Prioritize RPS Kids

Advocating for every child. Support in-person instruction in Rochester, MN. Pro-mask, pro-science, pro-safety precautions. #OpenSchools

[Justin M. Cook @JustinMCook1]

I’m Justin Cook, and I’m running for school board in #rochmn because I have 4 kids of my own attending RPS and I want them and their classmates to receive a world class education. I’m endorsed by the Post Bulletin and our district’s teachers. Vote Nov 8!

[Prioritize RPS Kids @Prioritize_Kids]

“The idea that young people would go into paid work and that young girls would become caregivers; that the impact of school closures would match underlying inequalities in society, and that children who were privileged enough would see no difference”

[Alexander Russo @alexanderrusso]

The book's called The Stolen Year but doesn't tell us who stole it.

It addresses societal & structural issues but never tells us the how & why of this particular disaster.

💡Disappointing as that may be, it leaves lots of room for other journalists.

https://t.co/qqj0CR6pqJ

[Justin Spiro, LCSW @Jusrangers]

This is criminal at this point.

I literally can’t believe I’m reading this in August 2022.

Closing schools based on test positivity?! 

Deep cleaning?!

Remote learning = no school

Those poor kids in New Mexico suffering a FOURTH year of school closures.

Where is the outrage?

[Jordan Shearer @Jmanassa]

They have started arriving, folks

[Justin M. Cook @JustinMCook1]

My new friend Abdullahi Yusuf have a message for you #rochmn. More than anything, please take a moment this weekend to become informed and plan to vote for school board on August 9. Then tell your friends, your neighbors, your family to do the same! #vote

[Justin M. Cook @JustinMCook1]

Hey #rochmn early voters by mail, pop quiz! When do you have to return your ballot?
A. Postmarked by Election Day. Nope, that's wrong.
B. Received at county election office by Election Day. Yes, that's it.
If your ballot is received after Election Day, it will not be counted!

[Justin M. Cook @JustinMCook1]

@Jmanassa No Edison Building gathering for me tonight, but I have loved the dozens of impromptu chats with neighbors and friends who are appalled by the conservative bloc and are excited for me to bring a fresh perspective to the school board in #rochmn

[Scott J Balsitis @DrScottBalsitis]

The science doesn't support LA mandate. Here we show why. LA isn't actually in the CDC "High" tier + high-quality data shows mask mandates are ineffective. Using data everyone knows are inaccurate to justify a useless mandate is terrible public health.🧵 https://t.co/s5pkTah45l

[Alasdair Munro @apsmunro]

This is certainly one of the most significant health disasters affecting children for our generation, and it’s impact could last for many generations to come

We did this to them

We are still doing this to them

We need to make it right

https://t.co/WpeQ5biBTe

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

“They were being more aggressive with us parents” then with the shooter taking children’s lives.

Stop everything to hear from the mom who fought past police lines to rescue her kids from Uvalde’s elementary school:

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Every parent in America needs to watch this

[Justin Spiro, LCSW @Jusrangers]

The immense damage of school closures is finally being recognized.

Children are paralyzed with anxiety and depression, and no one was made any safer from COVID.

But how did we get here?

Lest we be gaslit, let's look back at some fearmongering op-eds in mainstream media... 🧵

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

Schools scared to death.
The truth is, one education under desks,
Stooped low from bullets;
That plunge when we ask
Where our children
Shall live
& how
& if

[Prioritize RPS Kids @Prioritize_Kids]

Definitive misinformation.

[Martin Kulldorff @MartinKulldorff]

US @Surgeon_General asked all 50 states for examples and impact of covid misinformation. Indiana attorney general @ToddRokitaIN responded with a long list of misinformation pushed by @CDCgov.
https://t.co/r7nlfZ4jdC

[Kent Pekel @KentPekel]

Rochester Public Schools is looking for a Director of Communications to lead an effort to dramatically enhance our capacity to engage both internal and external stakeholders in authentic and ongoing dialog. Please apply and share! https://t.co/m0ZdpKh1sk

[Prioritize RPS Kids @Prioritize_Kids]

@JenGangloff @RPS535 @KentPekel You were wrong last year when advocating keeping schools closed and wrong now. Teachers and children who desire to wear a mask still can. But now families can make the choice.

https://t.co/R8HUEtLGDq

[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

@GovRonDeSantis @SunetraGupta @shvetaraju ‘The collateral damage of school closures outweighed any possible benefit.’ Dr. D’Adamo

[Ilana @NYC_essentialSW]

But advocating for in person school was “racism.” Who knew.

[Kent Pekel @KentPekel]

This is a very thorough description of the shift in Rochester Public Schools’ mask policy and why we made it. https://t.co/LsptW6biOA

[Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD @TracyBethHoeg]

3. https://t.co/KmQCFM0fSa