During the Feb. 23 Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting, the District heard extensive public comment on the topic of the reopening of in-person learning. Both parents and teachers voiced their opinions. Below are excerpts from those voices.
“We can all agree our teacher’s safety is important, but as a physician myself, my life and the lives of all health workers are just as important. The lives of grocery store workers, police officers, firemen and all the other essential workers are as important. Yet we all have been working the past year for you and your families while our BHUSD teacher’s union is playing politics with our children’s education. The rest of the country and nation is getting back to school. These schools recognize science and understand that teachers are at very low risk for infection from school aged children. As vaccines become available for teachers, I hope the board and the teacher’s union come to their senses and get back to in person school. If the rest of the nation can get back to work. So can the teachers.”
