The move to take private tuition costs from public school funding created yet another flashpoint in the fight between local school boards and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over coronavirus safety measures in schools. DeSantis has long supported efforts to expand school privatization and says parents should be able to decide how to provide for their children’s health and education.
“We’re not going to hurt kids. We’re not going to pull money that’s going to hurt kids in any way,” said board member Ben Gibson.But he said the rule the board approved has the effect of law, and that if school districts don’t comply, the board could hold up the transfer of state money. So far, two Florida school districts have decided to follow recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and require masks when they restart classes next week, citing Florida’s dramatic rise in coronavirus infections.
The state added 22,783 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, according to the CDC. It’s the highest single-day count since the pandemic began and raises Florida’s seven-day average of new cases to an all-time high of 18,933. “In terms of imposing any restrictions, that’s not happening in Florida. It’s harmful. It’s destructive. It does not work,” he said, noting that Los Angeles County had a winter surge despite all its restrictions. “We really believe that individuals know how to best assess their risks. We trust them to be able to make those decisions. We just want to make sure everybody has information.”
The Duval board is allowing parents to submit paperwork if they want their children not to wear masks. The Alachua board said it had voted to require masks for the first two weeks of school, a decision that will be reevaluated in two weeks. Students in both districts go back to school Tuesday.
We should start a GoFundMe for superintendents who have their incomes taken away by DeSantis, because they require kids to wear masks.
This is criminal negligence. Exposing kids Covid just for the sake of political bias is not freedom. It’s child abuse.
Oh FFS. Kids also have to wear shoes and pants and shirts. Is that harassment to them too?
New rule children should be allowed to wear their underwear on the outside effective immediately. New studies reveal that underwear may cause future birth defects. Just like masks cause breathing problems. Freedom for the idiots.
Simple solution segregateschools into masked classrooms and unmasked. Then everyone gets what they want and we can stop all the fighting about it.
Catholic schools in Florida just mandated masks
deray Florida 🤷🏻♂️
The AP called out Florida’s bullshit! Good job.
laloalcaraz not spreading a deadly virus to kids and thir families IS HARASSMENT
I feel so sorry for these children being used as pawns who will probably watch a bunch of their friends die.
The people should not be making decisions for the public . That are so destructive to everything they touch .
How are people this stupid?
You would think rich people would want to see a return in their investment
So it’s all about privatizing education?
Public funds going to private schools is part of the Republican platform.
It’s The Hunger Games and they’re offering up their children as tribute fighting against proactive measures like masks and vaccines that would protect their children from a disease that is killing people Worldwide 🌎 Child Endangerment is criminal😱
Right wing snowflakes being right wing snowflakes
What a joke.
So does this mean pretty much anyone in the state of Florida can raise their hand and get their kid into a private school now, just by saying they don’t like the mask mandate the school district has? Who’s gonna pay for that?
Bindlestaff This is the Federalist Society’s wet dream
dsupervilleap And when those parents realize the private schools are requiring masks, the joke will be on them
Wtf is “child harassment” is a bed time time child harassment, how about clean your room is THAT child harassment. 🙄
'In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.' -Mark Twain GetVaccinated WearAMask FLCovidsBestFriend
WSSMomma If the governor’s own knowledge of masks is at this level, I no longer wonder why Florida people will die of covid-19👀 RonDeathSantis GovernorWho
They want everything to be back to normal but don’t want to participate in any of the things that get us there. And it’s the nutty 30% of the country. The rest of us have done our part.
Harassment? Really?
If you don’t want you kid wearing the mask for the safety of all keep the kid home and private school. You have the right to ignore the vaccine but not to put others at risk because of your ignorance
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I don't think even in its wildest dreams, the Coronavirus could have imagined having allies like RonDeSantisFL and the State of FL. GovDeath GetVaccinated WearAMask
I pray for all of those kids .. I expect when one of theirs gets sick they will feel differently .
So in FL requiring a student wear a mask is equal to battery; harassment; hazing; bullying; kidnapping; physical attack; robbery; sexual offenses, harassment, assault, or battery; threat or intimidation; or fighting? An insult to the Hope Scholarship.
Florida says to Texas, I see your dumbfuckery and raise you!
They don't want masks. They don't want vaccines. They apparently want a virus.
The only one 'harassing' children and putting their lives at risk is Governor De Satan. Also, how about the Board make efforts instead to get more people vaccinated---then masks eventually won't be needed.
Yay! The state will pay private school fees for the child about whose health you don’t care! But will the state pay for their medical care if they get COVID? No, that’s on you. Good luck.
Dude, I want to go back to Jersey. Florida is like a foreign country to me.
What scars me are the schools that will be willing to expose children to covid for profit ...time will tell if this is the right move from Florida
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