
WELL, I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE REMORSE FELT BY THIS BOARD MEMBER DUE TO THE BACKLASH SHE HAS RECEIVED FROM THESE COMMENTS.
I HOWEVER, CANNOT ACCEPT AN APOLOGY STATEMENT WHICH OFFERS NO TRUE APOLOGY.
FRANKLY, THE SIMPLE LACK OF RECOGNITION OF WRONGDOING DOES LEAVE MYSELF AS A PARENT OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF HESITATION AND CALLS TO QUESTION THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF FUTURE BOARD DECISIONS.
THIS BOARD MEMBER'S BLATANT DISRESPECT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY'S FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE IS HIGHLY CONCERNING.
THE QUESTION I PRESENT TO THE BOARD TODAY IS IF THIS BOARD MEMBER CAN SO FREELY, CALLOUSLY, AND FRANKLY DISREGARD THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS PROVIDED BY EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS.
HOW CAN WE EXPECT THE SAME ELECTED BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN WHEN THERE ARE NO PROVEN FACTS? HOW CAN ALL PARTIES OF THE COMMUNITY EXPECT THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD TO ALWAYS REMAIN NON-BIASED, NONPARTISAN, NON-PARTIAL, AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF MISGUIDED BELIEFS, BIASES, PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS, AND JUDGMENTS? AGAIN, IT IS HIGHLY DISCONCERTING THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS FOUND THEMSELVES IN THIS SITUATION DUE TO THE IRRESPONSIBLE PERSONAL BELIEFS OF A SINGLE MEMBER.
HOWEVER, AS ONE BODY REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, THE SITUATION SHOULD HAVE NEVER OCCURRED, NOR SHOULD IT BE EXCUSED OR ERASED.
I RECOGNIZE THAT MS. CHAKMAK HAS EVERY RIGHT TO THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT GRANT HER THE ABILITY TO PRESUMABLY LIE ABOUT A MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH IS INSENSITIVE TO THE MANY LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH ACTUAL DISABILITIES, OR THEIR POTENTIAL TO TRANSMIT AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AND DEADLY VIRUS.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW MRS. CHAKMAK TO CONTINUALLY BE SPOTTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES, AND GROCERY STORES SHOPPING WITHOUT A MASK.
ADDITIONALLY, IT DOES NOT ALLOW MRS. CHAKMAK TO PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL RISK, THE MANY BUSINESS THAT SHE REFUSES TO WEAR MASKS AND WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW THE COUNTY REGULATIONS.
NOT ONLY HAS MS. CHAKMAK [INAUDIBLE] LA COUNTY MASK MANDATES, SHE HAS SHAMEFULLY CALLED TO ACTION, HER MANY FOLLOWERS TO JOIN HER.
I ASK YOU ALL, WHAT EXAMPLE IS THIS SETTING FOR MANY TEACHERS, FAMILIES, AND THE IMPRESSIBLE YOUTH THAT SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING? WHAT MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND TO OUR COMMUNITY ROCKED WITH CONCERN OVER THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS AND DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR CONTINUED REINSURANCE THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE ON CAMPUS AND IN SCHOOLS? HOW ARE WE AS PARENTS SUPPOSED TO HOLD OUR CHILDREN ACCOUNTABLE FOR TURNING ON CAMERAS, WEARING MASKS, FOLLOWING THE CAMPUS RULES AS MANDATED BY THE SAME SCHOOL BOARD, WHILE A SINGLE MEMBER IS DISREGARDING THE HEALTH MANDATES PUT IN PLACE NOT JUST BY OUR TENURE STATE, BUT BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, MRS. CHAKMAK HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A ROLE MODEL AND POLICYMAKER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND IS HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
HER ADVISING OTHERS TO BREAK THE RULES, AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO, AS LONG AS IT'S FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEF.
THE ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS MADE ON MRS. CHAKMAK'S PRIVATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WERE REPREHENSIBLE AND LIKE THAT OF A SCREAMING FIRE IN A CROWDED BUILDING, REQUIRE THE BOARD TO HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.
WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUING COVID-19 DEATHS, BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE CLOSED,
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FAMILIES LEFT WITH GAPING WOUNDS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY YET, THE UNKNOWN LASTING IMPACTS ON THE 10,000 STUDENTS WHO CANNOT STEP ON CAMPUSES, CANNOT SEE FRIENDS, CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO LEARN AND ARE SADLY WATCHING THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS IN COLLEGES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND THEIR FUTURES OVERALL FADE AWAY SLOWLY.I SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, IN ADDITION TO ANY ACCOUNTABILITY TO WHICH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE.
WE ADULTS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS MUST DO BETTER BECAUSE OUR FUTURE LEADERS DESERVE IT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO DISINGENUOUS APOLOGIES OR EXCUSES, AND LAPSES OF JUDGMENT, WHICH SO GREATLY AFFECT THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR LIVES AND FUTURES.
THANK YOU. CRYSTAL JONES-BACON.
NUMBER 20, FROM AMANDA HORN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL CONCERNS I HAVE AS A PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THEM ALL IN ONE AS I BELIEVE THEY ARE RELEVANT TO THIS EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING THAT WAS CALLED.
FIRST OFF, WHILE I DO NOT HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE STATEMENTS MADE BY ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS ON HER PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.
I AM MORE SHOCKED BY THE MASS OF ABUSE AND BULLYING THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED SINCE.
CRYSTAL JACK MAC, LIKE EVERY OTHER CITIZEN IN THE US, HAS A RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH FOR HER OPINIONS, WHILE CONTROVERSIAL TO SOME, DO NOT VIOLATE ANY LAWS.
SHE DID NOT MAKE THEM ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD CLEARLY STATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THEN TO READ THE 93 COMMENTS MADE ON THE BONITA FACEBOOK POSTS MADE ME SICK TO SEE ADULTS BULLYING ANOTHER PARENT IN OUR OWN DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU, IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE TEACHING AND SHOWING OUR KIDS.
I'M GENERALLY, GENUINELY SURPRISED THAT BONITA DID NOT DO A BETTER JOB MONITORING THE COMMENTS.
INSTEAD, THE ABUSE WAS ALLOWED TO FLOW FREELY WITH MANY OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE CONTINUING THE BULLYING ON OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA FORMATS AS WELL.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME OUTRAGE AND URGENCY FOR THIS BOARD, AS WELL AS THE LEADERS OF BONITA TO FIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
THIS DISTRICT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO THE NUMBERS THAT LA COUNTY DOES YET I DO NOT HEAR OR SEE ANYONE FIGHTING TO GET OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.
INSTEAD, WE'RE COMPLACENT WITH FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES AS THEY ROLL DOWN.
WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATES AND MANY SCHOOLS IN OUR OWN STATE HAVE ALREADY FOUND A WAY TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY.
BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE MAKE QUICK ADJUSTMENTS TO GET THEIR EMPLOYEES SAFELY BACK TO WORK YET OUR KIDS HAVE TO SUFFER.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SEASONS CREATED.
YET OUR KIDS HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE TO PLAY A GAME.
OUR KIDS ARE ESSENTIAL, YET THEY'RE BEING OVERLOOKED BY EVERYONE, INCLUDING THIS DISTRICT.
LET ME SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU THIS YEAR.
MY 10-YEAR-OLD IS IN FOURTH GRADE AND HE IS FAILING IN SEVERAL SUBJECTS, HIS TEACHER IS AMAZING, HAS MORE PATIENCE THAN I COULD EVER ASK FOR IT.
BUT HE HAS NOT LEARNED IN THE WAY HE USED TO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
HE IS CONSTANTLY GETTING FRUSTRATED.
HE CANNOT STAY FOCUSED, STARING AT A SCREEN ALL DAY, BECAUSE EYES ARE STARTING TO BOTHER HIM AND HE'S GETTING HEADACHES, WHICH HE REALLY HAD BEFORE.
HE USED TO LOVE SCHOOL, NOW HE IS FAILING.
I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE IS RETAINING, BUT AT LEAST HIS PASSING EVERY CLASS.
HE'S MISSING OUT ON HIS ENTIRE EIGHTH-GRADE YEAR.
WHAT MOSTLY SEVENTH GRADE GONE AS WELL.
HE'S GOING TO HEAD INTO HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETELY UNPREPARED THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, HE DESERVES BETTER.
MY [INAUDIBLE] SOPHOMORES, PROBABLY THE ONE THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT THE MOST.
SHE IS WORKING HARDER THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN HER WORK AND SHE IS MISERABLE.
SHE ASKED TO APPLY TO COLLEGES NEXT YEAR, AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE SAME ARENA AS THESE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION.
THE LACK OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FROM SEVERAL HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD BEEN SHOCKING TO ME.
SOME HAVE LITTLE TO NONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRUGGLES OUR KIDS ARE FACING AND NAVIGATING THIS VIRTUAL FIASCO THAT THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF.
IN ADDITION, SHE'S AN ATHLETE AND IS GETTING ZERO SUPPORT FROM HER CHAIR ADVISOR.
I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PUSH-BACK FROM THE PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF LEADING OUR CHEERLEADERS AND MOST OF THAT PUSH-BACK HAS BEEN INACCURATE AND DOWNRIGHT RUDE.
I REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND VICE-PRINCIPAL AND SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT MY ATHLETE IS STILL NOT PRACTICING WHEN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, TENNIS, SOCCER, ET CETERA, HAVE ALL MANAGED TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THEY HAVE SOMEONE LEAVING THE PROGRAM THAT CARES TO FIND A SOLUTION VERSUS HIDE BEHIND EXCUSES, SHE DESERVES BETTER.
THE FACT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A DISTRICT IS FAILING.
SOME KIDS ARE SURVIVING, FEWER THRIVING, AND PARENTS ARE PUSHED TO THE MAX AS WE WATCH OUR KIDS SUFFER AS A RESULT.
I AM ASKING THE BUILDER AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THAN THEM AND START FOCUSING ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS ON GETTING OUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
THERE ARE SAFE OPTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED, FIGHT TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
CDC GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR TEACHERS TO BE SAFE, AS WELL AS OUR KIDS FIGHT TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
IMAGINE IF THE SAME FOCUS WAS PLACED ON OUR KIDS,
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THAT WAS PLACED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA POST WITH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE COULD MAKE HAPPEN.ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE ESSENTIAL AND THEY ALL DESERVE BETTER.
REGARDING THE FACE MASK ISSUE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM FEBRUARY 8TH, I STAND WITH CRYSTAL JACK MAC DIFFERENT VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD IN OUR DISTRICT.
SHE WAS PRESENTING NOT A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS COULD NOT WEAR FACE MASK.
SHE DOESN'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
THAT WAS ON HER PERSONAL PAGE.
SOMEONE WHO SPREAD THE SCREENSHOT SHOULD STOP CYBERBULLYING.
THIS MONDAY MORNING I SAW A PETITION CALL OUT A RESIGNATION.
NO DOUBT THERE'S A POLITICAL AGENDA BEHIND IT.
PLEASE REMEMBER, 9,000 PLUS VOTERS VOTED FOR CRYSTAL JACK MAC, INCLUDING ME LAST NOVEMBER.
ONE, CYBERBULLYING NEEDS TO BE STOPPED, TWO, KRISTA HAS THE RIGHT TO POST ON HER OWN PRIVATE INSTAGRAM.
THREE, SOMEONE WHO SPREADS THE SCREENSHOT SHOULD FEEL SHAME, FOUR, THE POST AND COMMENT WHICH SUPPORTED KRISTA GOT REMOVED AND THE PARENT WILL NOT ALLOW TO POST IN 30 DAYS ON FACEBOOK.
FIVE DIFFERENT VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD IN OUR DISTRICT.
SHE WAS PRESENTING THAT NOT A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS COULD NOT WEAR FACE MASK.
SIX, SHE DOES NOT NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
EIGHT, FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A CIVIC RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
WE STILL TRUST OUR BUSD, LILY BRAINARD.
NEXT FROM JASON SIMON SAYS, HE WRITES HE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER PARENT, AND CITY OF LA VERNE.
RYAN, THIS EMAIL IN RESPONSE TO THE BUSD RESOLUTION 2021, 13, AND WOULD LIKE IT TO BE PRESENTED.
[INAUDIBLE] HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE BUSD SYSTEM, HAS A PARENT WITH THREE CHILDREN CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M CONCERNED WITH THE REACTION TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMENT POSTED BY BOARD MEMBER JACKMAC ON HER PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.
DOES DECISION TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION THAT HAS A SINGULAR PURPOSE OF CONFIRMING THE BOARD OFFICIAL POSITION OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND DIRECTIVES IS A MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND DISTRICT RESOURCES.
FURTHERMORE, THE USE OF THIS RESOLUTION AS A MEANS OF CENSORING OR DISCIPLINE BOARD MEMBER JACKMAC IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE SPEECH.
BYLAWS 1910, 9,200 SIDED IN THEIR RESOLUTION PROVIDE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ADHERE TO IN THEIR ROLE AS COMMUNITY LEADERS.
BYLAW 1910 SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZES THE RIGHT TO FREELY EXPRESS PERSONAL VIEWS.
THE BYLAWS ALSO PROVIDE DIRECTION IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION OF DISTRICT POSITIONS BY AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE.
FURTHER AND FORMS BOARD MEMBERS THAT IN RESPECT TO DISTRICT POSITIONS THAT THE BOARD OF UNIT OF AUTHORITY AND THAT NO INDIVIDUAL HAS AUTHORITY AT NO TIME IN BOARD MEMBER JACKMAC INSTAGRAM POSTS THAT SHE'S STATE OR EVEN IMPLY THAT SHE IS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT'S POSITION ON COVID OR MASK COMPLIANCE.
WHY IS THIS SITUATION BEING HANDLED AS IF SHE HAD? HER STATEMENT WAS A PERSONAL STATEMENT OF FRUSTRATION MADE BY A RESIDENT VOLUNTEER, COMMUNITY LEADER, AND MOTHER RAISING HER CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL.
RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS IT.
IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO DO SO.
VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SEND OUR CHILDREN TO DISTRICT SCHOOLS SHARE BOARD MEMBER JACKMAC FRUSTRATION AS DO MANY OF THE EDUCATORS IN THE DISTRICT.
AS AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE FEEL THAT BOARD MEMBER JACKMAC IS OBLIGATED TO BRING OUR OPINIONS AND CONCERNS TO THE DISCUSSION WHEN DETERMINING THE COURSE OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
CENSORSHIP OF OPINIONS THAT DO NOT CONFORM WITH CURRENT OPINION WILL ONLY CALL STAGNATION, IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS HAVE HIT A CRITICAL BENCHMARK IN OUR SOCIETY, IN EDUCATION SYSTEM.
OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION HAS BEEN IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF FLUX OVER THE PAST YEAR, FRUSTRATION AND THE EXPRESSION OF THIS FRUSTRATION IS NATURAL AND HEALTHY AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN NOT CONDONE THE POLICY OF SILENCING INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO INTERNALIZE THEIR ANXIETY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE FACADE OF UNITY.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS ALIKE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AND FRUSTRATIONS.
THE BOARD SHOULD WITHDRAW THIS UNNECESSARY RESOLUTION.
IF WITHDRAWAL IS NOT POSSIBLE, THE BOARD SHOULD REMOVE ALL SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO BOARD MEMBER CHAKMAK,
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AND DELETE THE DISCIPLINARY CERTIFICATION THAT SINGLES HER OUT AS SOMEHOW [NOISE] GUILTY OF AN INFRACTION SHE DID NOT COMMIT.DELETING THESE PORTIONS OF THE RESOLUTION WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME RESULT IN THE RESOLUTION, CONFIRMING THE BOARD'S OFFICIAL POSITION AND LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF THE DISTRICT.
THERE ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO COMMIT OUR TIME TO, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION'', JASON SIMONSON.
NEXT STATES, "WE THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE JUST BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THE FACT THAT THIS ELECTED BOARD BELIEVES IT NEEDS TO PUBLICLY SHAME A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER IS DESPICABLE.
WE ARE TAXPAYERS, YOU REPRESENT ALL OF US.
THE STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN IS MORE THAN ORWELLIAN.
AS PEOPLE HAVE EDUCATION, WHAT'S YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL? CANCEL ALL CRITICAL THOUGHT? IF A STUDENT IS ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THEIR FAMILY AND IF IT'S RELATED TO SOMEONE AT THE TEACHER'S UNION, IF ANY OF YOU DON'T APPROVE OF, ARE YOU GOING TO PUSH THAT CHILD OUT? IS ANY FAMILY WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH YOUR PERSONAL POLITICAL AFFILIATION GOING TO BE PUSHED OUT, BULLIED, SHAMED? IF YOU APPROVE OF THIS RESOLUTION, YOU ARE STATING THAT IT IS OKAY TO TEACH AND ALLOW BULLYING, CENSORSHIP, AND THAT BASIC FREE SPEECH RIGHTS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THIS DISTRICT.
I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND PULLING DOWN THIS RESOLUTION.
THE DISTRICT ALREADY MADE A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES YOUR COVERAGE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS VINDICTIVE, BULLYING, SHAMEFUL." REGARDS AND IS SIGNED, DIANE CARTWRIGHT, CYNTHIA GABALDON, NATASHA SCHUMANN, AND MICHAEL DEROGERS.
"THE RESOLUTION BEING PRESENTED IN LIGHT OF MISS CHAKMAK PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA POST IS UNFAIR, NOT RIGHT.
I BELIEVE MISS CHAKMAK IS ENTITLED TO HER FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
SHE DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIMES.
SHE SIMPLY VOICED HER OWN OPINION, HER OPINION MIGHT ALSO REFLECT THE VOICE AND OPINION OF MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS A PARENT OF STUDENTS IN BUSD, IT'S HIGHLY TROUBLING THAT A PERSON IS BEING PUNISHED FOR EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
MISS CHAKMAK HAS DONE HER OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH ON THE MATTER REGARDING MASK, AND IN HER FINDINGS, IF SHE COMES TO THE CONCLUSION WHICH DIFFERS FROM OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THAT OPINION.
AS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT WE SHOULD TEACH AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO RESPECT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS.
WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE A SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER.
WE SHOULD BE FOSTERING A COMMUNITY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE AND STILL CO-EXIST RESPECTFULLY IN THE SAME COMMUNITY." THAT'S FROM MARISOL THOMAS.
"LAST WEEK, I ALONG WITH MANY LA VERNE SAN DIMAS RESIDENTS CAME ACROSS THE VERY IMMATURE AND MALICIOUS POST FROM MR. OTTO REGARDING MRS. CHAKMAK.
HE HAD PUBLICLY POSTED ON HIS PERSONAL PAGE, HIS SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPAIGN PAGE, AND TWO OTHER LOCAL LA VERNE SAN DIMAS FACEBOOK PAGES THAT HAVE MANY FOLLOWERS IN THE TWO CITIES.
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT JOANNA WAS WORKING OVERTIME TRYING TO PUBLICLY SHAME AND ATTACK MRS. CHAKMAK.
THIS LED TO MANY PEOPLE CRITICIZING AND BULLYING MRS. CHAKMAK.
THE SCREENSHOT MR. OTTO WAS SPREADING WAS PRIVATE POSTS FROM HER PERSONAL PRIVATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
SHE NEVER PUBLICLY POSTED THIS HERSELF.
WE ARE ALL ALLOWED TO EXPRESS OUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS WITHOUT BEING SHAMED AND BULLIED, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS A PRIVATE POST.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS MANY OF US DON'T AGREE WITH, BUT MATURE ADULTS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, AND IDEAS AND THAT'S OKAY AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT HARMING ANYONE.
KRISTA DID NO HARM AND SHE IS ENTITLED TO HER OWN OPINION.
I PERSONALLY WEAR A MASK, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT OTHERS ARE UNABLE TO WEAR A MASK, WHETHER IT IS PHYSICAL OR MENTAL.
WE DON'T KNOW THEIR HEALTH HISTORY AND WE SHOULD NOT JUDGE THEM.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR PERSONAL REASON, IT'S BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR DOCTOR.
THE POINT IS WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE QUESTIONING IT.
I BELIEVE MRS. CHAKMAK APOLOGIZED AND SAID SHE WOULD FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES.
VERY KIND OF HER. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT SHE DIDN'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
AT THIS POINT, THIS ISN'T EVEN ABOUT MASKS.
THIS IS ABOUT SILENCING MRS. CHAKMAK.
I'M WRITING THIS TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT AND STAND WITH KRISTA CHAKMAK, HOPE YOU DO THE SAME, SUZIE MORALES." THIS FROM SUZANNE SCARBOROUGH.
SHE WRITES, " I'M A CONCERNED PARENT WRITING TO YOU CONCERNING KRISTA CHAKMAK.
THIS WEEKEND I'VE COME ACROSS SEVERAL MEDIA POSTS CONCERNING KRISTA CHAKMAK.
I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE ARTICLES WERE POSTED BY MR. OTTO.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS HAS BECOME A WITCH HUNT AGAINST KRISTA.
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KRISTA VOICED HER OPINION ON HER PRIVATE ACCOUNT ABOUT MASKS.SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD VIEWS.
LAST TIME I CHECKED, WE LIVE IN AMERICA AND WE'RE ALL ALLOWED TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS.
I HAVE A HUGE CONCERN. MY FAMILY WEARS MASKS.
HE LOVES WEARING A GATOR MASK, COVERING HIS MOUTH AND HIS HEAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAS A HARD TIME KEEPING HIS NOSE COVERED.
WE'VE BEEN IN TWO DIFFERENT STORES AND MY SON HAS BEEN FOLLOWED AND VERBALLY ATTACKED BY EMPLOYEES.
I LISTENED TO MY SON EXPLAIN TO STORE EMPLOYEES ABOUT HIS HEALTH ISSUES AND WHY HE CAN'T COVER HIS NOSE.
HE WAS CONTINUED TO BE FOLLOWED AND EVEN YELLED AT IN ONE STORE.
MY SON CAME RUNNING TO ME AND WAS SCARED.
THE EMPLOYEES THREATENED TO HAVE US KICKED OUT OF THE STORE.
THERE ARE LAWS FOR DISCRIMINATION WITH THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
IF MY SON WAS TO RETURN BACK TO SCHOOL, I'M NOW WORRIED THAT MY SON WILL BE BULLIED AND RIDICULED JUST LIKE KRISTA.
I ALSO WORRY ABOUT OTHER CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHO CANNOT WEAR MASKS.
WILL THEY TOO BE BULLIED OR TREATED UNFAIRLY AND LOOKED DOWN UPON BECAUSE THEY DON'T KEEP A MASK ON? WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME THAT EVERYONE IS SO UPTIGHT AND TURNING ON EACH OTHER, IT NEEDS TO STOP.
THE MORE AND MORE MASKS ARE AN ISSUE, THE MORE UPTIGHT PEOPLE BECOME.
I AND OTHERS VOTED FOR KRISTA.
WE WANT HER ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD TAKE HER POSITION AWAY.
WE'RE ALL ENTITLED TO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND EVERY OPINION SHOULD BE HEARD.
I'M GLAD THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE KRISTA CHAKMAK ON THE BOARD.
I KNOW SHE WILL LISTEN TO EVERYONE'S OPINION, SUZANNE SCARBOROUGH." FROM RICHARD BOSS.
HE WRITES, " YOU PEOPLE NEED TO SPEND LESS TIME THOUGHT POLICING AND MORE TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THE SCHOOLS OPEN, " FROM RICHARD BOSS.
THE NEXT LETTER IS FROM DANIEL SAND, AND HE WRITES AT THE BEGINNING OF IT THAT HE KNOWS IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO SET MY TIMER HERE. I'M GOING TO READ IT FOR THREE MINUTES AND THEN THE REST OF IT WILL GO ON THE RECORD.
HE WRITES, MY NAME IS DANIEL SAND, HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN BONITA UNIFIED FOR 14 YEARS.
I HAVE NEVER MET, SPOKEN TO OR INTERACTED WITH BOARD MEMBER JACK MAC ANYWAY, HOWEVER, AS SHE'S A PUBLIC FIGURE.
I'M COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO THREE OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE MADE ON HER PRIVATE ACCOUNTS, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, ANYTHING POSTED ON PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA MUST BE ASSUMED TO BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU READ STORIES OF STUDENTS WHO SENT ILLICIT PHOTOS ON SNAPCHAT TO ONE PERSON, ONLY TO HAVE THEM PASS AROUND A LARGE CHUNK OF SCHOOL.
PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE EVEN MORE APT TO BECOME PUBLIC THAN FOR NORMAL CITIZENS.
IN ANY EVENT, NOW THAT THESE POSTS ARE PUBLIC, THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT HOLDING UP PERHAPS UNPOPULAR BUT DEFENSIBLE VIEW ON A TOPIC ABOUT A PROBLEM IN AND OF ITSELF.
FOR EXAMPLE, MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE AT THE PHYSICAL COST OF COVID-19 OUTWEIGHS THE EMOTIONAL COST OF WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WE SUPPORT STAYING IN DISTANCE LEARNING UNTIL VACCINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE, AND CASES UNDER CONTROL.
HOWEVER, THE ALTERNATE POSITIONS ALSO REASONABLE THAT THE EMOTIONAL COST OUTWEIGHS THE PHYSICAL AND THUS SHOULD RETURN TO SCHOOL.
WE COULD HAVE A THOUGHTFUL FACTUAL DEBATE BETWEEN THESE TWO VIEWS WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE BOARD WOULD WEIGH THEM AND DO WHAT THEY THOUGHT BEST FOR STUDENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, SIMPLE DIFFERENCES IN POLITICAL VIEWS ARE NOT WHAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
TO UNDERSTAND, WE MUST ANSWER A QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS WE SHOULD HAVE FOR A CITIZEN SERVING ON THE BOARD? WHILE WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE A LENGTHY LIST OF POSITIVE QUALITIES, BOARD MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT.
THERE ARE THREE THAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON; ONE, BOARD MEMBER SHOULD SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC SCIENCE, WHAT CONSTITUTES LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AS POLICY SETTERS AND IMPORTANT SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES BASED ON SOLID, FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION.
TWO, BOARD MEMBER MUST BE OBJECTIVE AND BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH FACT FROM FICTION.
THREE, BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD SHOW COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, INCLUDING A DESIRE TO LOOK AFTER THE WELL-BEING OF ALL STUDENTS.
BOARD MEMBER WHO MAKES COMMENTS, STATEMENTS, OR TRIES TO INTRODUCE POLICY THAT FAILS IN ANY ONE OF THESE THREE BASIC IDEALS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
BY EXAMINING HER OWN WORDS, WE WILL SEE THAT BOARD MEMBER JACK MAC FAILS IN ALL THREE IDEALS.
NUMBER ONE, WHILE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXPERTS IN THE MINUTIA OF EVERY SUBJECT.
THEY SHOULD HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF SCIENCE.
THEY ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSTITUTES LEGITIMATE RESEARCH.
RESEARCH IS NOT SIMPLY GOING TO THE INTERNET AND READING SOMEONE'S RANDOM STUDY.
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ESTABLISHED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS ARE TRUSTWORTHY.STATEMENTS FROM UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS LIKE DR. FOUCHIER ARE TRUSTWORTHY.
ANYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE QUESTION.
BECAUSE AS MOST, ALL OF US UNDERSTAND, RESULTS ARE TOO OFTEN SKEWED TO CONFORM TO THE BIASES OF THE RESEARCHER SO WHY WE DON'T LISTEN TO CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES FUNDED BY OIL COMPANIES.
HE DOES GO ON. THE REST OF THE REMAINDER OF THAT LETTER WILL BE INTO THE RECORD. THAT'S FROM DANIEL SAND.
SHE WRITES, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES AND CONCERNS TO MY EMAIL.
I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THERE IS A COUNTER PETITION IN SUPPORT OF MS. JACK MAC, IF THIS IS TRUE, IN MY OPINION.
BASICALLY TELLS ME THAT MS. JACK MAC DOES BELIEVE THOSE THINGS SHE POSTED AND IT WAS NOT A MOMENT OF FRUSTRATION THAT SHE PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED.
IF POSSIBLE, THIS IS EVEN MORE SHAMEFUL THAN THE ORIGINAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HER.
YET SHE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN ON THE BOARD BECAUSE KNOWING SHE ACTUALLY HAS SUPPORTERS BEHIND HER, SHE WILL EITHER HAVE TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM THEM OR US, THE CONCERNED CITIZENS TRYING TO SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC.
EACH ONE OF YOU, IN YOUR EMAIL RESPONSES TO ME STATED THAT HER VIEWS DO NOT REFLECT THOSE OF B USD.
WHILE I DO BELIEVE THAT I'M REMINDED OF A TIME WHEN B USD FAILED MISERABLY IN PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.
A BANANA HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER MANY YEARS AGO, WAS A PEDOPHILE AND OUTED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
I KNOW HIS VIEWS WERE NOT SUPPORTED BY EB USD.
MY POINT IS WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STAIN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAD THREE KIDS IN THE B USD SYSTEM IN 2006 AT THAT TIME AND WAS ANGRY OF HOW WE FAILED OUR CHILDREN, NOT JUST THE VICTIMS OF THIS MONSTER, ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE AS A COMMUNITY, HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, WHETHER IT'S FROM TRUSTED TEACHERS, TRUSTED ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S OUR JOB TO PROTECT THEM.
MASK ARE A MANDATE BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN REGARDLESS OF MS. JACK MAC CHILDREN'S SITUATION REGARDING THE WEARING OF MASKS, HER POSTS WERE VERY CLEAR IN HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THEM.
HER BASHING OF BUSINESSES, ENFORCING MASKS MADE HER VIEWS CRYSTAL-CLEAR.
HER SUPPORTERS HAVE JUSTIFIED HER OPINIONS AND SUPPORT HER OPINIONS.
PLEASE CONSIDER ALL COMMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE IN YOUR NEXT MEETING.
I'VE SERVED THOSE DYING AND DEAD FROM COVID-19.
WE'RE ALL TIRED, BUT WE ARE ALIVE AND HOPE IS ON THE WAY.
AS WE GET ENOUGH VACCINATED TO ACHIEVE HARD IMMUNITY.
SPEED IS CRITICAL TO MINIMIZE MUTATIONS AWAY FROM THE VACCINES.
UNTIL THEN, WHILE I'M IN THE HOSPITAL, MY WIFE IS WORKING ON RESEARCH ON COVID 19 RELATED ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, I NEED TO TRUST THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WILL ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
THIS WILL REQUIRE A HIGHER LEVEL OF VACCINATION AND SAFETY MEASURES.
THERE'S HOPE AND WE MUST KEEP OUR EYES ON HOPE.
OUTBURSTS THAT POLITICIZE THE ISSUE AND IGNORE SCIENCE HAVE BEEN MY GREATEST FEAR.
MS. JACK MAC MUST BE REMOVED FROM HER POSITION IMMEDIATELY.
SHE'S UNFIT TO BE A STEWARD OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR WELL-BEING.
CANNOT DESCRIBE TO YOU WHAT COVID-19 CAN DO TO THE ENTIRE BODY, WHAT IT DOES TO FAMILIES.
IT WOULD CAUSE VICARIOUS TRAUMA.
WE ARE IMPROVING IN OUR TREATMENTS, WE NEED TO STAY THE COURSE.
MY HOPE IS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL.
IT WOULD BE VERY EASY FOR THESE NUMBERS TO REVERSE, AND FOR THE TRENDS TO WORSEN, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW VARIANCE.
I TAKE GREAT HOPE IN THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING.
TIRED OF EXPOSURES AND NEAR MISSES, TIRED OF THE DEATHS OF BOTH PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS, TIRED OF EACH CALL FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE, AND THE THOUGHT THAT I MAY BE INFECTED AND MAY HAVE BROUGHT IT HOME.
WHEN I COME HOME TO REST, I'M TIRED OF BEING ATTACKED FOR WEARING MY MASK, I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE PLACING MY FAMILIES AND OTHERS AT RISK WITH FALSE BRAVADO.
ENOUGH, I ASKED THREE THINGS; ONE, WEAR THE MASK.
TWO, KEEP FAITH WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE ARE ONE ANOTHER'S KEEPERS WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH.
THREE, I ASKED FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL, MS. JACK MAC, SHE IS NEITHER A SCIENTIST NOR HEALTHCARE WORKER IN HER CLAIMS OF KEEPING UP WITH SCIENCE ARE SIMPLY WRONG.
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THERE ARE SO MANY EMAILS BEING READ.I KNOW THAT THE OVERALL CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS TO END THIS, TO PASS A RESOLUTION AND MOVE ON.
I PASSIONATELY ASK THAT EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER LOOK INTO THEIR SOULS.
DID YOU FIGHT TO BE ELECTED TO THIS BOARD TO GET MORE VOTES NEXT TIME, OR DID YOU JOIN THE BOARD TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT? WHERE THE RESOLUTION IS A STEP, IN ESSENCE, IT LITERALLY IS SAYING, KRISTA WAS BAD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T CLARIFY, SHE WASN'T SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD.
IT DOESN'T AT ALL ADMIT THAT OUR VIEWS ARE A DIRECT DANGER TO OUR DISTRICT.
A DIRECT CONTRADICTION OF THE CDC AND A DIRECT ATTACK ON REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS.
I ENCOURAGE ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TO NOT PLAY POLITICS, TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN THIS BEHAVIOR AND CALL FOR HER RESIGNATION.
THE PEOPLE REMEMBER IF THIS ISSUE WAS PLACATED OR CONDEMNED.
A CONCERNED, MAD, SORE LOSER DAD, CHEERS GIOTTO.
THIS IS FROM KAREN BRIDGEWATER.
I'M TAKING THIS TIME TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION REGARDING BUSD BOARD MEMBER, KRISTA CHAKMAK.
I HAVE SEEN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS MADE RECENTLY BY MR. CHAKMAK IN WHICH SHE JUBILANTLY FLOUTS HER ANTI-MASK BEHAVIOR IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO JOIN WITH HER IN DITCHING THEIR MASKS IN PUBLIC.
THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND MESSAGING IS BAD ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES FROM ILL INFORMED, ILL RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO REFUSE TO LISTEN TO HEALTH CARE EXPERTS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES FROM A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT IS RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS.
AT A TIME WHEN BUSD IS PREPARING TO REOPEN SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND WHEN THE SAFETY OF THAT REOPENING WILL RELY ON ALL INVOLVED TO COMPLY WITH MANDATES REGARDING MASKS.
MS. CHAKMAK'S STATEMENTS IN A BLATANT MESSAGE THAT UNDERMINES THOSE EFFORTS.
I'VE NOT ONLY READ HER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BUT ALSO HER SO-CALLED APOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE STATEMENT PUT OUT BY BUSD TEACHERS UNION, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE TO PARENTS OF BUSD STUDENTS.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE ONLY REASON MS. CHAKMAK WROTE AN APOLOGY WAS BECAUSE SHE GOT CAUGHT EXPRESSING HER TRUE STANCE ON MASK WEARING AND SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR THIS DANGEROUS TIME.
A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO PUBLICLY DEFIES MANDATES FROM HEALTH CARE EXPERTS CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR I'M GREATLY TROUBLED THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS SUCH AN IRRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL SITTING AT THE TABLE WHEN THE SAFE REOPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS IS BEING DISCUSSED AND WHEN RELIANCE ON REASON, SCIENCE, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
I'VE SEEN A WAVE OF OTHER ANTI-MASKERS RISE UP IN DEFENSE OF HER BEHAVIOR.
BUT THEY ARE JUST A REFLECTION OF THE PROBLEM.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN POSITIONS OF POWER MAKING DANGEROUS STATEMENTS, MORE PEOPLE WILL BE INCITED TO BEHAVIOR IRRESPONSIBLE AND CONTINUE TO PUT OTHERS AT RISK.
MS. CHAKMAK'S BELIEFS DO NOT MESS WITH THOSE OF THE BUSD TEACHERS UNION OR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
LET'S FACE IT, EVEN IF SHE GOES ALONG WITH ESTABLISHING NECESSARY SAFETY PROTOCOLS INVOLVING MASK WEARING FOR SCHOOL REOPENING, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS SHE WOULD BE DOING SO HALF-HEARTEDLY AS WE ARE ALL NOW AWARE OF HER REAL OPINION AND CONCERN IN WEARING MASKS.
FOR SELFISH DISREGARD FOR OTHERS IS NOT WHAT IS NEEDED ON THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HER CONTINUED PRESENCE ON THE BUSD SCHOOL BOARD REFLECTS POORLY ON OUR DISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP AND PUTS OUR SCHOOLS AT RISK.
SHE SHOULD BE ASKED TO RESIGN HER POSITION FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
I'M WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT I DO NOT AGREE WITH BUSD BOARD MEMBER MS. CHAKMAK IN HER RECENT REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN HER IN NO LONGER WEARING A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THESE WORDS CARRY GREAT WEIGHT COMING FROM A COMMUNITY LEADER AND ACTIVELY UNDERMINES THE BONITA'S PLAN TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS IN TEACHING, COMMENTS LIKE MS. CHAKMAK'S ARE ALARMING.
PEOPLE WITH VIEWS LIKE HERS ARE EXACTLY WHY MY FRIENDS ARE SCARED TO GO BACK TO IN-PERSON TEACHING.
PEOPLE LIKE HER OBVIOUSLY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, THEY JUST THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES.
SHE AND HER SUPPORTERS ALSO NEED A CIVICS LESSON.
BEING REMOVED FROM HER POSITION BY THE PUBLIC ISN'T SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH.
FREE SPEECH DOES NOT MEAN FREEDOM OF CONSEQUENCES.
HER COMMENTS SHOULD HAVE REPERCUSSIONS.
OUR CHILDREN, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL STAFF ARE LOOKING AT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
I BELIEVE MS. CHAKMAK NEEDS TO STEP DOWN FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HER ACTION HAVE SHOWN A LACK OF RESPECT FOR THIS OFFICE.
IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THE BUSD BOARD MUST REMOVE MS. CHAKMAK FROM HER ROLE ON THE BOARD AS CLERK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, HEATHER ZHANG.
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THIS IS NUMBER 34 FROM BYRON BREMMER.AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN BUSD, I'M WRITING TO YOU BECAUSE I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE ACTIONS AND RHETORIC MADE BY BUSD BOARD MEMBER MRS. CHAKMAK REGARDING MASK REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER COVID-19 PROTOCOLS.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND MOST ESPECIALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE A CLEAR DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT DOES NOT END WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR DESKS FOR THE DAY.
THROUGH HER PUBLIC WORDS AND ACTIONS, MS. CHAKMAK IS A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS EFFECTIVELY AND A THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC AND OTHER CREDIBLE HEALTH AGENCIES IS PRESCRIPTIVE AND SPECIFIC.
THE PROTOCOLS REQUIRE TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY OPEN SCHOOLS ARE NOT ARBITRARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY ARE NOT A BUFFET TO PICK AND CHOOSE FROM AND THEY ARE NOT UP FOR POLITICAL DEBATE, MUCH LESS TO BE FILTERED THROUGH WILD QANON CONSPIRACY THEORY NONSENSE.
THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN, THE LIVES OF OUR TEACHERS, THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN'S FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SCHOOLS CAN REOPEN AMID COVID-19 IF AND ONLY IF A NUMBER OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE STRICTLY IMPLEMENTED AND ADHERED TO.
BY FAR THE MOST CRITICAL OF THOSE PROTOCOLS IDENTIFIED BY THE RESEARCH IS UNIVERSAL MASS SQUARING.
ANYTHING LESS INVITES SPOKE DISASTER AND THE RE-CLOSING OF OUR SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CHAMPIONING AND ORGANIZING ANTI-SCIENCE MOVEMENTS TO DELIBERATELY SUBVERT AND SABOTAGE THOSE VERY SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
EVERY CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH ORGANIZATION ON EARTH TELLS US WE NEED IS BEYOND IRRESPONSIBLE.
IT'S PLAYING CRACKPOT CONSPIRACY THEORY GAMES WITH OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES AND FUTURES.
IT'S COMPLETELY INTOLERABLE FOR A SITTING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
YET THIS IS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WE'VE SEEN FROM MS. CHAKMAK.
IN MULTIPLE POSTS CELEBRATING BREAKING MASK WEARING REQUIREMENTS AND CALLING ON OTHERS TO JOIN HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIGGEST SPIKE OF COVID AND THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE ARE HOSPITALS THAT 300 PERCENT CAPACITY AND LITERALLY FREEZER TRUCKS OVERFLOWING WITH THE BODIES OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
THIS IS NOT A FREE SPEECH ISSUE.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT BANS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM CENSORING THE SPEECH OF THE CITIZENS THEY SERVE.
IT DOES NOT PROTECT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS.
AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, MS. CHAKMAK MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THESE WORDS AND ACTIONS SO EGREGIOUS AND DANGEROUS THAT WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
MS. CHAKMAK MUST STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD OR THE BOARD MUST DEMAND HER IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL.
SHE HAS SHOWN A DEEP MISUNDERSTANDING AND DISRESPECT FOR THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES, AND THE MISSION OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS SHOWN REMORSE OR ANY INDICATION SHE WILL SHOW RESTRAINT IN THE FUTURE.
THEREFORE, SHE CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.
THE POSITION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS NOT A RIGHT AND IT'S NOT A PROPERTY TO BE OWNED, IT IS A PRIVILEGED POSITION OF SERVICE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESPECT, BYRON BREMMER.
THIS IS NUMBER 35 FROM HEIDI HENRY.
IT SUDDENS ME THAT THIS IS EVEN ON THE AGENDA.
LET ME FIRST START OFF BY SAYING THAT I'M A TEACHER IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND I DO NOT KNOW KRISTA.
I CHOSE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER 12 YEARS AGO WHEN OUR SON STARTED KINDERGARTEN, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE KIDS HERE.
I LOVE BONITA FOR THE FACT THAT THEY STOOD UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, VALUED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND WHAT I THOUGHT WERE CONSERVATIVE VALUES.
OVER THE YEARS HOWEVER, MY POSITION IS CHANGING AND CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE KIDS GRADUATE.
AT RONAN, THE KIDS WERE TAUGHT THE SEVEN HABITS OF HAPPY KIDS THROUGH THE LEADER IN ME PROGRAM AND KNOW MORE ABOUT VALUE, RESPECT, HARASSMENT, AND ANTI-BULLYING THAN SOME ADULTS IN THE DISTRICT.
MY MAIN POINT IS OUR SPEECH IS PROTECTED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
KRISTA DID NOTHING WRONG, IT IS COMPLETELY ABSURD TO THE AMOUNT OF BULLYING AND HARASSMENT THAT SHE HAS ENDURED AND YET THE DISTRICT TURN THE BLIND EYE TO THAT.
THE DISTRICT SHALL WORK SUPER-FAST TO CALL THIS MEETING, BUT YET WON'T FIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL QUICKLY.
KRISTA DESERVES A WRITTEN APOLOGY POSTED IN ALL THE NEWSPAPER COLUMNS AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HAVE PORTRAYED HER IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.
SHE SHOULD IN NO WAY SHAPE, OR FORM, RESIGN FROM HER POSITION THAT OVER 90,000 PEOPLE VOTED HER IN.
THE RESONANCE OF BONITA, HAVE FAITH IN HER, SO LET HER DO WHAT SHE WAS ELECTED TO DO.
WE NEED A STRONG WILLED WOMAN TO STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS.
WE ALL HAVE PERSONAL LIVES AND DO NOT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AROUND OR EXPLOITED FOR OUR BELIEFS.
HECK, I GO TO CHURCH TWICE A WEEK IN PERSON WITH NO MASK.
IS SOMEONE GOING TO REPORT ME TO MY DISTRICT AND MAKE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL AND UNDERMINE ALL OF MY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO MY STUDENTS.
I BET THERE ARE PEOPLE READING THIS THAT DO NOT WEAR A MASK EVERY TIME THEY STEP OUT OF THEIR HOUSE OR PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T.
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TAKE A LOOK FROM WITHIN BEFORE JUDGING SOMEONE ELSE.KRISTA IS BEING BULLIED AND HARASSED BY A FEW WHO ARE SORE LOSERS THAT DID NOT WIN THE BUSD ELECTION.
IT IS OKAY TO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
WHO SAYS YOUR OPINION IS THE RIGHT ONE? JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH HER, DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS WRONG.
THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SILENCE TRUE AMERICANS WHO LOVE AND STAND UP FOR OUR KIDS.
NOW FOR A PERSONAL RANT, THE DISTRICT IS FAILING OUR KIDS FOR NOT STANDING UP AND FIGHTING TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.
DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MASKS, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MASKS, THEY ARE JUST THE PLACEBO.
NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF MASS NOT WORKING.
WHY ARE OTHER STATES ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, HAVE YOU SPORTS AND THEIR COVID NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN CALIFORNIA.
PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND NOT RELY ON GOVERNMENT PUPPETS THAT ARE PUSHING A SOCIALIST AGENDA.
IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT IN ORDER FOR MY CHILD TO RETURN TO SCHOOL, SHE WILL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.
MY DAUGHTER INSTANTLY GETS LIGHTHEADED AND HER NOSE STARTS TO RUN WHEN HER MASK GOES ON.
SHE HAS POOR CIRCULATION AND I HAVE SEEN HER CARDIOLOGISTS FOR THIS.
WHY DON'T THE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS ARE FEARFUL STAY HOME, IT IS BACKWARD.
I KNOW TEACHER UNIONS SUPPORT GOVERNOR NEWSOM, BUT MAYBE WHEN HE IS RECALLED, THE DISTRICT CAN FILE A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF OUR KIDS AND GET BACK TO NORMAL AND CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE WEST COAST AND THE EAST COAST EDUCATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, HEIDI HENRY.
I AM THE MOTHER OF FOUR BOYS WHO HAVE ALL BEEN IN MBUSD.
MY FAMILY MOVED TO LA VERNE IN 2002 BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TWO OF MY CHILDREN HAVE GRADUATED FROM BONITA.
ONE IS A JUNIOR AT BONITA AND THE YOUNGEST WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS.
I WANT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR KRISTA CHECK MAC.
I VOTED FOR HER AND BELIEVE SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
ESPECIALLY ON HER PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHE REPRESENTS MY FAMILY'S BELIEFS AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT.
CHRISTA WAS VOTED IN TO REPRESENT THE FAMILIES WITH THE SAME VIEWS.
IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO DISMISS HER OR ASK HER TO STEP DOWN FOR HER VIEWPOINTS THAT DIFFER FROM MOST OF THE BOARD.
WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE HER FIGHTING FOR OUR KIDS AND TEACH MY VOICE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
SO HERE I AM FIGHTING FOR WHAT I BELIEVE, CORY SMITH.
NUMBER 37 IS FROM CAROLINE LAURIE.
I'M A PARENT OF FOUR, 22 YEAR RESIDENT OF LA VERNE AND A FORMER MENTOR TEACHER AT LAUSD.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR BUSD SCHOOL BOARD, WHAT I APPRECIATED WAS THE RESPECT THE CANDIDATES MAINTAINED FOR EACH OTHER PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
I DID NOT KNOW ANY OF THE CANDIDATES.
AS I WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO I WANTED TO VOTE FOR FOR SCHOOL BOARD, I DID REACH OUT TO SEVERAL CANDIDATES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS CONCERNS.
IT WAS REFRESHING TO SEE THEM COME TOGETHER.
AND I EVEN WITNESSED SOME OF THEM STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER, EVEN THOUGH DIFFERENCES IN OPINIONS AND THEIR POLICIES.
ONE OTHER CANDIDATE WHO I WAS [INAUDIBLE] CHACK MARK(PHONETIC).
THERE WAS A FAIR ELECTION FOR ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
MRS. CHACK MARK(PHONETIC) WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO REPRESENT THEIR BELIEFS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE DO ELECTIONS SO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA CAN DETERMINE WHO WILL BE THEIR VOICE, WHICH IS WHY SHE HAD MY VOTE.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TIME FOR ANYONE.
MRS. CHAKMAK WROTE ABOUT HER OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS, A STRENGTH THAT USED TO BE AWARDED IN OUR FREE SYSTEM.
MRS. CHAKMAK HAS SOME BELIEFS ABOUT OUR PERSONAL MASK WEARING THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS.
AFTER READING HER PERSONAL POST THAT WAS CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WAS NOTHING INTERPERSONAL POST THAT BROKE ANY LAWS.
IT WAS A PERSONAL MOMENT OF THESE TRYING TIMES.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS REGARDING MASK WEARING.
IT IS APPARENT THAT MOST PARENTS WANT THEIR CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL.
FOR THE TOTAL WELL-BEING OF MY CHILDREN, THEY NEED TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.
IT WAS GOOD NEWS TO READ MR. COLE'S LETTER INDICATING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WOULD POSSIBLY BE RETURNING IN APRIL.
BUT DISAPPOINTING THAT MY TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD NOT BE RETURNING.
AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IN APRIL, INCLUDING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS.
AS THIS WAS A CONCERN OF MINE, I REACHED OUT TO MR. JACK MARK OVER A WEEK AND A HALF AGO REGARDING STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL.
SHE INDICATED THAT IT WAS A STATE ISSUE.
SHE NEVER MENTIONED THAT STUDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WEAR MASKS OR GAVE ME HER PERSONAL OPINION WHY SHE DOES NOT WANT TO WEAR A MASK.
ONCE AGAIN, SHE STATED IT WAS A STATE ISSUE.
CAN YOU CONTINUE TO READ THROUGHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA CALLS FOR MRS. JACK MARK TO RESIGN, CALLS TO THE BOARD TO HAVE HER STEP DOWN.
IT WOULD BEHOOVE ALL CITIZENS IF THE BOARD WOULD STAND BEHIND ELECTED OFFICIALS IRRESPECTIVE OF POLITICAL ASSOCIATION.
I WILL STATE AGAIN, MRS. JACK MARK WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO REPRESENT THEIR BELIEFS.
JACK MARK SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY THE BOARD AGAINST RHETORIC ATTACKS AND CONTEMPT.
IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE TO FOLD TO THE SQUEAKY WHEEL.
ELECTIONS ARE RUN AND THE MAJORITY CHOOSES THE WINNERS, WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE.
I DO SEE THE VALUE IN BOARD MEMBERS HAVING TO FOLLOW ANY AND ALL STATE LAWS, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN SHE CANNOT HAVE OUR PERSONAL VIEWS.
HER PERSONAL VIEWS ARE NOT WRONG BECAUSE OPPONENTS DEEM THEM TO BE, AND WE ALL HAVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, LEGALLY TO SPEAK WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.
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THIS BOARD OR ANY ELECTED POSITION CANNOT BE RUN BY THE RULE MOB, WHICH PREVENTS CIVILITY.STICK TO ELECTION RESULTS AND SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTED.
ALL OF YOU ARE JUST A PREFERENCE OR CHOICE AWAY FROM BEING VERBALLY AND SOCIALLY ATTACKED AND THAT CANNOT BE SUPPORTED EITHER.
AND WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION COMES, YOU WOULD EITHER BE REWARDED BY YOUR CHOICES OR NOT.
CAROLINE LAURIE. NUMBER 38 IS FROM AMANDA FROST.
I'M 25 YEARS OLD AND HAVE LIVED IN SAN DIMAS FOR 20 YEARS.
I ATTENDED SHOW ELEMENTARY, LONE HILL, AND SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL.
I AM CURRENTLY A DRUM LINE COACH AT SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE BEEN FOR FIVE YEARS.
MY PRIORITY AS AN EDUCATOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS.
DURING LONG DAYS OF BAND PRACTICE AND COMPETITION, THERE ARE ALWAYS MANY DUTIES THE BAND DIRECTOR, STAFF AND PARENTS HAVE TO DO TO ENSURE THE STUDENTS ARE SAFE, WELL-FED, AND HYDRATED.
DURING THIS TRAGIC PANDEMIC, THE BAND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRACTICE IN PERSON OR PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS.
WE KNOW THAT WE MUST KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE, ABOVE ALL ELSE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS BY NOT PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
WHAT I CAN SAY THOUGH, IS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE HURTING.
THEY MISS THEIR CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THEY MISS THEIR FRIENDS.
THIS TIME HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND THIS IS NOT LOST ON ME.
HOWEVER, CONDUCT LIKE REFUSING TO WEAR MASKS IS PART OF THE REASON WE CANNOT RESUME NORMAL SCHOOLING.
REFUSING TO FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES IS WHY THIS PANDEMIC HAS GONE ON FOR THIS LONG.
FURTHERMORE, I DO NOT AGREE WITH BUSD BOARD MEMBER MRS. JACK MARK IN HER RECENT REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN HER AND NO LONGER WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THESE WORDS CARRY GREAT WAY COMING FROM A COMMUNITY LEADER AND ACTIVELY UNDERMINES THIS PLAN TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY.
SHE HAS MADE REPEATED POSTS ABOUT REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK AND HER APOLOGY IS NOT ENOUGH TO ASSURE ME AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE WILL MAKE THE BEST CHOICES FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT AGAIN IS FROM AMANDA FROSTELL.
I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE OF A CHANGE.ORG PETITION POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND THE NEXTDOOR APP.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SUPPORT BONITA AND THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR MASKS WHILE AT ANY DISTRICT FACILITY.
I READ RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 13, AND FOUND THAT THERE IS NO INFRINGEMENT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, NOR IS THERE ANY BULLYING.
I FIND ONLY SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IS MRS. JACK MARK WHILE ON OUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA WITH STATE IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS AND THAT THOSE BELIEFS ARE NOT THOSE TO BUSD.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR SCHOOL SAFE.
I AM WRITING. THIS IS FROM ALEX DUMAS.
I'M WRITING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO FREE SPEECH AND VOICING THEIR THOUGHTS FROM ANY CITIZEN TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THERE IS ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE SAME PEOPLE AND CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR WORDS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESIDENT USES FREE SPEECH TO INCITE A MOB ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A BOARD MEMBER USE A FREE SPEECH TO INCITE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE OF MASK MANDATES.
THERE IS ALSO A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
PEOPLE CAN DRIVE WITH THEIR FEET IF THEY WANT TO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE A GOOD IDEA.
PEOPLE CAN PARK IN THE HANDICAP OR CURBSIDE SERVICE SPOTS WHEN THEY SHOP, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT DO SO IF THEY DON'T FIT THAT CRITERIA.
PEOPLE CAN GO IN STORES WITHOUT MASKS, BUT SHOULD FOLLOW THE STORE POLICIES WITHOUT GETTING UPSET AND BLASTING OF THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONFORM TO ONE'S DESIRES.
MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS FOR MASKS ARE TRULY SMALL, AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO JOIN IN AND LIE ABOUT IT TO LIVE YOUR TRUTH AS A PAULINE AND AN INSULT TO ALL THOSE WHO MAY TRULY HAVE A MEDICAL EXEMPTION.
I BELIEVE FACE COVERINGS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE REOPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE VERY SMALL MINORITY THAT MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH BEING ABLE TO WEAR A MASK.
THERE ARE ACCOMMODATIONS SUCH AS FACE SHIELDS, AMONG OTHERS.
I KNOW THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT ONE MEMBER'S PERSONAL SPEECH.
BUT HER BEING AN OFFICER OF THE BOARD IS SCARY, WHICH LEADS ME TO THINK SHE WOULD BE ON OUR WAY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
SOMETHING A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY IS LIKELY TO BE SCARED OF.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SERVICE NO LONGER BE HERS, TO SERVE AT THE MINIMUM AND LEAVE IT UP TO US, THE PARENTS TO WORK ON REMOVING HER FROM OFFICE.
I VOTED FOR HER BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ENDORSEMENT AND FEEL COMPLETELY STUPID FOR DOING SO.
I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT SHE WOULD NOT HAVE WON THIS ELECTION IF THE STATEMENTS WERE AS AVAILABLE AT ELECTION DAY AS THEY ARE NOW.
CHRISTA, THE APOLOGY LOOKS FORCED, NOT AUTHENTIC.
PLEASE SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND NOT JUST TRY TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE.
YOU ARE A DISGRACE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
YOU MAY BE BETTER SUITED FOR OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS, BUT NOT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PLEASE DO OUR STUDENTS A FAVOR AND RESIGN.
ALEX DUMAS. TURN IT OVER TO MR. WAYNE.
>> THIS IS FROM KAREN COCKEREL.
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I'M SHOCKED. THIS HAS COME TO OUR QUAINT TOWN OF LA VERNE, BUT THEN THERE HAVE BEEN MANY UNFATHOMABLE, UNFAIR THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED LATELY.IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL MEDIA FACE MASK COMMENT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR FAMILY STANDS WITH KRISTA JACK MARK.
HER FEELINGS, REPRESENT OUR FAMILY.
I DON'T FEEL OTHERS HAVE BEEN BRAVE OR REALISTIC ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND SAY WHAT SHE HAS.
IT WAS SAID ON HER OWN PERSONAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND THEN AT THIS POINT IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN CYBERBULLYING.
MANY KIDS ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL.
PLEASE FOCUS YOUR FULL ATTENTION ON THAT AND FIND A WAY TO GET THEM BACK IN-PERSON BEFORE MORE DIE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S FROM KAREN COCKEREL AND HER FAMILY, SHE WRITES.
I'M RUNNING TODAY BECAUSE I VOTED FOR KRISTA CHACK MARK.
I BELIEVE SHE'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS.
I SUPPORT FREE SPEECH AND MASS AND NO MASKS.
PEOPLE NEED TO STOP HARASSING HER, STOP CYBERBULLYING.
KRISTA SPEAKS FOR THOUSANDS AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE SUPPORT HER, HENCE WHY WE VOTED FOR HER.
THANK YOU KRISTA FOR STANDING UP FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN.
CYNTHIA GABALDON WRITES, THE SERIES OF EVENTS ALL STARTED LAST WEEK.
WHEN I READ A PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF YOUR FELLOW ELECTED MEMBER CHAKMAK.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY MR. OTTO IS NOTHING SHORT OF A PUBLIC FLOGGING AND ARE IRRESPONSIBLE, CHILDISH, AND HUGELY DIVISIVE.
THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO WERE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH MISS CHAKMAK I FOR ONE, REALLY DO HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION.
MY CARDIOLOGIST HAS NOT ALLOWED ME TO WEAR A MASK THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE PUBLIC TREATMENT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I STILL WORK, GO TO STORES, AND RUN MY BUSINESS FOLLOWING MY DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN ZERO SUPPORT OR OPENNESS TO THOSE OF US WITH TRUE MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO KEEPING ALL OF US HEALTHY.
THERE ARE MANY KIDS WITH PROBLEMS, SENSORY CONDITIONS, OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHO ALSO CANNOT WEAR MASKS.
THIS ATTITUDE OF CONDEMNATION IS HORRIFIC, TRAUMATIC, DISCRIMINATORY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PARENTS WHO READ MR. OTTO'S POST FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THIS? HE AND THOSE IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM ARE CONDEMNING ALL OF US.
THIS ISN'T AN UNCONSCIONABLE LEVEL OF A FAKE MORALITY AND ONGOING PUSH TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.
THIS PAST WEEK, A REPORT OUT OF GERMANY WAS PUBLISHED, 26,000 KIDS WERE LOOKED AT, AND THEN SHE LINKS THAT REPORT.
SHE SAYS, "PLEASE READ THE REPORT, PLEASE STEP BACK, LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
GO TO THE FACTS. PLEASE ALSO SUPPORT MISS CHAKMAK.
SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT ON HER OPINION CONCERNING THE MASK SITUATION." THANK YOU. CYNTHIA GABALDON.
I'M A STUDENT, I WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, SUPPORT FREE SPEECH AND NO MASKS.
I BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD STOP HARASSING KRISTA CHAKMAK FOR SAYING WHAT SHE BELIEVES.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT HER AND FREE SPEECH. SOPHIA COCKRELL.
SUSAN REESE, I'M A TEACHER, I TAUGHT IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT FOR 33 YEARS AFTER TEACHING IN A SMALL DISTRICT IN RIVERSIDE FOR FOUR YEARS, I RETIRED IN JUNE.
I LIVED IN SAN DIMAS FOR 12 YEARS AND THEN MY OWN STUDENTS LIVED FIVE OR SIX MILES AWAY, I WILL SOMETIMES ENCOUNTER THEM NEAR MY HOME, USUALLY WHEN THEY WERE VISITING A FAMILY MEMBER.
OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OFTEN INTERSECT WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES INCLUDING OUR STUDENT'S FAMILIES.
I'M RUNNING TO YOU BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN DISPLAYED BY BOARD MEMBER, CHAKMAK.
ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE DISCUSSING TRANSITIONING TO FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THAT MRS.CHAKMAK WOULD NOT ONLY NOT WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC BUT WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO JOIN.
SHE'S AN ELECTED COMMUNITY LEADER, MEANING HER WORDS AND ACTIONS CARRY GREATER WEIGHT THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.
I KNOW THAT THE BUSD WOULD LIKE TO OPEN SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY AND THAT YOU, AS ITS LEADERS, WANT AS FEW PEOPLE INFECTED WITH COVID-19 AS POSSIBLE.
MRS. CHAKMAK REMARKS AT A POOR EXAMPLE FOR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE UNITED IN HIS RESPONSE TO TRULY SUPPORT DISTRICT STAFF AS A TRANSITION TO FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING.
THIS IS NOT A FREE SPEECH ISSUE.
MRS. CHAKMAK IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE PRESS, SHE'S A COMMUNITY LEADER AND NEEDS TO TAKE THAT ROLE AND THE INFLUENCE IT ENTAILS SERIOUSLY.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE ACTIONS MENTIONED IN THE SUBJECT LINE ABOVE, WHICH HE TALKS ABOUT BOARD ITEM 8.1.
THERE'S SENTIMENT ACTION TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER,
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MRS.CHAKMAK, FOR COMMENT SHE MADE AND HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR.THESE COMMENTS WERE NOT MADE IN AN OFFICIAL BOARD MEMBER CAPACITY.
SUBJECT OF HER COMMENTS ARE CERTAINLY A DEBATABLE TOPIC IN THE REGION AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.
I DON'T THINK HER REMOVAL WILL DO MUCH GOOD AS IT WILL SHOW INTOLERANCE FOR SOMEONE'S OPINION, STIFLE OTHERS, PERHAPS SOME OF YOU DOWN THE ROAD TO SPEAK FREELY.
THIS WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO.
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE BUZZ PHRASES, CANCEL CULTURE, STOP THE OPPOSITION AT ALL COSTS, ETC.
WE'RE BETTER PEOPLE THAN THIS, WE'RE A UNITED GROUP OF TWO CITIES, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.
MANY OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAVE APPRECIATED THE BOARD, IF NOT DIRECTLY, CERTAINLY INDIRECTLY.
WE NEED TO RISE ABOVE THE BUZZ PHRASES AND POLARIZATION AND CONTINUE TO MEND THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE IN.
MY FAMILY HAS RESIDED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE BOARD HAS DONE.
MRS. CHAKMAK HAS VIOLATED ANY RULES AS A BOARD MEMBER.
SHE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED WITH A WARNING, PERHAPS SOME TRAINING ON FOLLOWING POLICY, BUT NOT REMOVED.
THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD CONDEMNS THE RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF BUSD BOARD MEMBER KRISTA CHAKMAK, REGARDING HER OPPOSITION TO WEARING A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC.
AS A BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKS TO CREATE A PLAN IN WHICH STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF MAY RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE MRS.CHAKMAK PUBLICLY STATED POSITION ON PANDEMIC SAFETY.
IN HER ENCOURAGEMENT THAT OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, EVEN DETRIMENTAL TO THAT MISSION.
THE BONITA EXECUTIVE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE THE FAMILIES OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE, THAT SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE CDC AS WELL AS THE WISDOM AND EXPERTISE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SAFE WHILE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION.
BUT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK TO PUT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND EVEN PARENTS FIRST.
I UNDERSTAND THIS CAN BE A DELICATE BALANCE AND KEEPING EVERYONE HAPPY CAN DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
THIS PAST YEAR HAS THROWN EVERYONE FOR A LOOP WHERE EXPECTATIONS AND DEMANDS ARE SEEMINGLY IN CONSTANT FLUX.
I THANK YOU FOR ATTEMPTING TO STAY ON THE BALL TO ENSURE STUDENTS' NEEDS, AS WELL AS TEACHER AND STAFF NEEDS, ARE BEING MET.
I'M WRITING YOU IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS BEING HERE MARKED AS CANCEL CULTURE, SILENCING ONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, STICKING UP FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, OR A WITCH HUNT.
MRS. CHAKMAK'S STATEMENTS MADE ON A PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM SEEMINGLY SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED AS IT WAS HER PRIVATE PAGE, AND THUS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHARED OR USED TO SLANDER HER.
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AND CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT CANCEL CULTURE, IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S NOT SLANDER, AS HER STATEMENTS WERE QUOTED [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT SILENCING HER FIRST AMENDMENT EITHER.
HER POSTS ALSO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THOUGH THAT WAS A RATHER CLEVER ATTEMPT BY HER SUPPORTERS TO TWIST THE NARRATIVE.
CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY THAT WOULD MAKE WEARING A MASK VERY DIFFICULT, OFTEN ARE APPROACHED ON A MORE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND ADJUSTMENTS MADE.
THEIR HEALTH, FAMILY SELF, AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STAFFS HEALTH STILL MATTER.
QUOTE. THEN SHE QUOTES FROM THE POST.
SHE WRITES KNOWING STUFF DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, ETC.
THEN SHE GOES INTO, CONTINUE TO WRITE THIS SENTIMENT WHILE OBVIOUSLY SHARED BY SOME OTHERS IS DANGEROUS.
THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY SLATED TO OPEN UP IN EARLY APRIL WITH A HYBRID CLASSROOM MODEL FOR THE K5 CLASSROOMS. THIS IS ONE STEP TOWARDS FURTHER SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO ARE PERHAPS STRUGGLING WITH THE ONLINE CLASSROOM MODEL.
SCHOOL OPENING FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING HINGES ON STUDENTS AND STAFF WEARING MASKS IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER DEMANDS.
MRS. JACK MAC STATEMENTS ARE ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO SHOP IN STORES WITHOUT MASKS, WHICH ENDANGERS THEIR ABILITY TO REMAIN OPEN.
ALSO ENDANGERS BONITA'S ATTEMPT OPEN BACK UP WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING.
IF STUDENTS AND STAFF BEGIN BUCKING THE MASK RULE, AND IN THIS CASE, UNDER THE GUISE OF A FITTING BOARD MEMBER, IT COULD RESULT IN EVERYONE LOSING ACCESS TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.
AS A PARENT WITH A CHILD WHO IS AT RISK TO THE VIRUS.
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I HAVE BEEN WATCHING HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HANDLING THE ISSUE.SADLY, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING PULLING OUT CHILDREN FROM THE DISTRICT.
MANY PARENTS I'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE ALSO HAD THE SAME COMMENT.
IF THE DISTRICT CANNOT KEEP MY CHILD, THEIR FRIENDS, OR THEIR TEACHERS SAFE, HOW CAN I SEND MY CHILD BACK WITH GOOD CONSCIOUS? MRS. JACK MAC. IT WAS KNOWN PRIOR TO YOUR WINNING YOUR SEAT THIS PAST NOVEMBER THAT YOU WERE ANTI-MASK.
THIS WAS NOT NEWS FOR MANY PEOPLE.
YET AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, IT'S EXPECTED THAT YOU'D BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPINION, BUT WHEN A DANGEROUS OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY SHOULD BE EXPECTED THAT YOU WILL BE REQUESTED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ATTEMPTING TO START A REVOLUTION THAT DOES NOT FIT WITH YOUR POSITION ON THE BOARD.
LET ME ASK YOU ONE THING DIRECTLY.
IF STUDENTS SHOW UP FOR IN-PERSON CLASSES IN APRIL IN INSTEAD, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS SAID SO HOW WILL YOU, AS A BOARD MEMBER SUGGESTS THIS BE DEALT WITH? WHAT IF PARENTS BEGIN STATING THEIR CHILDREN CANNOT BE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK AT SCHOOL THAT IT ENDANGERS THEIR HEALTH? ALREADY, THE ANTI-MASK MOVEMENT LOCALLY HAS LATCHED ONTO THIS CAUSE AND IS HOPING TO USE IT TO PUSH AHEAD WITH REMOVING THE MASK REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS.
THEY GO BEYOND THE NORMAL SCOPE OF PERSONAL OPINION, AS DOES EVERY FEEDED BOARD MEMBER.
I WISH THE SCHOOL BOARD MUCH LUCK IN REGARDS TO OPENING BACK UP.
BUT SADLY, IT SEEMS, YOU MAY HAVE MORE OF AN UPHILL BATTLE THAN EXPECTED AS SOME PARENTS HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY DO NOT NEED THEIR CHILDREN TO WEAR A MASK AND YOU CAN'T FORCE THEM.
THIS IS A WRITTEN OR SUBMITTED BY THE SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL ACTIVISM CLUB.
THEY WRITE AS MEMBERS OF THE FDHS SOCIAL ACTIVISM CLUB.
STUDENTS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, WE'D LIKE TO CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CRYSTAL JACK MAC, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE COMMENT SHE MADE AGAINST WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC SPACES.
WE FIND THAT MRS. JACK MAC IDEAS ARE REPREHENSIBLE AND DANGEROUS TO OURSELVES AND OUR PEERS.
WE'RE CALLING MRS. JACK MAC TO RESIGN FROM HER CURRENT POSITION.
THE WORDS OF MRS. JACK MAC ARE AN INDICATION OF A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR SCIENCE, AND ALL OF THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST TO COVID-19.
IF WE THE STUDENTS ARE SENT BACK AND FOLLOW THE WORDS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, NOT ONLY IS SHE PUTTING THE LIVES OF THE MANY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FACULTY AT RISK, BUT ALSO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT MRS. JACK MAC BE REMOVED FROM HER SECRETARIAL ROLE AND STEP-DOWN OVERALL.
AS A SMALL PORTION OF THE MANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE LOST SO MUCH TO THIS PANDEMIC, WE KNOW THAT THE MESSAGE THAT MRS. JACK MAC SAID ON NOT WEARING A MASK FURTHERS THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ROB US OF OUR FINAL YEARS AS YOUTH AND WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
SINCE LAST YEAR WE HAVE LOST DANCES, SPORTING EVENTS, AND THE ABILITY JUST TO HANG OUT.
YET WE STILL HELD OUT HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE MAY BE ABLE TO RETURN.
BY SHARING A MESSAGE ABOUT NOT WEARING A MASK, WE SEE IT AS A MESSAGE THAT WE WILL NEVER HAVE THE MANY EVENTS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE PAST.
MRS. JACK MAC, WELL, WANTING FOR US TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IN PERSON HAS ONLY DETERRED THAT EFFORT SO MUCH MORE.
AS A CLUB, WE HAVE CREATED A PETITION CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF MRS. JACK MAC.
PRESENTLY WE HAVE OVER 300 SIGNERS.
RESPECTFULLY, SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL ACTIVISM CLUB.
NEXT, STEVE ALBA TO SAY, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF BOARD MEMBERS CRYSTAL JACK MAC WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BATTLED COVID AND ARE CONTINUING TO STRUGGLE WITH THE AFTER-EFFECTS.
COLLEAGUES OF MINE HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES.
QUITE A FEW OF MY FELLOW TEACHERS HAVE BATTLED COVID AND STATUS OF ALL MANY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BATTLED OR ARE CURRENTLY FIGHTING COVID THEMSELVES.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
HOWEVER, WHEN THAT SPEECH ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO LIE ABOUT MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, IN ORDER TO AVOID WEARING A MASK DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, IT BECOMES DANGEROUS WHEN THAT RHETORIC COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH MAKING DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE. AS EDUCATORS, WE ARE CHARGED WITH MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE BASED ON RELIABLE DATA.
AS A TEACHER AND A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, I EXPECT THAT WHEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT SOMETHING IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN, THEY SHOULD PROVIDE PEER-REVIEWED EMPIRICAL DATA FROM SCHOLARLY JOURNALS TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIMS. CONSIDERING THAT BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO POST NOTICES INFORMING CUSTOMERS THAT MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
MRS. JACK MAC BOASTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IGNORING THE SIGNS AND GOING INTO BUSINESSES MASK-LESS, SPEAKS TO HER CHARACTER.
IT'S NOT THE TYPE PERSON THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
CURRENTLY, OUR DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS ARE WORKING ON GETTING
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OUR CHILDREN BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE.MRS. JACK MAC FOR REMARKS ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THAT GOAL.
I HOPE THE BOARD WILL TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND TAKE ACTION BECAUSE MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE OUTRAGED.
THE BOARD SHOULD REQUEST MRS. JACK MAC'S RESIGNATION IMMEDIATELY. STEVE ALBA.
THEN DAN DANIEL WROTE, "I SAW THIS TODAY FLOATING AROUND SOME LOCAL MEDIA GROUPS AND FELT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT MESSAGE IS BEING PUT OUT.
HE WRITES, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE YOUTH WE HAVEN'T TRUSTED HER TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR.
SHE FEELS IT'S OKAY TO IGNORE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF OUR SOCIETY DURING A PANDEMIC.
WHAT MESSAGE IS SHE SENDING TO THE YOUTH? I QUOTE, THEN HE QUOTES, "MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO WHATEVER YOUR SOUL TELLS YOU TO DO." THEN HE WRITES, "MY SOUL TELLS ME HOMEWORK IS NOT NECESSARY AND IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, CAN MY KID BE EXCUSED FROM THAT REQUIREMENT.
ALSO TELLS ME THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL FULL-TIME.
PART-TIME WOULD BE JUST AS GOOD.
THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP FROM 10 TO 2 ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS." NO, THEY CANNOT.
WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE RULES THAT WE MUST FOLLOW.
SHE'S SENDING A HORRIBLE MESSAGE TO ALL FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID.
FRANKLY, IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE.
MY WIFE WORKS IN HOME HEALTH CARE, HAS LOST A CLIENT.
SHE AND MY DAUGHTER HAVE BOTH SUFFERED, AND CONTINUE TO SUFFER THE EFFECTS OF COVID.
I HOPE YOUR SOULS TELL YOU TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HER.
HER ACTIONS AND CAVALIER ATTITUDE AGAINST THE RULES OF SOCIETY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SHE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED A-S-A-P IF THIS IS HER ATTITUDE AND HOW SHE DEALS WITH SUCH A SENSITIVE TOPIC," DAN DANIEL.
>> GENTLEMAN, THANK YOU FOR A READING ALL THOSE LETTERS WELL-DONE.
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I'M REQUESTING ANY MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 13 [BACKGROUND].IN A SECOND TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION, MR. COLLINS WILL INTRODUCE THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE.
>> YOU'VE HEARD TODAY THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WITH RESPECT TO THE DISTRICTS POSITION WHERE WITH RESPECT TO SAFETY.
IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFIRMING THE COMPLIANT WITH ALL COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY MANDATES.
>> COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. WE WILL BEGIN WITH MR. CREIMAN IN AT THE END AND WORK OUR WAY THIS WAY, PLEASE.
>> I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, AS LONG AS THAT RIGHT IS APPLIED EVENLY TO ALL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS AND WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT.
ALSO A STRONG OPPONENT TO CANCEL CULTURE THAT IS ALL TOO COMMON TODAY, ESPECIALLY AGAINST CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINTS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
TODAY WE SEE POLITICIANS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS TO STATE OFFICIALS AND GOVERNORS, REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN DONATE AND EXCUSING RIGHTS AND LOOTING, ENCOURAGING THEIR SUPPORTERS TO CONFRONT THE OPPOSITION AND ASSAULT THEM, OVERSTEPPING THEIR AUTHORITY FOR POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL GAINS AND A HOST OF OTHER ITEMS. EVERY ONE OF THEM END UP SITTING HERE, TOOK AN OATH TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WHATEVER STATE WE WERE ELECTED IN.
WE DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO SUPPORT, EVEN THOSE WE MIGHT STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FORCES ON US AS INDIVIDUALS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO.
I WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND ELECTED OFFICIAL, TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS CHANGED.
THIS BEING IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S AN UPHILL LIKELY UNWINNABLE BATTLE.
BUT UNTIL SUCH TIME, WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, HAVE A DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
I DON'T LIKE MASK ANYMORE THAN MOST PEOPLE, BUT I WANTED TO HELP PROTECT MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY.
I'VE HAD MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, CONTRACT COVID AND SEVERAL DIE.
UNLESS YOU'RE WEARING A PROPERLY FITTED MEDICAL GRADE MASK OR FULL FACE RESPIRATOR.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING COVID.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS HELP PREVENT YOU FROM SPREADING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
MAJORITY OF US ONLY WEAR A MASK FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AT A TIME.
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NURSE, EMT, POLICE OFFICER, OR FIREFIGHTER, WHO HAS TO WEAR ONE FOR ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO 24 HOURS AT A TIME.IF YOU CAN'T WEAR A MASK FOR LEGITIMATE MEDICAL REASONS, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE IN ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE SUCH AS FACE SHIELDS.
I'D ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION AT THIS TIME THAT BOTH ARE BARGAINING UNITS IN OUR MANAGEMENT GROUP HAD BEEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORTIVE IN OUR EFFORTS TO REOPEN.
THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON REOPENING SAFELY FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.
THERE WAS NEVER A MENTION OF ANY OF THE NON COVID RELATED ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WE AS A SCHOOL BOARD MAY NOT HAVE GREAT POWER BUT WE HAVE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY INCUMBENT UPON US TO MODEL EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOR, SET A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND UPHOLD THE RULES AND LAWS, EVEN IF WE PERSONALLY DISAGREE WITH THEM.
WE CERTAINLY NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FEELINGS AND BELIEFS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT WE MUST MAKE OUR DECISIONS ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE GIVEN, AND THOSE DECISIONS NEED TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY SIMILAR SPEECH, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I AM HERE NOT REALLY JUST TO TALK ABOUT ANYONE PERSONALLY, THE BAIT ON MASKS.
I UNDERSTAND RESEARCH AND WHAT REAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ENTAILS.
BUT WHAT I WOULD DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE POINTED A RESOLUTION.
THE POINT OF RESOLUTION IS REALLY CONFIRMING TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP SAFELY.
I HATE MASKS VERY MUCH BECAUSE I HAVE GLASSES AND ANYONE WHO HAS GLASSES COULD PROBABLY IDENTIFY WITH SEEING THROUGH A CLOUD FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
BUT I'VE NOTICED BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS HELPING GET OUR CASE RATES DOWN, HELPING US WITH OUR VISION TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOLS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I JUST WANTED TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, WE ARE DEDICATED TO BRINGING OUR KIDS BACK SAFELY WITH MASKS OR FACIALS OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE SMALL FEW WHO CAN'T WEAR THE MASK WITH CLEANING AND WITH SPACING.
WHERE I REALLY WANT TO DO IS FOCUS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL WE PLAN TO REOPEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO OPEN THESE DOORS.
WORKING WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS, LIKE GLENN SAID, WE'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AS A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP SAFELY FOR OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
>> I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY ADDRESS RECENT STATEMENTS I MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AFTER DOING SOME SERIOUS REFLECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR LETTING EMOTIONS GET THE BEST OF ME AND HEARING MY GRIEVANCES REGARDING THE CURRENT PERIOD WE'RE ALL LIVING THROUGH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE ALL GOING ABOUT THESE TIMES IN OUR OWN WAY.
BUT AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I CAN DO MUCH BETTER AND HOW I PRESENT MY MESSAGE.
I'M PROUD OF JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, AND SENTIMENTS THAT I HAVE EXPRESSED IN RECENT TIMES, AS THEY HAVE EARNED ME THE RESPECT OF MY COLLEAGUES AND APPOINTMENT TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD IN MAY 2020, AND THEY HAVE EARNED ME THE TRUST OF THE AMAZING MEMBERS IN THE BONITA COMMUNITY WHO ELECTED ME TO MY CURRENT POSITION DURING A VERY HIGHLY CONTESTED ELECTION WITH A CROWDED FIELD OF WORTHY CANDIDATES.
I FIND IT DISAPPOINTING THAT THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH MY SENTIMENTS WOULD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I AM INTENTIONALLY SACRIFICING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THESE VERY SAME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME PERSONALLY OR HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE ONLINE OVER THE LAST YEARS OR OVER THE LAST YEAR, KNOWS THAT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC, MYSELF, FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN GOING TO EVERY EXTENT TO LIVE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE HEALTHIEST WAY POSSIBLE.
WE HOSTED SOCIALLY DISTANT WORKOUTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CELEBRATED BIRTHDAYS VIA ZOOM, WE ABIDED BY LOCAL GUIDELINES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'VE GONE ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR WITHOUT GIVING MY PARENTS, WHO RESIDE IN LA VERNE A HUG TO MAINTAIN THEIR SAFETY.
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OVER THE PAST WEEK, DISCUSSION OF DOING THINGS THAT, THE BONITA.>> LET US TAKE A FIVE MINUTES BREAK.
>> IT IS A 6:45 PM, THE BOARD WILL A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
TODAY WE WILL GAVEL BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:52 PM.
>> OVER THE PAST WEEK, DISCUSSION OF DOING THINGS THE BONITA WAY HAD BEEN FREQUENTLY MENTIONED, AND THE WAY THAT I'VE LIVED MY LIFE, RAISED MY FAMILY, MADE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT EARNED ME AN ELECTORAL VICTORY, AND FREELY CAST VOTES ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, IS HOW I PROUDLY DO THINGS THE BONITA WAY.
DESPITE MY CONSISTENT COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, MY RECENT SEDIMENTS HAVE OBVIOUSLY DRAWN THE ANGER OF MANY RESIDENTS, OFFICIALS, AND COLLEAGUES.
TO THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE DISPLEASED WITH THE WAY I CHOOSE TO LIVE MY LIFE, RAISE MY CHILDREN, AND MITIGATE A PANDEMIC, I AM LISTENING TO YOU.
I HEAR YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHERING A DIALOGUE.
I AM PROUD OF YOU FOR EXERCISING YOUR FREEDOM, AND YOUR RIGHT TO SELF-EXPRESSION, JUST AS I AM MYSELF FOR DOING THOSE SAME THINGS.
DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN SUBJECTED TO AN INCONSISTENT FLOW OF INFORMATION FROM OFFICIAL ENTITIES AND MEDIA OUTLETS, AS WELL AS HYPER-PARTISAN POLITICIANS USING RHETORIC FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL GAIN.
THAT SAID, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERING STANCES AND OPINIONS REGARDING THE PANDEMIC, BEING SO PASSIONATELY EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE AROUND OUR COUNTRY.
IT GREATLY SADDENS ME TO WITNESS THE TOLL IS PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN ON OUR LOVED ONES, THIS COMMUNITY, AND OUR DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN.
ONE OF THE GREAT ASPECTS OF DOING THINGS THE BONITA WAY, IS LISTENING TO, AND HEARING ALL OPINIONS FROM PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT AS HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS AS POSSIBLE.
I'M AWARE THAT NOT EVERYONE HOLDS THE SAME VIEWS AND STANCES AS I DO, AND AS NOT ONLY AN ELECTED LEADER, BUT ALSO A PASSIONATE MEMBER OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.
I WARMLY WELCOME ALL DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEWS, EVEN DURING THESE TIMES OF HEIGHTENED TENSIONS WHERE OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS CAN BE EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND TO THE MANY STRANGERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING, THAT HAVE SUPPORTED ME DURING THIS CHALLENGING PERIOD, AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME OUT WITH GENUINE CONCERN AND DISAGREEMENT WITH ME, I THANK YOU AS WELL, AS OUR DIVERSITY AND OPINIONS REGARDING SUCH SERIOUS MATTERS IS WHAT I BELIEVE, MAKES THE BONITA COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY SO GREAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL, TO SAFELY OPEN OUR SCHOOLS AND GET OUR CHILDREN BACK TO LIVING THEIR LIVES.
>> I KNOW THIS SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO LIST SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING WELL IN THE BUSD.
THERE'S A CONTROVERSY RIGHT NOW AND I JUST FEEL REALLY SAD THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ARE GOING UNNOTICED.
NUMBER 1, THE BUSD WAS VOTED ONE OF THE BEST WORKPLACES, AGAIN.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HAPPY STAFF DO BETTER WORK, AND WE WANT OUR KIDS GET THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION.
IT IS ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
TWO, THE BUSD HAS AMAZING TEST SCORES.
OUR TEST SCORES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC SAY THEY SHOULD BE, AND THESE AMAZING TEST SCORES ARE NOT JUST, THEY AGGREGATE NUMBER.
OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND THEY SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED.
THREE, BUSD HAS PROVIDED HIGH-QUALITY DAYCARE, THROUGH DISTRIBUTION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SPORTS, TUTORING, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
THE CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE NOT IDEAL, BUT WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, WE DO IT THOUGHTFULLY AND WE DO IT WELL.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OPENING UP SCHOOLS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK MANY OF OUR STAFF ARE DOING.
THEREFORE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL FOR ME TO ALSO CLARIFY THIS RESOLUTION.
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WHAT IT IS DOING AND WHAT IT IS NOT DOING.THIS BOARD RESOLUTION, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, HAS CRAFTED, IS NOT ESSENTIAL OF ANY ONE BOARD MEMBER.
EACH ONE OF US ARE INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS.
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS, IS A CLARIFICATION OF THE BOARD'S COLLECTIVE OPINION REGARDING WEARING FACE MASKS, FOLLOWING THE LAW, AND FOLLOWING THE BEST PRACTICES REGARDING HOW WE CAN OPEN UP SCHOOLS SAFELY.
THIS RESOLUTION DOES MENTION ONE SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER AND THEIR PRIVATE SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
IN MY OPINION, THIS WAS NOT DONE TO SHAME THIS ONE SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER, INSTEAD IT WAS DONE TO BRING IT UP THE CATALYSTS FOR OUR COLLECTIVE CLARIFICATION.
I'VE READ MANY E-MAILS AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT SUPPORTING THE SPEECH YOU AGREE WITH.
SUPPORTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS SUPPORTING THE ABILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR SPEECH, EVEN THOUGH YOU PERSONALLY DISAGREE WITH IT.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN AN EXERCISE IN THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
EVERY POST, EVERY RESPONSE, EVERY LETTER, BOTH SIDES SHARING THEIR TRUTH.
THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH LOOKS LIKE. IT IS MESSY.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT THE FREEDOM FROM A RESPONSE TO YOUR SPEECH.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT NO ONE CAN COMMENT ON WHAT YOU SAID.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A FREEDOM TO SAY YOUR SPEECH AND FOR OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR SPEECH AND RESPONSE.
IT IS A RIGHT THAT BOTH SIDES HAVE, FROM OUR CONSTITUTION.
IN REGARDS TO COUNSEL CULTURE, THIS DEBATE HAS HAD NO CANCELING OF ANYONE'S POINT OF VIEW.
NO ONE HAD THEIR SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY AN ANGRY MOB WITH THE BULL HORN.
NO SPEECHES WERE FORCED TO BE CANCELED BY A PROTEST.
THERE WAS NO EXAMPLE OF COUNSEL CULTURE, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.
INSTEAD, THERE WAS A PASSIONATE POLITICAL DEBATE AMONG DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT HAPPENED TO USE OUR DISTRICT AND A SPECIFIC SOCIAL MEDIA CONTROVERSY AS A POINT OF DISCUSSION, ON A RELATED POINT.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS READ AND LISTENED TO MANY EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM.
I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS I HAVE READ HAVE BEEN SUCCINCT AND VERY REASONABLE.
THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT SIDES, WHO'VE MADE GOOD POINTS, AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO I THINK, WERE VERY REACTIONARY AND MEAN-SPIRITED IN THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE.
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
WE ARE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND WE ARE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN KINDNESS AND LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR, THEN WE SHOW OUR REAL VALUES BY HOW WE TREAT THE PEOPLE WE DISAGREE WITH.
SO LET'S BE OUR BETTER SELVES, AND LET'S BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
AS A SCIENCE TEACHER, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BRIEFLY OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK WERE RELATED TO THE CONTROVERSY.
NUMBER 1. FOR US TO FULLY RETURN TO NORMAL, FULL, NORMAL, REGULAR, EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY.
THERE IS ONLY TWO WAYS FOR US TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY.
THAT IS EITHER THROUGH NATURE, BY EVERYONE GETTING SICK, AND 1.6 PERCENT OF THOSE PEOPLE DYING, OR THROUGH VACCINATIONS.
I PERSONALLY THINK VACCINATIONS IS A BETTER ROUTE TO GO.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE ON THIS MATTER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THINGS SHOULD HOPEFULLY DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
I'M A SCIENCE TEACHER AND I REGULARLY GO OVER DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF SEPARATING MATERIALS.
IN REGARDS TO FILTERS, WE HAVE THEM IN OUR CARS, OIL FILTER, AIR FILTER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE THEM IN COFFEE MACHINES.
WE HAVE THEM IN OUR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.
NOW WE HAVE THEM ON OUR FACES AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY ENJOYABLE.
I HAVE AN EXTRA LARGE HEAD, SO IT'S USUALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND A MASK THAT ACTUALLY CAN FIT ME.
HOWEVER, I DO THIS, A, BECAUSE I'M TRYING NOT TO GET SICK, BUT EVEN MORE SO I'M TRYING NOT TO GET OTHER PEOPLE SICK.
THE SCIENCE IS PRETTY SOLID AND I DO GET THAT SCIENCE GOES BACK AND FORTH.
DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS AND DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS CAN HAVE DIFFERENT NUANCED OPINIONS.
THIS IS WHY YOU SEE WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DID IT.
BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND LOOK AT ALL THE STUDIES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT FACE MASKS ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.
PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE CAN DO TO PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK.
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I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF RESEARCH, I'M NOT GOING TO BORE EVERYONE WITH IT.BUT DOUBLE MASKING IS VERY USEFUL.
IT'S LIKE GOING FROM A FOUR ON YOUR AIR CONDITIONING FILTER TO A 10.
IF YOU GO TO A 10, MORE THINGS GET FILTERED OUT.
PROPERLY FITTING MASK ARE USEFUL.
IF YOU HAVE AN N95 MASK AND IT DOESN'T FIT THE CONTOURS OF YOUR FACE, IT IS NOT AS USEFUL AS IF IT DID.
EVERYONE MASKING, AND THIS IS A THING, IF EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS MASKING, YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO GET SICK.
IF JUST ONE PERSON IS, THAT AFFECTS THE ODDS.
PEOPLE MASKING ANYTIME THEY ARE NEARBY.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN SOCIALLY FOR EVERYONE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SICK AT HOME, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SICK AT PARTIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOTTEN SICK IN SCHOOLS.
IN SOME OF THE SURVEYS PEOPLE HAVE CITED, I'VE READ AND IF YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS, IT DOES SHOW AT LEAST AN INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY SPREAD OR OTHER VARIABLES.
ALL OF THESE THINGS REDUCE INFECTION RATES.
MASKS DO A BETTER JOB OF PREVENTING PARTICLES FROM LEAVING OUR MOUTH, THAN THEY DO IN FILTERING OUT PARTICLES THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN THE AIR.
FOUR, AND THIS ONE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DEBATE WE'RE HAVING.
MASK USAGE IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
IF WE'RE IN CAMPUS, WE HAVE TO USE A MASK.
I'M SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS FOLLOWING THE LAW.
I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERY LAW OUT THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE LAW, AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
FIVE. THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO REASSURE THOSE PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE AND SAFER ACCOMMODATIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO THOSE FEW PEOPLE WITH THOSE FEARS.
ALSO, AND THIS ONE'S NOT AS A SCIENCE TEACHER.
MY WIFE IS A NURSE, AND NURSES LIKE A LOT OF I GUESS WORKERS WHO HAVE TO BE AROUND PEOPLE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME.
MY WIFE WILL WEAR MASK LIKE A VERY TIGHT FITTING N95 MASK FOR OVER 12 HOURS A DAY.
THERE COULD BE A LITTLE PRESSURE BLISTERS THAT SHE GETS BECAUSE OF THEM.
THERE ARE NURSES WHO WORK IN THE ICU WHO WATCH PEOPLE SUFFOCATE.
IN A LOT OF HOSPITALS, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEAD BODIES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING BURIED.
I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT A LOT OF NURSES HAVE BEEN VERY UPSET.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC.
IF YOU WATCH PEOPLE DIE, THAT IS UPSETTING AND THAT RUNS VERY DEEP.
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED, AS MUCH AS I'M GOING TO SAY, LET'S BE NICE TO OTHER PEOPLE AND LET'S RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFS.
I'M EQUALLY GOING TO SAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS SO THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE.
I THINK COLLECTIVELY WE WILL BE DOING THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> FOR THE MORE THAN 15 YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED ON THIS BOARD, IT HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THIS WAS TRULY THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UNIFIED NOT JUST IN THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPRISED OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT UNIFIED AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING EACH OF THEM WITH THE BEST EDUCATION WE ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING.
THAT IS WHAT SOCIETY OWES TO EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.
AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE STOOD TOGETHER THROUGH TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS.
WE HAVE MADE MUCH PROGRESS TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS WITH IMPROVING TEST SCORES, IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES, AND WE COMMITTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A COMMUNITY TO MODERNIZE OUR SCHOOLS AND TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES THAT WILL SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR YEARS TO COME.
OUR TEAMS HAVE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE WON ACCOLADES.
OUR DISTRICT HAS BECOME WIDELY ADMIRED AS A WONDERFUL WORKPLACE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO HIRE MORE AND MORE OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST EMPLOYEES AVAILABLE.
LAST YEAR, COVID-19 BEGAN ITS WORLDWIDE INVASION OF BODIES PHYSICAL AND BODIES POLITIC.
IN RESPONSE, THIS DISTRICT HAS LOOKED TO THE EXPERTS AND OTHER LEADERS FOR INFORMATION AND ADVICE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADHERING TO THE APPLICABLE STATE AND COUNTY GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS REGARDING OUR SAFE OPERATION FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
GOING FORWARD, I AM ASKING EVERYONE TO ONCE AGAIN, STAND STRONG TOGETHER AS A UNIFIED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY.
IT IS TOO EASY TO ALLOW OUR DIFFERENCES TO COME BETWEEN WHAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.
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THAT IS OUR DUTY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE TO EACH OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR CARE AND TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM AND OUR EMPLOYEES.ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MY WIFE AND I BOTH GOT OUR SECOND VACCINE DOSES TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A GREAT FEELING OF RELIEF AND A PEACE OF MIND FROM THAT.
I WOULD LIKE OUR EMPLOYEES ALL TO SHARE THAT RELIEF AND PEACE OF MIND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT COLES AND HIS STAFF FOR WORKING HARD IN THE PAST WEEKS TO ARRANGE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET THEIR VACCINES THROUGH A LOCAL PHARMACY GROUP JUST AS SOON AS THE SHOTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO WANT THEM. THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE HAVE A VOTE, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS ASKED?
I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A MOTION TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE AND THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO EXCLUDE MY NAME AND MY PERSONAL INSTAGRAM POST.
>> THE MECHANISM OF THIS IS JUST A REGULAR VOTE PRIOR TO THE VOTE OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD BE TO AS [INAUDIBLE] IS ASKING US TO HAVE HER NAME REMOVED AND THE INSTAGRAM POST ITSELF REMOVED.
THEN THEREFORE WE WOULD READ, INSTEAD OF HER NAME WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER AND THEN INSTAGRAM WOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE THERE'S TWO REFERENCES IN THERE TO JUST A BOARD MEMBER.
>> WE HAVE ACCEPTED AND PASSED THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION 2021-13.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON A VOTE FOR THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION. THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS WITHOUT MY NAME AND THE INSTAGRAM POST.
>> YES. WHAT WAS VOTED ON WAS TO REMOVE YOUR NAME AND THE POST AND THEN THE SECOND VOTE IS NOW CALLING FOR THE VOTE WITH THAT AMENDMENT IN THERE.
>> OKAY. IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. NEXT, REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS,
[9. REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC]
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION CAN TAKE PLACE ABOUT ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.
THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE TIME FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM TO 20 MINUTES.
PERSONS WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN SUBMIT AN EMAIL TO MARGARET MACDONALD, SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE READ ALOUD AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS FROM DR. JIM LANCASTER, SUBJECT, BUT A UNIFIED SENIORS ACCELERATE GRADUATION COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS ARE USING COMPETENCY MODEL.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN BUSD ADMINISTRATION, IT APPEARS THE DISTRICT IS MOVING TO BRING BACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS APRIL, INSTEAD OF BRINGING BACK SENIORS AND JUNIORS.
I THINK THIS IS A POOR DECISION AND COULD WRITE A WHITE PAPER AS TO WHY I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR ENERGY TO ARGUE ANYMORE WITH THIS BOARD.
INSTEAD, I'M ASKING YOU TO ALLOW THE SENIORS TO ACCELERATE THE LAST PART OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR UNDER A COMPETENCY BASED MODEL AND FINISH EARLY.
IT IS RIDICULOUS TO INCARCERATE THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE TERM AND CONTINUE THE CHARADE JUST TO GET TO JUNE.
I'VE HAD TWO OTHER CHILDREN GO THROUGH THIS DISTRICT AND THE LAST FEW MONTHS FOR SENIORS ARE FULL OF CEREMONY.
A [INAUDIBLE] RALLIES, PARTIES, CONCERTS, AND OTHER END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATIONS THAT WOULD BE SCRATCHED THIS YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THAT'S FINE.
UNLIKE ONE ON THE BOARD MEMBERS, I DO NOT DENY SCIENCE.
THE PANDEMIC IS REAL, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH THAT IT BRINGS AND PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN UNTIL VACCINATION IS WIDESPREAD.
I DO HOPE THERE IS SOME SEMBLANCE OF A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY FOR THEM.
DO THAT THOUGH, THAT IS MORE THAN A CAR PARADE WITH HORNS.
NOW WITH OUR SENIORS, I BET MOST OF THEM COULD WRAP UP ALL REMAINING REQUIREMENTS IN A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS USING A DEPLOYED COMPETENCY MODEL.
I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER TO CONSULT ON A COMPETENCY MODEL, SHOULD YOU NEED SOMEONE TO ASSIST.
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MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION WILL REQUIRE A QUICK DECISION ON YOUR PART, NORTH COLORADO SCHOOLS, IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE SENIORS FINISHED IN DECEMBER.NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT BRINGING OUR SENIORS BACK, BONITA UNIFIED SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.
THERE WAS NO NEED TO KEEP THE SENIOR SHACKLED TO BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.
I'M SURE THE DISTRICT IS RECEIVING SOME STIMULUS FUNDS, THE LOSS IN ADA WILL BE COVERED.
LET THE SENIORS WHO WANT TO FINISH EARLY DO SO USING A RAPIDLY DEPLOYED COMPETENCY MODEL.
THIS CAN BE DONE. THIS SHOULD BE DONE.
DR. JIM LANCASTER, BONITA HIGH SCHOOL PARENT.
>> THANK YOU AND, MR. COLES , YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS
>> YEAH. I APPRECIATE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ADDRESSED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TONIGHT.
THERE ARE MANY COMMENTS THAT WERE READ TODAY AND SINCE LAST TUESDAY, I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS E-MAILS AND CALLS.
BUT AS A SUPERINTENDENT, I FEEL THERE'S ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ONE PERSONALLY.
IT READS IN PART AND I QUOTE, "I READ YOUR NEWSLETTER WITH A SENSE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, GET SADNESS.
WITHOUT A UNITED TEAM THIS ALONE CAN LEAD TO POOR EXECUTION OF ANY PLANS FOR THE SAFE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS, WHICH OUR CHILDREN ARE LONGING FOR", END OF QUOTE, THIS E-MAIL RESONATED WITH ME FOR MANY REASONS, BECAUSE SITTING UP HERE ON THE DICE IS A TEAM OF SIX.
EVERYONE UP HERE HAS AND SHARES VARYING VIEWPOINTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D WANT OUT OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION.
BUT ALL OF US ARE UNITED UP HERE ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF AND ONE PURPOSE, AND THAT PURPOSE IS TO PREPARE ALL OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE THEIR PURPOSE.
THAT'S WHAT UNITES ALL 1100 EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES US EVERY SINGLE MORNING TO GET UP, TO DO OUR BEST AND MAKE THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE PROUD.
WE'RE ALL LIVING IN A TIME WHERE IT SEEMS EVERY DAY THERE'S A NEW HISTORICAL EVENT THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US, OUR STUDENTS WILL SOON BE THE ONES TO SOLVE MANY OF THE PRESSING AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT FACE US TODAY.
THEY WILL SOON BE OUR DOCTORS, OUR LAWYERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
THEY'LL BE OUR ENTERTAINERS, OUR POETS AND OUR TEACHERS WHO DEFINE OUR CULTURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NEWSWORTHY.
SINCE MARCH, OUR FOOD SERVICES TEAM HAS NOW PROVIDED OVER 675,000 MEALS TO FAMILIES AT NO CHARGE.
OUR SCHOOL AGE CARE TEAM PROVIDES CHILDCARE TO OVER A 150 STUDENTS TO THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO BACK TO WORK.
IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS AWARDED THE TOP WORKPLACE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.
RECENTLY WE ANNOUNCED TO REOPENING OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN A HYBRID MODEL.
NOT TO FORGET TO MENTION OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF THAT CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND DO THEIR BEST DESPITE INCREDIBLE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
TO MAKE THESE STORIES REAL, IT TAKES ALL OF US TO UNITE.
OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK RIGHT NOW IS REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS TO THE FAMILIES WHO WANT TO RETURN IN APRIL.
THERE'S NO PLAYBOOK ON THIS, WE HAVE NEVER SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS FOR NEARLY A YEAR, WENT TO A COMPLETE DISTANT LEARNING FORMATS AND WITH ONLY ONE THIRD OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR LEFT ARE PREPARING TO MOVE INTO A HYBRID MODEL.
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS: EVERY BOARD MEMBER, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBER, EVERY ADMINISTRATOR, AND EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THERE ARE 10,000 KIDS COUNTING ON US TO GET THIS RIGHT AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY.
TOMORROW'S FEBRUARY 17, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY HAVE 28 WORKDAYS UNTIL OUR TARGET DATE OF APRIL 5TH.
WE NEED EVERYONE FOCUSED MORE THAN EVER.
I'M CLOSING THE MESSAGE I WANT TO LEAVE TO OUR 10,000 STUDENTS, OUR 1100 EMPLOYEES, EVERYONE WATCHING TODAY'S BOARD MEETING AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE, WE WILL NOT FAIL.
WE WILL FIND A WAY AND WE ARE UNITED IN PREPARING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN LET THEIR PURPOSE. THANK YOU.
[10. FUTURE MEETING DATES]
THE NEXT RIGID OR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 3RD, 2021 AT 4:00 PM.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? SEE NONE. WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 7:15 PM
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.