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Submitted by: CHRISTINA M HATCH

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Please do not mandate children to wear a mask. Masks have not been proven to work. If they worked we would not have anymore cases. Stopping COVID 19 by wearing a mask is like stopping the smell of a fart with underwater. It does not work!
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Submitted by: Jason Miller

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Please do not require masks for our children! At greenfield elementary, there are hardly any students or teachers wearing them. Meaning, this is not something our families want. Please keep them optional & do not make a medical mandate for our children.
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Submitted by: Alyson Groneman

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Masks should be optional. Parents should be able to decide this for their children. There are too many studies done that show masks cause more bacteria than a virus alone. There is NO scientific data to back up that masks work. This is setting our children back physically and mentally. Please listen to the parents. Thank you!
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Submitted by: Bryce G

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Mask being worn by children should be decided by their parents and only their parents. Regardless of how you personally feel about mask you should not take someone else’s right away to choose. If you truly believe mask work so good then go ahead and wear one or make your child wear one. They should be total fine if you believe they work as good as you think. No reason to force others to wear them. Also mask work for doctors and nurses because they put it on then treat a patient then take it off and put another on before the next patient. Wearing a mask all day and breathing through it all day is not healthy. Just imaging if a student was exposed to another student with covid and it was breathed into the mask. Even if the mask stopped it initially the student would continue to breath it in all day. That goes for everything that could be stuck in the mask. That is probably more dangerous then not having a mask at all. We also don’t know what damage they could be causing to the children and might not know until years from now. That’s why it should be left up to the parents. PLEASE keep mask optional.
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Submitted by: Brooke Askew

Live or Work in the District: No

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: I am begging you to follow the guidance of the CDC, AZDHS, Academy of Pediatrics, and every other health and science expert recommending masks for everyone indoors at school. Based on this year compared to last things are going very badly. Our schools are pretending everything is normal. Almost no precautions are being taken. This is simple- masks were required last year and cases were low. This year almost no one is wearing a mask and cases are worse than they ever were last year. This is a no brainer. Stop playing politics with our children’s lives. Stop catering to the anti mask bullies simply because they are louder and meaner. I understand personal freedom but someone else’s choice shouldn’t put everyone else in danger. That is unacceptable. The choice of most of the parents sending their kids to school without a mask is putting all of them in danger for covid. You are obligated to provide a safe learning environment for our children and you are failing miserably to do so. That is unacceptable. Safety mitigations need to be better. Masks need to be required. Sanitation needs to be better and social distancing. You must follow the counties quarantine requirements instead they seem to be ignored. Cancel Science Camp for goodness sake. Who in the world decided it is a good idea to have a sleep away camp in the fourth wave of a never ending pandemic . You are obligated to do the right thing and that is to require masks. It will be better to wear masks and keep schools open then to go without masks and have covid spread like wild fire. We don’t need any more proof that masks help. You will be responsible for the covid outbreaks in our schools if you do not make masks mandatory. Mandate masks now.
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Submitted by: Kristen McLaws

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Hello, Please keep masks optional. Governor Ducey made mask mandates outlawed Sep 29 for a reason. Why should we mandate them for a short time before that and frustrate a lot of the community? You can tell that the very low number of children and teachers wearing a mask on campus shows that people are not worried about masking up. My son hates a mask. My children have been so much happier this year having it being optional. If others are frustrated and want masks, please choose an online option. How to handle one's own health should be a choice. Thank you for listening to the community as a whole.
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Submitted by: Mike McClellan

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: No

Comment: No one, no one likes wearing masks. But we know that masks slow the spread of Covid. And we know that this variant is more dangerous and is sending more children to the hospital. And we know that schools across the country have had to stop in person learning because of outbreaks. And we know that all of us want in-person learning. With all of that, and with knowing the vast majority of Americans in polls favor mask mandates, the Board should require masks for all students and adults in our schools, until the positivity rate drops to an acceptable level. The hassle of a mask is much less damaging than wearing a ventilator instead.
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Submitted by: Kittrean Tanner Cook

Live or Work in the District: No

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: No

Comment: Please do not put our children in physical and emotional danger by requiring them to wear masks while at school. There are so many medical studies clearly stating/proving masks endanger children; their physical and psychological health and well-being. This must stop. Please support and protect our children rather than putting them in danger.
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Submitted by: Jamie Eggerling

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: PLEASE KEEP MASKS OPTIONAL! We love GPS and do t want to have to leave the district because of a mask mandate. It should be the parents choice to decide what is best for our children when it comes to their health. My kids suffered tremendously from having to wear masks last year. We will not be doing this again. Thank you!
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Submitted by: Krista Cardona

Live or Work in the District: Yes

Child(ren) attending a GPS school: Yes

Comment: Dear Governing Board: As a parent with a children in Ashland Ranch, I urge you to please create stronger mitigation strategies for the children in 91�� Public Schools by doing the following: 1) Follow the Maricopa County Department of Public Health directive to require students to quarantine after close contact exposures. 2) Require masks on school buses per CDC Order (https://www.maricopa.gov/.../MCDPH-K-12-School-Guidance | page 3 | point 1.3). 3) Improve the COVID-19 dashboard accuracy and provide daily updates so that parents can better determine whether they want their children in the class if in the even there are higher case counts. 4) Strongly encourage mask wearing. We understand that 91�� Public Schools will not mandate masks however we believe through more direct language, you can strongly encourage or EXPECT students and faculty to wear masks to help slow the spread of the virus. I believe these mitigation strategies will help make our schools safer for all students at a time when we are in high community spread in all GPS school zip codes. Thank you, Krista Cardona

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