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Please consider virtual option for unvaccinated kids at least temporarily till they get vaccinated . Being a pharmacist I can see the impact of the delta variant and the alarming rise in covid cases among kids and adults in the community .

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Please let us change the story when we still can ! Enable virtual school option and save lives.

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Please let us change the story when we still can ! Enable virtual school option and save lives.

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Until kids can get vaccinated please allow virtual learning. It’s about giving parents choices to make the best decision for safety and health of their kids.

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Please allow virtual learning class option until kids are fully vaccinated…

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Children under 12 are not eligible for the vaccine. Please implement a virtual learning option for K-6 students and give parents a choice. The Delta variant is very contagious and kids are getting sick. Pediatric hospitalizations are rising. We do not have a mask mandate either. Therefore, I’m requesting the PISD board to implement a virtual learning option. Many parents will have to withdraw their children from the school district if the virtual option is not available. Thank you.

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Requesting Virtual Learning Option Until kids are vaccinated 

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Requesting Virtual Learning Option Until kids are vaccinated 

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As the cases are surging and more kids are getting infected,please do consider our request for virtual learning for unvaccinated kids until they are fully vaccinated.

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Request Plano ISD to offer virtual school till the kids get vaccinated. Please consider this request for the good health of our little ones!

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Adults got vaccinated ,have the liberty to work from home for some and can put the masks on when they are going outside or they are indoors but our kids will goto school that too unvaccinated and will be in closed environment most of the time with other individuals who are free to decide if they want to put the masks on or not..SORRY not happening.

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First 9 weeks atleast make virtual school active. Very concerned about health as well as curriculum.

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Better to be proactive about Delta variant and COVID cases in Texas 

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Better to be proactive about Delta variant and COVID cases in Texas 

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Request PISD board and TEA to consider the latest statistics about positive cases reported for COVID. Please provide virtual schooling for kids until vaccinated and safe to be back in school.

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Requesting virtual option until the vaccine comes

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Requesting virtual option until the vaccine comes

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Staying home since one and half year and sending kids without vaccination is a big risk …. Please please consider the request for virtual till the vaccination comes…

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Please allow a virtual learning option for kids ineligible for the COVID Vaccine 

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Please allow a virtual learning option for kids ineligible for the COVID Vaccine 

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I am an internal medicine hospitalist and have been caring for COVID patients at their bedside for the last 17 months. From personal experience and literature review, the delta strain is significantly more contagious than anything we have seen before even at the peak of our shutdown and mitigation measures. We are seeing young healthy patients become critically ill and some survive with chronic deficits from stroke, weakened heart function and chronic lung disease/ oxygen dependent. We are also seeing a shortage of beds and staff to care for these patients which can impact best care and outcomes.

Without perfect mitigation measures in the classroom including universal masking, distancing, hygiene and air scrubbers, this virus will spread in the classroom setting. Unfortunately due to our government’s veto on mask mandates, PISD will be unable to provide this environment for our kids especially with full classrooms where social distancing will be poorer than when we dealt with a less communicable virus unless we have a virtual option. The Covid 19 delta strain behaves like an airborne illness like measles (which can infect upto 9 out of 10 close contacts) and not a droplet borne illness like the flu which is better blocked by masks. We wear n95 masks and eye covering, gown, gloves to care for Covid patients. Our kids will be sitting in a partly masked classroom with reduced distancing measures.

We are looking at significant classroom spread as seen by Garland isd when they opened with only an in person option. DISD is considering virtual schooling too. Per PISD’s own safety guidelines, level 4 which equals facility closure is 2 or more linked cases with ongoing spread. We will be there very soon with this virus. It would be in PISD’s interest to electively allow virtual schooling for those who want it until our kids are fully vaccinated. This way the district can focus on mitigation measures with a reduced number of in person students and reduce spread. Intermittent facility closures will be more chaotic and disruptive to families especially those who want in person learning.

Covid 19 pediatric hospitalizations have doubled over the last 4 weeks. Our hospitals are filling up before our winter virus season. Let’s not put our kids at risk for avoidable infection with potential long term complications and at risk for suboptimal care due to lack of resources.

PISD board, I am confident if you choose to we can come up with creative ways to educate our kids safely and virtually. Let’s not allow short term financial considerations to impact the long term well being of our kids and erode trust in the district. You will lose enrollment and also see some kids lagging when they reenroll and this will impact state/ standardized testing scores for the district. Better to be proactive and come up with a short term virtual plan as Frisco and many other districts have done already.

Thank you!

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With delta being more contagious, i am concerned about sending my kid to school. I have seen family frds who recently got covid +ve and it affects the kids equally. The boy had suffered a-lot.
Kindly consider virtual option for kids under 12. Without masks, it is going to widespread. Why wait until worst when we can prevent

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Thinking about how the variant is spreading , even though my kids don’t have any underlying  conditions The way the delta variant is affecting kids and everyone by last, I choose virtual schooling for my kindergartner and 4th grader. Unlike other flu, which there was some vaccinations or remedies to protect all the little kids.

Please consider my request in the interest and benefits of all the kids and parents by large.

Greatly appreciate all that you.
Sincerely,
Janani Shibin

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The ESSER funds for PISD far exceeds that of FISD(43 vs 6 million dollars). PISD definitely has the funds to reinstate a virtual option for the kids that are ineligible for the vaccine. More than a number, these are real human lives at stake including immunocompromised children or those with family members that are immunocompromised. At an unprecedented time such as these is when we rely on our leaders to really put the health and safety of our children and community above politics and excuses. It is time to act for children who simply do not have a voice. My most important job is to protect my child and I will fight to put her health first!

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The curator of this very wall, and the poster of this one has also conducted a survey to capture the thoughts of PISD parents. If FISD made this possible, others can make this possible, especially one of the most well funded school districts in the world. This survey wasn't incredibly tiny either, and there were many others like these as well, so it is only right to pay our attention to them. Board members, we found the past few meetings quite upsetting to say the least. A PROPER JUSTIFICATION IS DUE. I am certain others like me share this opinion.

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My child has no underlying health concerns, however the delta variant has pestered me to think other wise about him attending school.

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We request for virtual classes until the kids are fully vaccinated.

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Pisd simply already has everything ready

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Pisd simply already has everything ready

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The systems in place in PISD ought to be able to facilitate the online learning of younger grade levels, as they have done before. It is not apparent what the hesitations are. How can PISD answer this? We, as a community pay toward the existence and service that our schools do or do not provide to us. Property tax. To me it's pretty clear how FISD accomplished this, and that's smart spending. These events that PISD newly inaugurates every year are, however awesome, are wasteful

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Provide a Virtual Option to allow room for in person social distancing

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Provide a Virtual Option to allow room for in person social distancing

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Since school's hands are tied in being able to protect all kids with masks, the next best option is to figure out a way to create socially distanced learning environments.  Since we don't have enough teachers and real estate to split up classrooms into smaller sizes, offering virtual would free up the required space.  It would be a safety win for those who want/need to keep their kids home and help protect the kids who's parents don't have that privilege due to work obligations.  If other districts can figure out how to pay for it, so can PISD.

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In addition to kids under 12 not being able to be vaccinated we have immunocompromised students, teachers, and staff and students with immunocompromised family members or younger siblings who cannot be vaccinated. Having a virtual option for PreK - 12 would help keep the schools and in turn the communities safe. As we’ve seen, the Delta variant is even bypassing vaccines which is even more of a need for virtual. Also, the schools that have already started going back in person without masks are seeing high numbers of cases in just a few days. We don’t want Plano to be next.

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With rates like these of existence from PISD, board members, can PISD bear the loss of these wonderful people? Aren't they part of what makes PISD?

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Feels PISD is not taking necessary actions to keep the kids safe. There is no mask mandatory rule in place for the kids coming back inspite of CDC recommendations for indoor masks for school.
With the increase in corona virus cases and the delta variant targeting the kids, giving virtual option for kids seems to be a no-brainer. We teach the kids to be safe rather than be sorry but ourselves not following it.

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As a parent we are concerned about our kid's health and safety during this time. With the new COVID Delta strain spreading fast and more infectious, kids under 12 who do not have any vaccine available against this virus are at an extremely elevated risk of getting infected and it is extremely risky to send them to school in-person
Hence requesting you to provide virtual school option for kindergarten through our sixth grade students who are still ineligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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We have over come the covid-19 last year by safe guarding our kids by virtual learning , this 2021 has come up with new virus which is very infectious and potentially not safe for everyone. Pisd should consider that how it’s not safe for kids and kindly help the kids to do virtual learning for a semester till this delta variant settles down.

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As we are all aware of the COVID situation at present, the alarming number of cases, I write you to please consider virtual/ remote option for elementary school going kids at least for this semester or till the situation stabilizes. I believe that there should be option for kids who are not yet eligible for vaccination. The health and well-being of a child is much more important than anything else.

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Requesting virtual class for the safety of children who are not vaccinated and also the teacher’s. We have kept them safe so far. My daughter is scared to go back to school  due this virus. Please see the data for delta variant and make the right decision to allow the virtual option like the other schools. If other schools are thinking about the safety of their children why not PISD?

We are trusting  and depending on you to make the right decision.
Please please allow the virtual option for our children. Thanks

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Need virtual school until vaccination for kids has been found

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Pisd school need to go virtual until vaccinations 

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Pisd school need to go virtual until vaccinations 

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I have small kids aged 8 and 4 and am very much concerned abt this delta variant which s spreading faster and have a very worse effect than the COVID-19 last year. And am very scared to send my kids to school until they get vaccinated.
So pls pisd start the virtual school rite away.

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Virtual classes until vaccinated

I implore you to see the drastically changing numbers of the delta variant affecting children currently! These are our most vulnerable of the population without fully developed immune systems and not ellgible to receive vaccines. It’s impossible to socially distance for gym, music art especially and would need to share supplies all in a closed poorly ventilated environment. Its a perfect space for covid 19 to spread! Kids can get sick from covid, not to mention serious and life long consequences from it!! Pls act now before it’s too late!!

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Please give virtual option for elementary children as they do not have vaccination.

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A virtual option, please.  Look at the data. Without the virtual option, I will have to withdraw both my kids just to keep them safe.  I've kept them safe this long to just send them back in this current situation. They're too young to be vaccinated.

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A virtual option, please.  Look at the data. Without the virtual option, I will have to withdraw both my kids just to keep them safe.  I've kept them safe this long to just send them back in this current situation. They're too young to be vaccinated.

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We want Virtual School until my son gets Vaccinated. Requesting for Virtual Schools until our kids get vaccinated to keep our children safe and healthy. Please help !

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We want Virtual School until my son gets Vaccinated. Requesting for Virtual Schools until our kids get vaccinated to keep our children safe and healthy. Please help !

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Please do Virtual classes till kids are vaccinated. Till kindergarten to grade 5.

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Virtual class till our kids are vaccinated 

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Virtual class till our kids are vaccinated 

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I request you to please provide virtual class option for kids who are not vaccinated.

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We request virtual classes for the kids under 12 until they got vaccinated.My kid is 6 years old he will go in 1st grade.How can he wear mask whole day in school . Its very tough for him to wear the mask.

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Has 2020 not taught us anything? Having a COVID protocol in school is simply common sense. Irrespective of our mask/anti-mask and differing political beliefs, we can all agree that we need to work towards all kids being able to attend school in person long term without us getting into a situation where the numbers get so bad that all children are forced to sit at home and go virtual long term.

For the sake of all children, let us be responsible adults and do our job of keeping them safe.

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PISD should entertain discussion on virtual with state representative Matt Shaheen and Governor Abbott

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PISD should entertain discussion on virtual with state representative Matt Shaheen and Governor Abbott

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'We started seeing the increased disease activity and that it was affecting kids a little bit differently way than the original strain of the virus," said Frisco ISD Superintendent Mike Waldrip as part of their decision to go virtual

What is PISDs response to this?

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We request for virtual classes until the kids are fully vaccinated.

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I think kids under 12 should have the option of virtual till they will get vaccinated. Aa we all know that delta variant is how much dangerous. And our k-6 students are not vaccinated yet. Please go for virtual option it will help kids a lot.

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We request for virtual classes until the kids are fully vaccinated.

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As a parent of a kindergartener who is not vaccinated yet, I demand PISD provide us with virtual option until our kids are fully vaccinated, to protect them from the delta variant that is impacting so many kids across Texas and US.

Else you leave us with no other choice than mass unenrollment.

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My child will not be attending Plano ISD as of Wednesday. I am not sending him where his safety cannot be guaranteed. We are supposed to pretend everything is ok while teachers and administrators attend events without masks and the ICUs fill up? While the board hides behind our governor and shifts off responsibility to the health department? Not this parent.

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It’s a child’s right to remain safe until they get an opportunity to be vaccinated!

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One of my child will go to 1st and other one 6th. Both are not Eligible for vaccine. How can I send my small kids. We can’t wear mask for 1 long hour so how can they wear it whole day to protect themselves. We humbly request unvaccinated kids to continue virtual learning. We can’t send our kids on experimental basis.

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We demand Virtual learning for the first semester until all the children under 12 are vaccinated against the highly contagious and dealdy Delta variant.

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We demand Virtual learning for the first semester until all the children under 12 are vaccinated against the highly contagious and dealdy Delta variant.