Additional testing is important for many families to feel safe sending their kids to school. I support the resolution with the amendments from Dir. Davis.
Chabot testing this week after outbreaks this week has been chaotic and hard on the staff. We need weekly, regular testing to have full confidence that we can stay open, stay ahead of outbreaks, and let the teachers and admin staff do jobs that are already hard.
As an ED Physician and mother at Chabot I strongly support weekly testing until vaccination is available. Children often are not symptomatic but can still be infectious. Weekly screening would help prevent a large scale outbreak.
I live in Bella Vista and am the parent of a child at Chabot Elementary and of children at Edna Brewer Middle With the current state, I fear that it is just a matter of time before one of my children acquires COVID at school. One child has already been exposed on the first week of school and had to be placed on modified quarantine. Some children are not wearing their masks consistently in the classroom (of no fault of their own since they are children or of the teachers- this is an impossible task to enforce 100%). The least we can do to provide some minimal safeguards over this EXTREMELY contagious Delta variant is to test weekly.
Please help our community safe by requiring regular testing of OUSD students and staff. Reactive testing is not sufficient and is too late to help slow the spread!
I'm a parent of a 3rd grader and a kindergartner at Chabot and strongly support routine testing at all schools, and especially for kids who are too young to be vaccinated.
You need to do more to protect our kids and teachers! This is a minimum requirment that should have started before school began. Parents are worried sick over the safety of our kids. My child is in 6th grade at Edna Brewer and has been on two separate 10 day quarantines for "close contact in a mask" and is not eligible to be vaccinated. I worry about him constantly.
Regular covid-19 testing essential to curbing community spread and keeping our schools open. Please offer our students in OUSD the same opportunity to continue learning in person that is being offered to kids in private schools. Testing twice a week will make all the difference in identifying and isolating covid cases so that our schools may remain open.
I am a parent of a student in 4th grade at Melrose Leadership Academy in District 5. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
Soy madre de dos niño cada dia se escucha un afectado en la escuela. Yo quiciera que pucieran un lugar permanente para estarse haciendo las pruedas porque hay pedres q no los estan llevando a los sitios donde estan.para mi es mejor q en cada escula tenga su sitio para hacerlos.
Positive cases are happening everyday at every school. It is your responsibility to make decisions that will positively impact students and their families. We must offer on site PCR testing at every site! Anything less is unacceptable. You have the power to make this positive change so please do the right thing and pass this resolution with no amendments!
I am a parent of 2 students at Redwood Heights. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
I support testing requirements for all unvaccinated students in OUSD. Proactive testing is the way to stop unknown spreading and will let teachers, staff, and students be more comfortable knowing their statues and be able to learn. Yes, there is a shortage of tests now, yes this will cost money, but testing and masks are the proven ways to keep schools safe and open and we need to be ready to act the moment tests are available, we need to begin hiring staff now- don't wait any longer to start staffing up and building up supply. A vote to support this, is a vote to start the process. I would like to see testing offered after 5pm on one night to accommodate working parents/families. I am a parent of 2 kids at Montclair Elementary which has already had multiple infections and a class in quarantine, we are working together as a community, and we can only do so much without required proactive testing. Thank you.
By Day 12 of the school year, my fourth-grader had entered into her second 10-day modified quarantine. This is not surprising. What's surprising is that reactive testing set up for school sites relies on a mobile unit and the teachers and school staff themselves to administer the tests! They should be focusing on managing their classrooms and helping the kids cope, not sticking swabs up their noses. Please make sure that every school site in Oakland provides regular weekly onsite testing not staffed by OUSD educators. Please also grant school sites access to Primary, the database that houses testing consent information so that we can run testing more efficiently.
I am a parent of a student in 4th grade at Melrose Leadership Academy in District 5 and 6th Grade at Montera Middle School. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
I am a parent of a student in 3rd grade at Glenview Elementary. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
As a OUSD parent, I support this resolution requiring biweekly Covid testing on all OUSD school sites. Students need to be safe and to be able to learn in an environment where teachers are not taxed, anxious or distracted. We need to ensure our schools can stay open and most importantly, staff and students stay healthy. At this stage, OUSD is not doing enough by reactively testing exposed individuals. Please make this a priority so that we can put in place a properly funded and staffed proactive testing plan to managing this health crisis.
Additional testing is important for many families to feel safe sending their kids to school. I support the resolution with the amendments from Dir. Davis.
Hi there,
Chabot testing this week after outbreaks this week has been chaotic and hard on the staff. We need weekly, regular testing to have full confidence that we can stay open, stay ahead of outbreaks, and let the teachers and admin staff do jobs that are already hard.
I know it's a lot--thank you.
Dervala Hanley
First grade parent
Testing our students, teachers, and staff regularly will help streamline efforts to trace breakouts and allow teachers and staff to focus on teaching.
As an ED Physician and mother at Chabot I strongly support weekly testing until vaccination is available. Children often are not symptomatic but can still be infectious. Weekly screening would help prevent a large scale outbreak.
I live in Bella Vista and am the parent of a child at Chabot Elementary and of children at Edna Brewer Middle With the current state, I fear that it is just a matter of time before one of my children acquires COVID at school. One child has already been exposed on the first week of school and had to be placed on modified quarantine. Some children are not wearing their masks consistently in the classroom (of no fault of their own since they are children or of the teachers- this is an impossible task to enforce 100%). The least we can do to provide some minimal safeguards over this EXTREMELY contagious Delta variant is to test weekly.
We would like to see all students and staff tested regularly
Please help our community safe by requiring regular testing of OUSD students and staff. Reactive testing is not sufficient and is too late to help slow the spread!
I'm a parent of a 3rd grader and a kindergartner at Chabot and strongly support routine testing at all schools, and especially for kids who are too young to be vaccinated.
You need to do more to protect our kids and teachers! This is a minimum requirment that should have started before school began. Parents are worried sick over the safety of our kids. My child is in 6th grade at Edna Brewer and has been on two separate 10 day quarantines for "close contact in a mask" and is not eligible to be vaccinated. I worry about him constantly.
Regular covid-19 testing essential to curbing community spread and keeping our schools open. Please offer our students in OUSD the same opportunity to continue learning in person that is being offered to kids in private schools. Testing twice a week will make all the difference in identifying and isolating covid cases so that our schools may remain open.
I oppose. I support the amended version by Sam Davis. I just don’t see us having the resources or money for Hutchinsons proposal
I am a parent of a student in 4th grade at Melrose Leadership Academy in District 5. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
Soy madre de dos niño cada dia se escucha un afectado en la escuela. Yo quiciera que pucieran un lugar permanente para estarse haciendo las pruedas porque hay pedres q no los estan llevando a los sitios donde estan.para mi es mejor q en cada escula tenga su sitio para hacerlos.
Positive cases are happening everyday at every school. It is your responsibility to make decisions that will positively impact students and their families. We must offer on site PCR testing at every site! Anything less is unacceptable. You have the power to make this positive change so please do the right thing and pass this resolution with no amendments!
I am a parent of 2 students at Redwood Heights. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
I support testing requirements for all unvaccinated students in OUSD. Proactive testing is the way to stop unknown spreading and will let teachers, staff, and students be more comfortable knowing their statues and be able to learn. Yes, there is a shortage of tests now, yes this will cost money, but testing and masks are the proven ways to keep schools safe and open and we need to be ready to act the moment tests are available, we need to begin hiring staff now- don't wait any longer to start staffing up and building up supply. A vote to support this, is a vote to start the process. I would like to see testing offered after 5pm on one night to accommodate working parents/families. I am a parent of 2 kids at Montclair Elementary which has already had multiple infections and a class in quarantine, we are working together as a community, and we can only do so much without required proactive testing. Thank you.
By Day 12 of the school year, my fourth-grader had entered into her second 10-day modified quarantine. This is not surprising. What's surprising is that reactive testing set up for school sites relies on a mobile unit and the teachers and school staff themselves to administer the tests! They should be focusing on managing their classrooms and helping the kids cope, not sticking swabs up their noses. Please make sure that every school site in Oakland provides regular weekly onsite testing not staffed by OUSD educators. Please also grant school sites access to Primary, the database that houses testing consent information so that we can run testing more efficiently.
I am a parent of a student in 4th grade at Melrose Leadership Academy in District 5 and 6th Grade at Montera Middle School. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
I am a parent of a student in 3rd grade at Glenview Elementary. I encourage you to pass this resolution as originally written by Director Hutchinson, without adding watered-down amendments, to provide free, on-site weekly COVID testing at every school site. OUSD has already received $300 million from the state of California in COVID relief funds and we should use that funding to ensure that all students and staff at every school site have access to free, weekly COVID testing.
As a OUSD parent, I support this resolution requiring biweekly Covid testing on all OUSD school sites. Students need to be safe and to be able to learn in an environment where teachers are not taxed, anxious or distracted. We need to ensure our schools can stay open and most importantly, staff and students stay healthy. At this stage, OUSD is not doing enough by reactively testing exposed individuals. Please make this a priority so that we can put in place a properly funded and staffed proactive testing plan to managing this health crisis.