BringKidsBackWestwood

100% parent-driven organization focused on safely bringing our children back fully into the Westwood classrooms while allowing full remote for those who chose.

[Paymon Rouhanifard @Rouhanifard]

“We can always do things to reduce our risks further,” Dr. Marr said. “But at some point, you reach diminishing returns, and you have to think about the costs of trying to achieve those additional risk reductions.”

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

@Paulflevy @opentheschoolp1 Yes I have. I sounds like it won’t go anywhere and has no real support

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

@JennBinis I am confused. What is your concern about people advocating to follow science? Don’t you think they will continue to advocate in the same way when schools open? We believe in science and data. #openschools

[Heather Morrison @speakmanmorrisn]

NO! Schools have had over a year to plan! Schools are safe #Science #openschools @MassGovernor

[Students_against_unions @AgainstUnions]

Breaking: @fcpsnews Fairfax VA superintendent @FCPSSupt rejects 4 days in person this spring not because of science

Because it would be a big pain for just 12 weeks of school left.

He makes $350k

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

Parents are pushing back on lawmakers attempt to delay students return to #openschools 👏 👏

“guidance from last summer was that all of the districts had to submit 3 plans: full in-person, full remote & hybrid. Now, they should be implementing those (full in-person) plans”

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

“Bring Back Kids MA, a group representing thousands of parents statewide is opposed to any delays in a full-time return to in-person learning due to the academic, social, emotional and physical impacts remote learning has had on children." https://t.co/6aaBswRRiB

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

Exactly this: we have focused so myopically on one risk — & a 3 feet delta within that risk — that even the @CDCgov “forgot” to consider how steps taken to reduce that one risk will greatly increase other risks.

@WesPegden’s thread importantly reminds us about such TRADE-OFFS

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

No difference between 3 and 6 feet! Thank you #Science #openschools

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

SCHOOLS: Peer-reviewed paper showing no difference in case rate between 3' v. 6'

Authors conclude: "Lower physical distancing policies can be adopted in school settings with masking mandates without negatively impacting student or staff safety."

https://t.co/1Xo1Wbyilg

[#opentheschoolplease @opentheschoolp1]

Yes. It is @massteacher @MichaelZilles did you send the same email?

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

We need a plan for high schoolers - just because they’re older, it doesn’t mean they’ve suffered any less. Shout out to these parents for keeping the advocacy going - we are not done!

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

Open letter @massteacher President from a fellow union member "it is worth stating that your opposition to the medical consensus on the risks involved in in-person teaching contributes to the mistrust in science, which is surely not the goal of the schools you represent."

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

Open letter to @massteacher President Merrie Najimy from a parent / union member "...your opposition to the medical consensus on the risks involved in in-person teaching contributes to the mistrust in science". Full letter here: https://t.co/5Uqxhfbzlh

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

"A professor at Harvard Med School and the chief of infectious diseases at MA General Hospital told the mayor of her town that in schools “if people are masked it is quite safe and much more practical to be at three feet.” That professor is @RWalensky

https://t.co/bVeLofDgJp

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

@OpenUpSMM @SMMUSD @LACountyBOS @HollyJMitchell @HildaSolis @kathrynbarger @SupJaniceHahn @SheilaKuehl @POTUS @VP @GavinNewsom Keep advocating! Participate in school committee meetings, write and call your committee members, and government officials. Assemble a strong group of parents to organize communication and gather signatures so you have the voice of hundreds behind you. Don't give up!

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

"Middle schools (grades 6-8) are required to reopen for full-time, in-person instruction on April 28... All families will continue to have the option to keep their children in a remote learning model through the end of the school year" @schools_us
https://t.co/bDA9IeeOu4

[Quality Schools for Every Child @schools_us]

Such a disappointment.

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

“The recent school reopening guidance released by the @CDCgov is an example of fears influencing & resulting in misinterpretation of science and harmful policy.”

@doctortara @TracyBethHoeg @MonicaGandhi9 thank you! 👏 👏

https://t.co/TbVXoeKlFF

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

FINALLY!!! We have a strong message from @MassEducation @MASchoolsK12 @JeffreyCRiley It is time for all students to go back to school. 3 feet is safe. No excuses! If only it was July 2020 instead of March 2021. #openschools @schools_us

[Bring Kids Back MA @BringKidsBackMA]

FINALLY leadership is putting the children FIRST: we are SO PLEASED that today @MassEducation @MASchoolsK12 @JeffreyCRiley @MassGovernor have issued their strong mandates to #openschools for the children of Massachusetts!! @schools_us

[BringKidsBackWestwood @BringKidsBackWW]

We are going back!!! K-12, 5 days a week, starting 4/5!!!

[Alexander Russo @alexanderrusso]

How science and society have focused on teacher risks over risks to kids - in @sciam

https://t.co/RdQSMz4zzh