View the public comment portion of the 10/21/21 D158 School Board Meeting below.
1:41 – Two HHS students discuss negative effects of masking and the numerous fights, alcohol usage and drug use at the high school.
1:44 – Mother discusses brainwashing and narratives in K-12 school curriculum and how the school is trying to remove parental rights.
1:47 – Mother discusses board’s inability to make changes to Covid policies and how her kindergartner is now afraid to leave the house without a mask, shaking with fear when she isn’t wearing one, due to what she’s learned in school.
1:51 – Mother discusses isolation and quarantine. Despite testing negative, her daughter was quarantined for close contact and prevented from attending the Atwood nature trip and participating in the school’s Moana musical. These are lost experiences her child can never get back.
1:58 – Mother addresses the board Behavioral and Emotional Screening System tests (BESS) and how many children the test was administered to, despite parents having submitted opt-out forms. Raises concerns about what will happen with opt-out forms once vaccines are given at school.
2:02 – Dr. Rowe says he gives parents his word that no vaccines will be administered without a parent present.
2:03 – Mother speaks about dissatisfaction with school district and her decision to homeschool her daughter, encouraging others to consider this option.
2:08 – Mother of child with Down Syndrome expresses disappointment that on the day her daughter was selected to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at tonight’s board meeting, she was quarantined for close contact. Raises awareness of how severe the impact of these policies are on children, especially those with special needs.
2:11 – Father discusses incident at school which led him to withdraw his children from school. (His middle-school child was taught that Muslims and Christians are terrorists and extremists.) He explains that “equity” is the term being used to disguise the critical race theory being taught in school.