Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
0:00 - Definitely feel responsible for the child, the person,
0:03 and then the academics on top of that.
0:06 - We have so many things here at the school.
0:08 We have great academics.
0:09 We have all these amazing art programs.
0:11 We have amazing culinary program.
0:13 We have an amazing auto program.
0:14 We have a CNA, 911 program.
0:17 That there is really something for every interest
0:20 of every child at our school.
0:22 And it makes it feel like a family
0:24 instead of just where you come to do something
0:25 you have to do.
0:26 - We have an actual community.
0:29 It’s not just a school.
0:30 It’s not just an institution.
0:31 It is a community in which people are willing
0:33 to help each other.
0:35 The students and their enthusiasm
0:37 and their gusto for learning is unparalleled.
0:40 The academics here are tremendous,
0:42 as well as the caring of the faculty
0:44 and the teachers we have here.
0:45 - I love all the teachers here.
0:48 They’re awesome.
0:49 They make the day better, honestly.
0:51 Like half of the school is the atmosphere
0:53 that is given by the teachers and staff and administrators.
0:56 And you can tell that they really care about their students.
0:58 It’s really fun to have people that are passionate
1:00 about the school and want to participate.
1:02 And it’s really good to have the whole school spirit
1:04 at the level that we do.
1:06 - Inclusion is super important to us
1:08 at Titusville High School.
1:09 Everyone’s really friendly
1:11 and like you can really talk to anybody
1:13 and everyone’s here to help you.
1:15 I’m proud of the atmosphere.
1:16 I’m proud of like the things we get to do.
1:18 It’s a good environment,
1:19 especially for you to join clubs
1:21 and be involved in the school.
1:23 You’ll have a good time.
1:24 - I think one of the most common misconceptions
1:40 about a virtual school
1:41 is that a student sits behind a computer,
1:44 doesn’t talk to other human beings.
1:46 - The computer is there and that’s the vehicle,
1:48 but it’s the vehicle for engaging with teachers
1:50 and with their peers.
1:51 We still have an amazing culture here at Brevard Virtual.
1:55 We’re all local.
1:56 We’re here in Brevard
1:57 and that allows us to do those face-to-face activities.
2:01 - Brevard Virtual is a great opportunity for parents
2:03 to be able to have their kids with more flexibility.
2:05 I have a travel nurse parent and so she’s traveling
2:08 and the daughter can travel with her,
2:10 but she can still be getting her education
2:12 and it’s more opportunities for them
2:13 to be able to participate as a family and have flexibility.
2:17 - Did you go on a field trip with her on the computer?
2:20 - Yes.
2:21 - Where did you go?
2:22 Remember where you saw lots of animals?
2:24 - Yeah, I know it’s a zoo.
2:26 - It was a zoo, I don’t remember where it was either.
2:28 - It was the Australia Zoo.
2:32 - Well, we started with BVS
2:34 at a rough time in our lives
2:36 when my oldest daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
2:39 And I pulled my son Khalif from brick and mortar
2:42 because I spent a lot of time
2:43 at Nemours Children’s Hospital.
2:45 He was a very, very timid child,
2:48 but Khalif was inducted
2:49 into the National Junior Honor Society
2:51 as well as the National Honor Society
2:54 when he started BVS.
2:56 He was so quiet and now outside of our community,
2:59 he is an activist for pediatric cancer.
3:03 - I like to call students just to say they’re doing great.
3:07 And that’s part of the monthly contact.
3:09 So when we call the parent or email the parent,
3:12 we’re letting them know, not just the bad things,
3:15 we’re letting them know, hey, they’re doing great.
3:17 And so it’s just a way that we build the community even further
3:22 with parents as partners with our teachers.
3:25 - At Westside, we are a family.
3:35 Every single day that my students come to school,
3:38 they want to be here.
3:39 They feel safe.
3:40 They’re in an environment where they’re having fun
3:42 and they can respect each other.
3:44 We make sure that all individual needs are met.
3:46 - We have educated generations of families
3:50 here within our school community.
3:52 Our school focuses on high academic expectations.
3:55 We have standards-based instruction, writing programs,
3:59 gifted programs, and support for our struggling readers.
4:01 But in addition to that,
4:03 we have a variety of enrichment programs
4:05 to build the whole child.
4:07 We have a very strong music program
4:09 that involves orchestra and chorus
4:11 and the only steel drum band here in Brevard County.
4:14 In our athletics, we have one of the largest running clubs,
4:17 our elite running club,
4:19 that places multiple times in local races.
4:22 We also have STEM in science.
4:24 And then we build good character traits
4:27 in our kindness club
4:28 and our happy hand sign language club
4:30 so students are becoming aware of inclusive children.
4:34 We develop a community in our school
4:36 where students are feeling loved
4:38 so that it’s okay to fail
4:39 and they feel that confidence
4:41 and that belief that the staff has for them.
4:43 - Westside has a wonderful school family.
4:46 We are able to implement a lot of different strategies
4:48 with how diverse our population is here
4:51 and being able to allow students
4:53 to learn about one another
4:55 and interact with one another
4:56 regardless of their differences.
4:58 - Everyone is so respectful here
5:00 and that you can always be yourself here
5:02 and the teachers are so welcoming
5:05 and that they will help you with your grades
5:07 and they’ll make sure you’re doing okay.
5:10 - Everyone at school is very caring
5:13 and that even though we’re different,
5:15 everyone feels the same.
5:17 It’s very easy to make friends here.
5:19 Brevard County is a community on the move
5:32 as one of the fastest growing counties in the state.
5:35 With increased business opportunities,
5:37 a booming tourism industry,
5:39 and a key role in the return to space,
5:41 living in Brevard County means being where the action is.
5:45 And in the middle of that action is Brevard Public Schools.
5:50 Brevard Public Schools is a community leader
5:54 actively working to shape young lives
5:56 into individuals capable of making real world impact.
6:01 Accessibility is of high importance
6:04 and as such, 84 schools are offered throughout the county,
6:08 spanning from Mims to Palm Bay.
6:11 Proud to be an A district with a 90% graduation rate,
6:15 Brevard ensures students have every opportunity to succeed.
6:19 This can be seen in the 414 graduates
6:23 who earned their associate’s degree while still in high school
6:26 and the 47% of graduates who earned certificates
6:29 in STEM and CTE courses.
6:34 Further showcasing national leadership
6:36 in career and technical education,
6:39 Brevard students dominate in science
6:41 with seven high schools ranked as America’s best for STEM.
6:46 For those students interested in other areas of study,
6:49 our schools offer 82 different industry certifications,
6:54 a unique aviation assembly and fabrication program,
6:57 a top-notch robotics program and a maritime program
7:01 that uses technology only found in one Florida high school
7:05 right here in Brevard.
7:07 All of our CTE programs prepare students
7:10 for college and the workforce,
7:12 whether in automotive tech, 911 public safety or culinary.
7:16 These programs strengthen the future of our children
7:19 and Brevard County.
7:21 Not just available to high school students,
7:23 CTE programs are in middle school and, yes,
7:27 elementary schools too.
7:29 When it comes to academics,
7:31 our students shine using a robust AP program,
7:34 dual enrollment, Cambridge program,
7:36 International Baccalaureate program
7:38 and National Honor Society.
7:41 If you want the best educators in Florida,
7:44 they are inside Brevard classrooms.
7:46 Experienced, energized teachers and staff
7:49 are leading our kids from kindergarten to graduation.
7:53 At Brevard Public Schools, the sky is not the limit.
7:57 We aim for beyond.
8:11 Apollo Elementary was built in 1966,
8:21 right in the middle of the Apollo program,
8:23 which brought the astronauts to the moon.
8:25 This school has a special place in Titusville because of that.
8:29 And I think it’s important for us to continue our relationship
8:33 with Kennedy Space Center and the space program.
8:36 The best thing about the school,
8:37 it’s an environment where students are nurtured,
8:40 where they are given what they need to become global citizens,
8:43 where everybody works together collaboratively
8:45 so that they can be successful.
8:48 My favorite thing about Apollo
8:50 is just the culture that it promotes.
8:53 The teachers are kind and they work together
8:55 and the students respond well to them.
8:58 When you have everybody working together,
9:00 it just makes a stronger school.
9:02 Just being such a tight knit community,
9:04 we really want to work with those kids
9:07 that maybe are struggling in an area.
9:09 We work a lot with the kids
9:10 that maybe are excelling in academically.
9:13 We have a lot of programs.
9:14 We will make sure that every child is taken care of,
9:17 no matter what the need is.
9:19 They know no matter what, when they go home,
9:21 that they’re loved.
9:22 And we just want to see Apollo continue to succeed.
9:26 It is really easy at Apollo to make friends,
9:30 and I got lots of great friends here.
9:33 I really love how the teachers help me here at Apollo Elementary.
9:38 I actually want to be an astrophysicist when I grow up
9:41 because of all the space-type things we do here at Apollo.
9:45 We actually have a moon tree.
9:47 There are seeds that they took to space and took them back,
9:50 and one of them is actually planted right in front of the school.
9:54 It’s really great to walk through the school knowing
9:57 that this school has a part of history
10:00 that will forever live on in our lives.
10:02 My favorite thing about Astronaut High School are the students.
10:15 The students make everything that we do worthwhile.
10:18 I think the most unique aspect about our school
10:21 is that we serve a diverse population.
10:24 We have outstanding, experienced educators
10:30 who really put the students first
10:32 and celebrate our ability to serve our students here at Astronaut
10:35 High.
10:35 My favorite thing about Astronaut High School is the community.
10:38 The culture is about every student being successful.
10:41 From the moment you step in here, it’s a different feeling.
10:44 There is no other school like Astronaut High School.
10:47 We are just here to support our students, support our community,
10:50 because we are a family.
10:51 There is something for everyone here at Astronaut.
10:54 From accelerated academic programs like our AP Academy
10:57 to our career and technical programs,
10:59 such as welding, construction, and nursing,
11:02 we have great opportunities for all of our students.
11:05 We have a group of teachers
11:06 who feel like Astronaut High School is home.
11:10 They’re truly invested in the students
11:12 and they want to see them succeed.
11:14 The connection between our administration,
11:16 it’s what makes the school work
11:18 and it’s what makes this such a special place.
11:21 I feel like everyone’s really involved here.
11:23 It’s a really positive environment.
11:25 Everyone here is like a family.
11:27 Everyone’s here to support you
11:29 and make sure that you succeed in everything that you do.
11:32 My favorite thing about Astronaut High
11:35 is just the experience and the friendships I have here at the
11:38 school
11:38 and the relationships I build here.
11:40 There’s many things that you can do here at Astronaut High
11:42 School
11:43 and they give you so many opportunities.
11:44 The teachers really do care about your future.
11:46 Astronaut High School is giving me that home feeling.
11:49 If I could describe Astronaut High School in one word,
11:51 it would be passion.
11:52 Family.
11:53 Community.
11:54 Excellence.
11:55 Learning.
11:56 Special.
11:56 It would definitely be pride.
12:08 Upon arriving to this campus,
12:11 they’re going to arrive to an atmosphere of caring faculty.
12:14 Teachers are energetic about what they do.
12:16 Their passion is undeniable.
12:18 Their reputation is undeniable throughout the county
12:20 and not just throughout the county,
12:21 but throughout the state of Florida.
12:22 Whether the student has ambition to go to Harvard or Yale
12:29 or to be a machinist at the Cape
12:32 or one of our local industries,
12:34 those opportunities exist
12:36 and they’re well-rounded for any student,
12:39 whether it’s in the classroom,
12:40 the athletic department,
12:41 our clubs and activities,
12:43 our JROTC program,
12:45 which is a very popular program here at Bayside High School.
12:48 Even our BLAST program,
12:49 which is students that have graduated
12:52 but have decided to continue on in their education,
12:54 they have real world experience
12:56 in transitioning from school to independent living.
13:00 I can’t say enough wonderful things
13:02 about the CTE department
13:04 and all of the variety of courses we offer
13:06 from machining to culinary,
13:08 TV productions, drafting.
13:10 Not only do we have world-class instructors,
13:13 but we have world-class equipment.
13:14 There are a lot of academic opportunities here
13:16 for kids at Bayside High School.
13:18 The dual enrollment program
13:19 and the early admissions program
13:20 is where students can enroll
13:21 in Eastern Florida classes.
13:23 And if they complete the program,
13:24 they can graduate with their AA degree
13:26 and their high school diploma.
13:27 We have a wide variety of AP courses here
13:30 that they can take on campus
13:32 and earn college credit for.
13:33 There’s something for everyone.
13:36 The staff definitely does care about us here.
13:38 I feel like they tailor us
13:40 in a certain way
13:40 so that we all feel comfortable
13:42 learning certain things
13:43 because not everyone’s the same.
13:44 They really try to make it beneficial
13:46 and comfortable for everyone.
13:47 At Bayside High School,
13:48 I always feel like staff and faculty
13:50 are putting an extra step forward
13:51 when it comes to their student success.
13:54 They’re very easy to reach out to
13:55 and will always help you
13:56 with anything academic related
13:58 and non-academic related.
13:59 The people you’ll meet here
14:00 are just wonderful
14:02 and they’re super easy to get along with.
14:03 Community is just fantastic.
14:10 In Heritage High School,
14:19 you can find a lot of different cultures,
14:23 diversity, and everybody respect each other.
14:26 It’s kind of like a really, really big family.
14:29 We have very successful students
14:33 that are striving for excellence
14:35 in many different ways.
14:36 We have Cambridge programs.
14:38 We have dual enrollment.
14:40 We have CTE programs,
14:42 automotive programs.
14:43 The Academy of Environmental Water
14:45 and Technology
14:46 have a very strong athletic program.
14:48 And then of course,
14:49 we have the best band in the business
14:51 and our performing arts programs
14:52 are very good also.
14:54 So all types of opportunities
14:56 here at Heritage High School
14:57 for a well-rounded student
14:59 that enjoys the performing arts,
15:00 that enjoys athletics,
15:01 but also has college and career
15:03 in the back of their mind.
15:05 My favorite thing honestly
15:06 has to be our Cambridge program.
15:07 The kids have a chance
15:08 of earning college credit
15:10 while they’re right here on campus with us.
15:12 If the students earn their Cambridge diploma
15:13 and also get 100 hours
15:14 of community service,
15:15 they qualify for Bright Futures,
15:17 which will pay for their college
15:18 for up to a four year degree,
15:19 plus a book stipend.
15:21 Our kids, they get along.
15:22 Our teachers, they love them.
15:23 And we hear this back and forth
15:24 from the kids.
15:25 We have visitors that come onto campus
15:27 and they may comment
15:28 about how pleasant our kids are
15:29 to interact with.
15:30 We are inclusive.
15:32 We are robust.
15:34 And your kids will feel welcome here.
15:37 I feel like the staff here
15:39 really does care
15:40 about the student’s success
15:42 and just their well-being.
15:43 We have great teachers here
15:45 to get you prepared for the exams.
15:48 Here at Heritage,
15:49 you can do everything at once.
15:50 I can manage TV productions,
15:51 live stream all the football games,
15:53 and earn my Cambridge diploma
15:54 at the same time.
15:56 I love being a student here
15:57 because it’s so easy
15:58 to meet new people.
15:59 People aren’t segregated
16:00 into their groups of band kids
16:02 or athletes or this or that.
16:04 Everybody mixes together.
16:05 So you can really make a lot
16:07 of different friends at once.
16:17 Imperial is a fun place to be.
16:19 The school is family,
16:21 and that’s what my classroom is.
16:23 You, as a parent, become part of the family.
16:26 You work close with the teachers.
16:27 The teachers know each student.
16:29 I have third graders that come to my door
16:31 to wave at me and tell me good morning.
16:33 So it’s just a family atmosphere.
16:35 Your child’s coming to a school
16:39 that they’re going to feel the love.
16:42 They’re going to feel that we care about them
16:44 and their growth.
16:46 We have a lot of teachers and staff members
16:49 that put in the extra effort and time
16:52 to get to know our kids
16:53 and work with our kids.
16:55 You come here because we do have quality educators,
16:58 and we thrive ourselves on getting better
17:02 and doing our best with our students
17:04 in the classroom and outside of it.
17:06 We have some great programs,
17:10 the robotics program.
17:11 We have wonderful computerized programs
17:13 where we’re dealing with technologies
17:15 and we have a great art program
17:17 where students can stay after school
17:18 and, you know, work on their creativity.
17:21 The students are able to help each other out.
17:23 They’ve got a lot of spark.
17:25 Everyone’s helpful and friendly
17:28 and, like, if you don’t know something,
17:30 if you just ask someone,
17:31 they’ll lead you the right way.
17:33 You can be yourself
17:34 and no one will make fun of you.
17:36 This is a special school
17:38 that is always wondrous to come to in the morning.
17:42 They’re really special because these teachers,
17:45 they’ve taught you for years
17:47 and they know you, they know your family,
17:50 they know all of you, basically.
17:58 We have the greatest kids, we have the greatest teachers,
18:04 and we have an outstanding community.
18:05 We believe in every child’s ability to learn
18:08 and we believe it’s our responsibility as educators
18:10 to create access for them,
18:12 to access the educational world
18:14 and have the success that they deserve.
18:16 We are an AVID school.
18:20 We’re one of the few AVID elementaries,
18:22 one of only two here in Brevard schools.
18:24 And AVID, I believe, really helps create the purpose
18:27 for why students come to school.
18:28 It helps them understand
18:29 what elementary school is going to do
18:31 for them in the future.
18:33 We have a lot of great programs
18:34 like our drone teams, our Sea Perch teams.
18:37 We have STEM clubs and STEAM clubs.
18:39 We have orchestra.
18:40 They’ve been growing vegetables in the garden.
18:42 They’re learning and exploring
18:44 and I have no doubt that we’re cultivating
18:47 the next generation of thinkers, innovators, and creators.
18:49 And I’m very excited for what our kids are doing.
18:52 At Palm Bay Elementary,
18:53 we have quite a few programs that are unique.
18:56 We’re a Special Olympics Unified Champion school.
18:58 So we’re super proud of our large
19:00 exceptional education program.
19:02 Part of that is our gifted student program.
19:04 Our kids are super involved
19:06 in lots of different academic competitions
19:08 and different community events.
19:10 So we have a lot of opportunities
19:12 for kids outside the classroom
19:14 to participate in authentic learning.
19:17 Palm Bay Elementary is a special place
19:19 to work and learn and grow
19:21 because of our sense of community
19:23 and our commitment to our students.
19:25 We give them the platform
19:27 to practice their leadership skills.
19:31 At Palm Bay Elementary,
19:32 the teachers make you feel really welcoming
19:33 and comfortable here.
19:35 It feels like family.
19:36 The first day you came here,
19:38 it feels like you’re automatically just a part of it.
19:41 What’s awesome about Palm Bay Elementary
19:43 is where they always have something new every year
19:45 or a month and they offer new clubs
19:48 or more hands-on activities.
19:50 And I also like that you can make a lot of new friends
19:52 in this school and have opportunities
19:54 to learn new things in this school.
20:06 We have really grown
20:07 and really been able to offer
20:08 some very unique learning opportunities for students.
20:12 I fully believe that the school
20:14 is one of the best kept secrets in South Brevard.
20:17 We have anything and everything you can imagine
20:19 and you’re not gonna find much like this in the district.
20:22 We’re the only magnet high school in Brevard County
20:26 where our focus is STEAM.
20:27 We have so many opportunities within that.
20:30 Not only the rigorous courses
20:31 such as dual enrollment and AP and honors,
20:34 we have a Pirate to Panther program
20:36 where you can take college courses at FIT
20:39 while you’re in high school.
20:41 It’s complimentary to our students.
20:43 AVID stands for Advancement
20:45 Via Individual Determination.
20:46 We provide leadership
20:48 and community service opportunities.
20:50 We have an AVID tutoring center.
20:52 Students volunteer during their lunch
20:54 to help all students on campus.
20:56 So everybody gets support.
20:58 We all have one goal in mind
20:59 and that’s for our students to succeed.
21:02 Pop May Magnet High School
21:03 is an emotionally safe environment.
21:05 Its diversity is its strength.
21:08 And when I say diversity,
21:09 I don’t just mean cultural or linguistic diversity.
21:12 We have a wide range of academic abilities.
21:15 We have a wide range of programs
21:16 to meet every student at every level
21:19 that they come to us.
21:20 And we have such knowledgeable faculty,
21:23 but they’re not just knowledgeable,
21:24 they’re really genuinely caring.
21:27 And they want to meet the students
21:29 where they are and work to make them come up
21:31 to where we need them to be
21:33 and to where they need themselves to be.
21:36 It’s been amazing.
21:37 I’ve seen aspects both from in the classroom
21:39 and in sports.
21:41 We all support one another.
21:43 The coaches are great.
21:44 They’re going to push you to be your best
21:45 on and off the court.
21:46 Our teammates are going to push each other.
21:48 We know our strengths and weaknesses
21:50 and we continue to strive for the better
21:51 for all of us and not just individually.
21:54 One of the things you notice
21:55 if you talk to any of the adults on campus
21:57 is how much they genuinely care
21:58 for the students here.
21:59 The goal of Palm Bay High
22:01 is for everyone to feel included.
22:26 And we’re going to be able to feel included.
23:13 And we’re going to feel included.
23:14 And we’re going to be able to feel included.
23:15 And we’re going to feel included.
23:16 And we’re going to be able to feel included.
23:17 And we’re going to feel included.
26:47 We’re going to feel included.
26:48 And we’re going to feel included.
27:39 Knowingly to advise, counsel, or instruct.
27:41 Any school pupil or school employee.
27:44 To disrupt any school or school board function.
27:46 Or activity on school board property.
27:49 I will ask persons deemed to be knowingly.
27:52 Or intentionally disrupting this meeting.
27:54 Of the Brevard Public School Board.
27:55 To stop or leave.
27:57 If persons receiving the warning.
27:58 Do not follow my instructions.
28:00 I will instruct Brevard County Sheriff’s deputies.
28:02 To take any law enforcement action.
28:04 They deem appropriate.
28:06 And you may be escorted.
28:08 Contained or arrested.
28:09 Depending on the conduct.
28:10 Persons who refuse to depart.
28:12 After a warning.
28:13 May also be committing.
28:14 The crime of trespassing.
28:15 Contrary to Florida statute.
28:17 Section 810.09.
28:19 These statutes apply to conduct.
28:21 On all school board property.
28:23 Which includes this board room.
28:24 As well as the outside of this building.
28:26 To the sidewalks.
28:29 In the event multiple individuals.
28:31 Failed to adhere to these expectations.
28:33 And board business cannot continue.
28:34 Due to disruption.
28:35 I will call a recess.
28:37 And request that the law enforcement officers.
28:39 Present.
28:40 Clear the board room of attendees.
28:41 When the room is cleared.
28:42 The board will return.
28:43 And resume their meeting.
28:44 With no public presence.
28:46 Those who are signed up to speak.
28:48 Will be seated under the front entry area.
28:50 And called in.
28:51 When it is your time to speak.
28:52 If you continue to cause a disruption.
28:54 You are in violation.
28:55 Of Florida state statute.
28:57 877.13.
28:59 Or if you fail to leave the premises.
29:01 After being warned.
29:02 By the sheriff’s office.
29:03 You are committing trespass.
29:04 And the board has authorized.
29:06 The sheriff’s office.
29:07 To enforce these rules.
29:08 Ms. Escobar roll call please.
29:11 Ms. Belford.
29:12 Present.
29:13 Ms. McDougall.
29:14 Present.
29:15 Mrs. Jenkins.
29:16 Present.
29:17 Mr. Susan.
29:18 Present.
29:18 And Mrs. Campbell.
29:19 Present.
29:20 Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
29:22 To the flag.
29:23 Of the United States of America.
29:25 And to the Republic.
29:26 For which it stands.
29:27 One nation.
29:28 Under God.
29:29 Indivisible.
29:30 With liberty and justice for all.
29:50 All right.
29:51 We are now at the adoption of the agenda.
29:53 As stated earlier.
29:54 The emergency meeting.
29:55 Has been called.
29:56 On an emergency face covering.
29:57 Requirement.
29:58 Can I get a motion.
29:59 Move through.
30:00 Second.
30:01 Moved by Ms. Jenkins.
30:02 Seconded by Ms. McDougall.
30:03 Is there any discussion.
30:04 Please vote on the adoption of the agenda.
30:06 You’re all right.
30:36 Thank you.
31:06 And the motion passes 5-0.
31:08 Did it go 4-1?
31:12 Yeah.
31:12 Sorry.
31:13 The motion passes 4-1.
31:17 I apologize.
31:18 All right.
31:21 We are now at public comments.
31:22 Persons signed up to address the topic of face masks and face
31:25 coverings will have one minute in which to make comments.
31:28 I will stop persons addressing other topics and you will forfeit
31:31 any remaining time.
31:33 Always keep in mind that reasonable decorum is expected at all
31:35 times and your statement should be directed to the board
31:38 chairman.
31:38 The chairman may interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant’s
31:42 statement when time is up, personally directed, abusive, obscene,
31:46 or irrelevant.
31:47 Should an individual not observe proper etiquette, the chairman
31:50 may request the individual leave the meeting.
31:52 Let’s all encourage an environment appropriate for our children
31:55 who may be present or are watching from home.
31:57 I will call speakers in groups of three.
31:59 When your name is called, please line up on the east wall to
32:02 save time.
32:03 Let’s begin with the first three speakers.
32:05 Thomas Jefferson, David Kearns, and Maggie Kyle.
32:19 Okay, so if I call those three, they can come in when I call
32:33 those three, right?
32:38 Okay.
32:47 Whenever you’re ready, sir.
32:51 My name is Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the Patriot Party Bavard.
32:56 Let me start by saying that we, the Patriots of Bavard, will not
33:00 enforce any mandates on our patriotic children.
33:03 Let me also say that you, the communist dictators, that sit on
33:07 this school board, will not ever mandate health and education
33:11 decisions for our Patriot children.
33:13 Never, ever again, remember one thing, a mandate is not law.
33:18 However, what is law is HB 241.
33:21 It gives all the parents the right to decide if they want to
33:25 mask their kids or not mask their kids.
33:27 Patriots of the Bavard say no mask.
33:30 Listen to me.
33:32 I say to any and all school board members that vote yes on this
33:36 mandate, you’re fired.
33:39 I’ll say that again, any and all school board members that vote
33:44 yes on this mandate, you’re fired.
33:46 When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes booty.
33:50 Thank you, sir.
33:52 Audience members.
33:57 I’m going to ask that you please hold your applause and response
34:01 to the speakers.
34:02 We have 142 speakers scheduled this morning.
34:05 And we would like to make sure that we have an opportunity to
34:08 hear all of them.
34:09 So if you all would please just hold your applause and response
34:12 to the speakers so we can move through, that would be great.
34:15 Mr. Kerns, whenever you’re ready, sir.
34:17 Message to the first responder, my wife, who is a nurse, and she
34:21 is up to her elbows and people with COVID right now.
34:25 She says the following.
34:28 Kids are too young to get vaccinated, 11 and so forth, need to
34:31 be protected by a mask mandate.
34:33 Those older than 11 should get vaccinated.
34:37 Nobody wants to see kids in freezer trucks.
34:41 They’ve already had children being evacuated by a helicopter to
34:44 Orlando because we do not have a pediatric intensive care unit
34:48 here in Brevard.
34:49 She tells me what it’s like to administer chest strains to
34:52 someone while covered in scrubs, covered in phlegm, covered in
34:56 blood.
34:56 Okay?
34:58 And none of these horrors are just gone in a day.
35:02 They’re long-lasting.
35:03 She does not want to add to those horrors those of the visions
35:08 of children dying in the emergency room.
35:11 Now, I’m not going to be nice in this last one, that it takes an
35:15 order of a judge to have an order of a judge.
35:17 Thank you, Mr. Kerns.
35:18 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
35:21 Unfortunately, your time is up, Mr. Kerns.
35:24 Unfortunately, your time is up.
35:25 Please step back from the mic.
35:26 Thank you for joining us.
35:28 All right.
35:30 Maggie.
35:31 As Maggie is approaching, after Maggie, we have Julie Kellgren,
35:35 Jonathan Schumann, and Asia Hosey.
35:37 Whenever you are ready, Maggie.
35:46 Okay.
35:47 There is a new pandemic sweep in the country, and it’s not COVID.
35:52 It is mask mouth.
35:54 It’s a play on meth mouth.
35:56 It is spreading like wildfires, and dentists are warning that it
36:01 could have serious consequences, including death.
36:04 Gum disease, periodical disease, will eventually lead to strokes
36:09 and an increase of heart attack, warns Mark Scaldani, a dentist
36:13 and co-founder of One Manhattan Dental.
36:16 Wearing a mask on a regular basis is causing many to experience
36:20 severe mouth inflammation, the complications of which can be
36:24 extremely severe.
36:26 We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been
36:29 healthy forever, cavities in people who have never had them
36:32 before, one Manhattan Dental co-founder.
36:35 According to Ramadi, roughly half of his patients are suffering
36:39 from health problems due to masks.
36:41 About 50% of the patients being impacted by this, so we decided
36:45 to name it mask mouth after meth mouth.
36:48 Thank you, Maggie.
36:48 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
36:50 Thank you, Maggie.
36:50 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
36:51 Thank you, Maggie.
36:53 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
36:54 Thank you, Maggie.
36:55 Thank you.
36:56 Thank you, Maggie.
36:58 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
36:59 I have witnessed my five-year-old daughter’s mask wet from
37:01 sucking on it.
37:01 I have seen her come home without a mask, someone else’s mask.
37:02 I have seen other kids unmasked, I have seen another child put
37:10 dirt, sticks, and grass in their expensive pediatric N95 mask
37:16 while their parent was here protesting against parental choice.
37:20 Ironic, huh?
37:21 The European CDC does not require it for children under 12.
37:24 Other schools don’t require masks, and their COVID rates are
37:26 comparable.
37:27 My degree is Malika Microbiology, not that it matters at this
37:30 point.
37:30 We are all developing a psychosis that involves a false sense of
37:33 security, wearing a mask that doesn’t work, because kids are
37:37 gross.
37:38 This has nothing to do with who is president.
37:40 I personally know people from all sides of the aisle who are pro-choice.
37:44 Be reasonable, and make better personal choices.
37:47 Thanks, Julie.
37:48 Jonathan?
37:57 Hi, I’m Jonathan Schumann, retired Brevard County Science
37:59 teacher.
38:00 While we debate masking over 3,000 new cases affecting our
38:03 students, have been reported since August 2nd, and 4,000
38:07 students recently quarantined.
38:09 As teachers, we teach more than our subject areas of interest.
38:12 In addition to teaching bioscience, we taught social
38:15 responsibility and accountability.
38:17 In the way of social studies, we taught through the class
38:20 adoption of class rules and the concept of mutual respect that
38:24 the needs of the group outweigh the needs of the individual.
38:27 So coughing and sneezing in the direction of another student is
38:30 not tolerated.
38:31 The fire is here now, burning through our community in the form
38:34 of a second generation virus.
38:36 The ways we can slow down its ability to mutate are limited to
38:40 masking correctly, social distancing, vaccinating, and washing
38:44 hands.
38:45 The next generation of the virus may be more unstoppable.
38:48 The board must provide administrators, teachers, and staff the
38:51 tools through COVID policies of 2020 to lessen the transmission
38:55 of the virus.
38:56 Any less will be a crime because of you now.
38:58 Thank you, Jonathan.
38:58 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
39:00 Thank you.
39:01 After Aisha, we have Pamela, Castellana, Kathleen Marler, and
39:06 Ricky Marler.
39:07 Whenever you’re ready, Aisha.
39:11 Thank you so much for having me here today.
39:13 My name is Aisha Hosey.
39:15 I’ve spoke to you before.
39:16 The facts have been presented, so we don’t need the facts
39:20 anymore.
39:20 We know that our enemy today is not other parents.
39:25 It’s COVID.
39:26 What can we do to protect our children against COVID?
39:30 We have listened to the CDC.
39:32 We have listened to the American Pediatric Academy.
39:36 They have said masking help.
39:38 It is time for us today.
39:41 This is the defining moment for all of you on this committee,
39:46 all of you on the school board.
39:48 Today, you decide what’s going to happen in our community.
39:52 Are we going to have more deaths?
39:54 Are we going to have more huge quarantine numbers?
39:57 What are you going to decide today?
40:00 Please vote for Bavard because it’s our entire community.
40:06 That is being hurt.
40:07 If we do not have safe schools, we do not have a safe community.
40:13 Thank you, Aisha.
40:13 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
40:15 Pamela Castellano.
40:33 We all know that the courts have now struck down the governor’s
40:36 executive order as unconstitutional and unlawful overreach.
40:39 I expect that Randy Fiennes’ threats will also be struck down
40:44 similarly.
40:45 I represent the 136,000 registered Democrats in Bavard County.
40:49 The 25,000 in District 1, the 26,000 in District 2, the 28,000
40:54 in District 3, the 27,000 in District 4, and the 31,000 in
40:59 District 5.
41:00 I represent all of those Democrats in Bavard County.
41:02 We ask that you ignore the empty and illegal threats from
41:05 Representative Fiennes and issue a mask mandate for our public
41:09 schools.
41:10 Thank you.
41:11 Kathleen Marler.
41:15 And as Kathleen is approaching, I just want to remind the
41:18 audience that I’ve asked you all to allow us to focus on the
41:21 speakers.
41:22 So I shouldn’t be hearing you commenting to the comments that
41:24 they are making during their one minute of public comment.
41:27 If I continue to heal from repeated individuals, I will ask you
41:30 to leave.
41:31 Okay?
41:31 When you’re ready.
41:33 Good morning.
41:34 Our representative, Mr. Fiennes, keeps referring to a study that
41:39 the CDC did about the uninfectiveness of masks in school.
41:44 That was a study before the Delta variant of COVID.
41:47 The Delta variant has affected kids unlike any previous COVID
41:52 variants.
41:53 Let’s say we’re in a war.
41:55 Would you position your men to intel that was a month ago or
41:58 intel that you got yesterday?
42:00 And would it be acceptable for a serviceman to say on the
42:03 battlefield, it’s my right, I don’t want to cover you as you reposition
42:06 yourself across an open field?
42:08 No, it wouldn’t.
42:09 And we would lose the war.
42:11 We are losing teachers and kids are getting sick.
42:13 Since when has the school board become political?
42:16 You weren’t elected based on your politics.
42:18 Thank you, Kathleen.
42:21 Ricky?
42:23 My name is Ricky Marler.
42:30 Please put politics aside and return to being an actual school
42:33 board that honestly cares about everybody.
42:35 Please be a good example of working together to figure out
42:38 solutions to get us kids the best education with all the
42:41 adversity in the world.
42:43 Thanks, Ricky.
42:45 All right.
42:48 Michelle Barano, Danielle Espinoza, and Connie Rook.
42:51 Can I apologize for not giving you guys a heads up?
42:54 Okay.
42:55 Thank you, board, for having this meeting.
42:57 My name is Michelle Barano.
42:58 I know I’m the parent of a sixth grader in the Brevard School
43:01 System.
43:02 The CDC has been part of a smear campaign by people who don’t
43:06 trust science or the government.
43:08 The CDC, which stands for Centers for Disease Control, is this
43:13 country’s leading science-based, data-driven service
43:17 organization that protects the public’s health.
43:19 They’re the ultimate in subject matter experts, and according to
43:22 the judge that recently cleared the path for you to legally make
43:26 reasonable rules, by overwhelming evidence, the CDC is
43:29 considered preeminent medical authority in the U.S., the gold
43:33 standard.
43:34 This is all the information you need.
43:37 You don’t have to conduct studies or search for data on the
43:39 effectiveness of masks.
43:41 You are not experts in infectious disease, and you shouldn’t be
43:44 expected to be.
43:45 You can rely on United States Centers for Disease Control
43:49 recommendation.
43:50 Maximize protection by instituting universal masking in the
43:53 schools with a medical opt-out.
43:56 Don’t let the purpose be the enemy of the good.
43:57 Thank you, Michelle.
43:58 After Daniel and Connie, we have Susan Penske, Melissa DeFrancesco,
44:04 and Dana Schmidt.
44:06 Daniel?
44:06 I have daughters in elementary school and preschool.
44:19 I implore you to protect our children by requiring masks.
44:23 Listen to our local public health officials who have made it
44:26 clear in previous meetings that masks help reduce the spread.
44:29 Don’t listen to quack doctors or misinformed citizen scientists.
44:34 Please don’t let the selfishness of some hurt the health of all,
44:38 especially our children.
44:40 In the end, the anger over personal liberty will fade, but the
44:44 serious illness or death of a child won’t.
44:46 Thank you.
44:47 Thank you, Daniel.
44:48 Connie?
44:49 Good morning.
44:55 School is important, and it’s not just about the academics, but
44:58 you know that, yes?
44:59 You wouldn’t be sitting here if you didn’t believe in the value
45:02 of our schools for our kids, our families,
45:03 and our community, but our schools are not okay.
45:06 Our teachers and our kids, they are not okay, and it’s bad.
45:10 In many of our classrooms, learning is not happening.
45:12 Parents are pulling their kids out to homeschool.
45:14 There are thousands of quarantined, sick teachers, sick kids,
45:17 shortage of the subs, bus drivers.
45:19 Our ICUs and hospitals are stressed.
45:22 People are dying.
45:23 It’s bad, and you know that.
45:25 But you also know that you have a power to make it better.
45:28 You have had doctors and medical professionals sit in this room
45:31 and advise you as to what needs to happen.
45:33 Masks work, and you know that.
45:35 You refuse to, and if you refuse to understand that, then you
45:38 have no business being on a school board.
45:41 We need you to stop worrying about where your next campaign
45:44 donation is coming from.
45:45 We need you to step up and do the right thing.
45:47 We need you to take action to protect our kids, protect our
45:50 teachers, protect our schools.
45:52 Vote yes today and pass a policy to require masks in our schools.
45:55 Thank you, Connie.
45:58 Susan Penske.
45:59 Good morning.
46:06 I’m a physician with a master’s in public health.
46:09 Our community is in crisis.
46:11 ICUs are at capacity.
46:13 Children and staff are hospitalized in record numbers.
46:16 Lives are in the balance, and you as a school board have the
46:19 opportunity to make a difference
46:21 in the face of a raging pandemic.
46:23 Numbers unlike we have ever seen.
46:26 Every possible mitigation strategy must be implemented to
46:30 protect our children and faculty.
46:32 At the same time, the greater lesson of community and working
46:35 towards a common good underlines
46:37 your fundamental decision.
46:39 Do we as adults perpetuate the political back and forth about a
46:43 topic that is beyond our jurisdiction,
46:45 or do we listen to the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics,
46:49 whose singular goal is to prevent
46:51 disease, suffering, and loss of life?
46:54 The data is solid.
46:56 The school board must do everything in its power to help keep us
47:00 safe through this pandemic.
47:02 It is our only way out.
47:04 And this graph shows you from a national…
47:06 Thank you, Susan.
47:07 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
47:09 As Susan is approaching, our next group of three will…
47:13 Or I’m sorry, as Melissa is approaching, our next group will be
47:15 Sal Martingano,
47:17 Mike Schmidt and Zoma Martingano.
47:19 Melissa?
47:20 Good morning.
47:22 Oh, one second.
47:23 I’m sorry.
47:24 There you go.
47:25 My family is vaccinated and we wear masks.
47:29 That includes when my kids are at school.
47:32 I’m here today for my friend Valerie and her children, who are
47:36 too young to get vaccinated.
47:37 They pray every night for the doctors and scientists who are
47:40 making the vaccine for them.
47:42 I’m here today for my friend Ellie, whose daughter in public
47:46 school was exposed to the virus and tested positive.
47:48 Now Ellie, a healthcare worker, cannot support the efforts of
47:52 our local hospitals because she’s home caring for her daughter.
47:55 Board members, we need your help as a community.
47:58 We are fighting a war against a virus and those of us who are
48:03 vaccinated, wear masks and social distance, are fighting on the
48:06 front lines.
48:07 Those who refuse to wear a mask, social distancing and get a
48:10 vaccine are simply letting the virus break through the line.
48:14 We need your help holding the line.
48:17 Stopping this virus from spreading and mutating again.
48:20 Please do the right thing today and mandate masks in our public
48:24 schools.
48:24 Our community needs your help.
48:26 Thanks, Melissa.
48:28 Dana Schmidt.
48:30 Hi, I’m Dr. Jana Schmidt.
48:38 I am a local doctor.
48:40 First, I want to say we are truly blessed with amazing people in
48:43 our county that are strong and supportive.
48:47 So I’m happy to see that here.
48:48 Wearing a mask to prevent catching a virus is like throwing sand
48:53 at a chain-link fence.
48:54 It’s not that effective.
48:56 After reviewing all the CDC research worldwide, there is no true
49:02 viral transmission stop that the face masks for children.
49:06 It doesn’t work.
49:08 So all parties mandating the use of face masks are willingly and
49:11 ignoring established science.
49:13 Mandating masks in schools have been proven to be a major threat
49:16 to child’s learning and development.
49:17 Illegally, mandating masks generates liability.
49:22 A mask mandate is a direct conflict with U.S. code section 360B3,
49:26 which requires aware to be informed of the option to refuse of
49:29 wearing such device.
49:31 And not giving the parents the right to choose is a liability.
49:34 It’s a problem.
49:35 Because mask wearing presents severe risk and harm.
49:37 Thank you, Jana.
49:38 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
49:40 Once again, I have asked previously, please stop slowing the
49:49 proceedings.
49:53 I’m Dr. Sal Martingano, and we can argue the health pros and
50:03 cons of masks without resolution, but the following is not meant
50:10 to inhibit anyone’s right to wear a mask.
50:12 It is, however, the constitutional right of the individual to
50:15 refuse, and it’s all hidden in plain sight under the
50:18 Constitution.
50:19 The U.S. Constitution mandates says mandates are not law, and
50:23 school boards cannot make mandates in North Canadian force laws.
50:27 Under the Section 18, United States Code 241-242, Conspiracy
50:32 Against Constitutional Rights 241, if any person who aspires to
50:36 injure or oppress, threaten, or intimidate any inhibitor of the
50:39 state in the pre-exercise of the right of privilege secured by
50:42 him by the Constitution of the state,
50:45 they shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned more
50:48 than 10 years, or both.
50:50 Under 242, color of law, which means the appearance of a legal
50:53 right, that’s what we’re talking about, mandate.
50:56 Same story, the color of law willfully subjects the state to
51:00 fine that person more than $1,000 or one year in prison, or both.
51:04 Thanks, Sal, we appreciate you joining us this morning.
51:05 Mike?
51:06 Constitution.
51:07 Thank you.
51:07 Stop.
51:15 Ladies and gentlemen of the board, thank you for serving our
51:18 children and for the opportunity to speak.
51:20 In Florida’s constitutional language, there is a right to
51:24 privacy.
51:24 A strongly worded opinion by Judge Tandenbaum of the Florida’s
51:27 First District Court of Appeals ruled in Justin Green versus Alusha
51:32 County last year in favor of Justin Green over mask mandates
51:35 imposed by the chair of the board of county commissioners,
51:37 stating that Green’s presumptive right to privacy was violated.
51:42 The judge said in his decision, no right is more sacred than the
51:45 right of every individual to the control of their own person,
51:47 free from all restraints.
51:49 Interference of others or forced restraints constitute a form of
51:53 battery.
51:54 Any state representative or judge is subject to the tenets of
51:57 the oath of office that they took, starting with I solemnly
52:00 swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United
52:03 States and the state of Florida and ending in, so help me God,
52:06 is required to enforce this and a violation of this oath is perjury.
52:12 Thank you for serving.
52:13 Please do not rob our children of the freedom and ability to
52:15 grow to their full potential.
52:17 Thank you.
52:17 Thank you, Mike.
52:18 After Zulma, we’re going to have Marie Rogerson, Pamela Lesh,
52:23 and then Joanne Young.
52:25 Zulma?
52:32 Do we have a Zulma, Martangano?
52:34 All right.
52:38 Looks like it’s you, Marie.
52:39 I couldn’t hear you.
52:41 I’m sorry.
52:41 You did call my name, correct?
52:42 I did, yes.
52:43 Okay, thank you.
52:45 As I stand here currently, the governor’s executive order is
52:48 still law, because a judgment has not been entered.
52:50 I quote from Cheryl Howell, a professor of public law and
52:52 government at UNC, quote,
52:54 According to Rule 58 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, a judgment
52:57 is entered when it is reduced to writing, signed by the judge,
53:00 and filed with the clerk of courts.
53:01 This means that statements made by the judge from the bench are
53:04 not enforceable orders, and a judge is not required to enter a
53:07 written judgment that conforms to any statement made from the
53:10 bench.
53:11 A judgment cannot be enforced until it is entered, end quote.
53:15 Should you vote to create a mandate today, you are, in fact,
53:17 breaking the law.
53:18 You have called this meeting prematurely.
53:20 By the time you can call another, this order will likely have
53:22 been stayed.
53:23 There are numerous massive class action lawsuits being built in
53:26 Florida against school boards who have broken the law exactly as
53:28 you are proposing to do.
53:30 Don’t ignore a standing executive order, and don’t flagrantly
53:33 denounce the Parental Bill of Rights, a law which is not at risk
53:36 of being overturned by violating it.
53:39 The bottom line is this is wrong, and it is illegal.
53:41 Thanks, Marie.
53:45 Pamela Less.
53:47 My name is Pamela.
53:53 I’m in Florida.
53:53 Hi, me.
53:56 Down here so my two sons can go to high school without the
54:03 forced mandates of masks.
54:06 My husband stayed behind to finish his career in law enforcement
54:10 to protect the rights and freedoms of people there.
54:14 That’s what this is all about, and I’m not an anomaly.
54:17 Many Americans have looked at Florida as one of the few states
54:20 that upholds the Constitution and the law.
54:23 From a state that has a tyrannical governor and a mayor, I have
54:26 firsthand seen what happens when you take rights away from
54:29 people.
54:30 Not to mention that masks don’t work, not to mention that masks
54:32 don’t work, and Chicago is living proof.
54:33 I’m not here to say no to masks.
54:36 I’m here to say allow us to choose.
54:39 My children suffocate in the masks, and it breeds unnecessary
54:42 fear as well as depression and suicide, and those are on the
54:46 rise.
54:46 People, police, and soldiers fight and die for our rights to
54:49 freedoms, and many are readily giving it away.
54:52 Thank you, Pamela.
54:53 After Joanne, if you all would please stop the applause so that
54:59 the speakers can hear when I’m calling them.
55:03 This is the last time I’m asking.
55:04 If I have to address it again, I’m clearing the room, okay, so
55:07 we can keep moving.
55:09 All right, after Joanne, we have, and I’m sorry if I mispronounced
55:13 this, Suarez Pekax, Michelle Beavers, and then Tanya Beavers.
55:18 Joanne, give me one second, and you are ready.
55:21 Good morning.
55:22 I’m Joanne Young.
55:23 Our Father, who art in heaven, created families.
55:28 He loves families.
55:30 He gave parents rules in how to raise their children and rules
55:34 for children in obeying their parents.
55:38 He gave parents authority over their children to love them, to
55:42 provide for their needs, to nurture them, and to educate them.
55:47 It doesn’t require an executive order.
55:50 That authority was and is freely given.
55:54 It is ours.
55:55 The enemy seeks to usurp that authority, and we cannot allow
56:01 that.
56:02 Your August 10, 3-2 vote for making masks optional allows for
56:09 parental authority.
56:10 That is the bottom line, the norm.
56:13 Anything that would undermine that authority will cause division,
56:19 dissension, and chaos.
56:21 As we have seen throughout the meeting.
56:22 Thank you, Joanne.
56:23 Thank you.
56:32 Hello, my name is Siasa Dacus.
56:39 I’m in 8th grade at Cocoa Beach High, and I would like to speak
56:42 about masks and vaccines.
56:44 My best friend didn’t get COVID the entire pandemic until she
56:47 got the vaccine a week ago.
56:49 Now her and her brother are quarantined for two weeks, and there
56:52 is no virtual option for them.
56:54 I haven’t worn masks for most of the pandemic, even while at
56:58 camp, for two weeks, and I have not been sick.
57:01 So why are most of my teachers telling me I should get the
57:04 vaccine?
57:04 That should be a decision for my parents and doctor to make, not
57:07 my teacher who is supposed to be teaching me.
57:09 I have told my parents I would prefer to leave VPS and then
57:13 spend the next year in a mask for eight hours a day.
57:16 I am not an experiment.
57:17 I am a real human being.
57:18 Thank you.
57:20 So we have Michelle Beavers and then Tanya Beavers.
57:27 After that, we have Ashley Hall, Jody Hand, and Jennifer Dunn.
57:30 Michelle, whenever you are ready.
57:34 If you make masks mandatory, you will be discriminated against
57:36 the poor.
57:37 Privilege will go give doctors excuses because there are
57:39 numerous studies to support the fact that masks wearing is
57:42 detrimental to the kids.
57:43 Many parents don’t have the resources to take time off work and
57:46 afford a doctor visit or have access to a doctor that wants to
57:49 hear them and bother writing a medical excuse.
57:51 There are no studies that support masks wearing for kids, but a
57:55 CDC study did say, when they did the study in November and
57:59 December, that masks for kids don’t work to prevent COVID.
58:03 The CDC published that study.
58:05 Kids are extremely low risk of getting severely sick.
58:08 They’re more likely to die of the flu, a car accident, drowning
58:11 in cancer.
58:11 But then why don’t we insist these kids wear masks for flu
58:14 season every year and require parents to fill in their swimming
58:16 pools?
58:18 If you pass the mandate, if you pass the mandate, I am very sure
58:20 that your COVID numbers will go down, but only because your
58:23 attendance will also go down.
58:25 Many parents here will be taking their kids’ education out of BPS
58:29 hands.
58:30 Please stand if you plan to take your kids out of BPS because of
58:33 this.
58:35 The CDC published a study done in November through December of
58:44 last year stating that masks do not work on children in school.
58:54 Let me say that again.
58:56 The CDC, the agency that’s responsible for disease control, did
58:59 a scientific study and found masks are useless for kids in
59:02 schools.
59:03 Then the CDC decided to ignore its own published findings and
59:06 say, put masks on anyway.
59:09 I understand why the CDC discovered masks in schools do not work.
59:13 In schools, kids take off their masks to eat with no distancing.
59:16 They twirl their masks on their wrists, lunch boxes, water
59:19 bottles, and pick them up off of the floors.
59:21 Kids touch door handles, railings, desktops, and then put their
59:25 masks away from their faces in order to be heard in class.
59:28 This is in middle school.
59:30 I can’t imagine elementary.
59:31 I think masks are responsible for more transmission of COVID
59:35 than if they were not used.
59:36 This is about facts and science.
59:38 Don’t make it a political agenda.
59:40 Thank you.
59:41 Ashley Hall.
59:43 Hello, my name is Ashley Hall.
59:50 I’m the Brevard Chair of Moms for Liberty.
59:52 If a mask mandate is passed today, it will technically be
59:56 against the law.
59:57 And even after the ruling is signed, it will be appealed and
1:00:00 overturned.
1:00:01 Please do not continue putting our children, parents, and staff
1:00:05 on this ridiculous roller coaster.
1:00:07 At the last meeting, we heard about the ridiculous process and
1:00:11 overburdening of our BPS administrators with COVID quarantine
1:00:14 protocols.
1:00:15 Why would we add to this burden right now if a mask mandate isn’t
1:00:20 stated today, our teachers and administrators will be piled on
1:00:23 even more.
1:00:24 The DOH emergency rule allows for parents, parents, to opt out.
1:00:29 This is a parental opt out, not a medical opt out.
1:00:33 My child will be attending school without a mask.
1:00:36 I will not comply with any mask mandate.
1:00:39 You’ll have to kick me out.
1:00:41 Thanks, Ashley.
1:00:42 Jody Hand.
1:00:43 And then after Jennifer Dunn, we have Isabel Reagan, Jessica
1:00:48 Reagan, and Maren Caldwell.
1:00:50 Jody, whenever you’re ready.
1:00:52 Thank you for your time.
1:00:54 I’m looking each of you in the eye right now.
1:00:57 And I’m asking you to follow the law.
1:01:00 Your mandates mean nothing.
1:01:04 HB 241 is law.
1:01:05 You have chosen to make this dais a political platform, some of
1:01:09 you.
1:01:10 This is not politics.
1:01:13 This is about parents.
1:01:15 This is about students.
1:01:17 This is about teachers.
1:01:18 Get back to the business of teaching our children and stop this
1:01:22 mask nonsense.
1:01:24 Should you choose to vote yes for a mask mandate, you will be
1:01:27 breaking the law.
1:01:28 I might remind you, Chairman Belford.
1:01:30 Excuse me, Chairwoman Belford.
1:01:33 You like to tell us that we’ll be breaking the law.
1:01:35 Should we speak out, you’ll be breaking the law if you vote yes
1:01:39 for a mask mandate.
1:01:41 I do not care if you want to wear one.
1:01:43 Please wear one if you think that worthless piece of cloth is
1:01:46 going to protect you.
1:01:47 If this were truly about safety, you’d be closing the schools.
1:01:50 Thank you.
1:01:51 Thanks, Jody.
1:01:52 Jennifer Dunn.
1:01:56 Good morning.
1:01:59 I’m here to read a speech on behalf of one of your DPS third
1:02:03 grade teachers who couldn’t be here today.
1:02:05 I have witnessed firsthand how required masks and social
1:02:09 distancing induce trauma on young students.
1:02:12 Trauma at a young age can be developmentally dangerous,
1:02:16 especially for children who are experiencing trauma in other
1:02:18 parts of their lives.
1:02:20 It is imperative that we balance the psychological needs of our
1:02:23 students as well as the physical needs.
1:02:25 Parents know best about what their student needs, and the school
1:02:29 system should not be forcing young people to wear masks.
1:02:32 It is unstudied, uninformed, and just plain child abuse.
1:02:36 Students need to be able to see each other and their teachers to
1:02:39 form strong bonds in development.
1:02:41 We must stop abusing this future generation based on our own
1:02:45 fear.
1:02:45 Thank you.
1:02:48 Isabel Regan.
1:02:50 Regan.
1:02:51 Hello.
1:02:55 I’m Isabel Regan, and I’ve just come here to say that I would
1:02:58 get bullied at school for not wearing a mask.
1:03:01 And the reason why I get bullied because I don’t wear a mask is
1:03:04 because, one, people hate me.
1:03:06 It’s not just the way it goes.
1:03:08 Two, I can barely breathe in a mask because I’m really athletic,
1:03:14 so I do a lot of running, horseback riding, and that’s just
1:03:18 basically what I came here to say.
1:03:21 And this is what I think about masks.
1:03:22 Thanks, Isabel.
1:03:24 So, Jessica Regan, and then after Marin, we have Dee Boyles,
1:03:29 Robin Davis, and George Horvath.
1:03:33 Hello.
1:03:44 2 Timothy 1.7.
1:03:46 For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and
1:03:51 love and a sound mind.
1:03:54 My name is Jessica Regan.
1:03:55 I’m a physician assistant in psychiatry.
1:03:58 I treat children in Brevard County.
1:04:01 I’ve seen firsthand how much emotional damage this has caused to
1:04:05 our children.
1:04:06 Some of the trends I’ve seen are self-mutilating.
1:04:10 Alone, helpless, hopeless, thinking the world would be better
1:04:14 off without them.
1:04:15 I am here today not only for my children, but also for the
1:04:18 children I treat.
1:04:20 If you decide to mandate masks today, we will have no choice but
1:04:25 mask wars.
1:04:26 Peaceful noncompliance will be our only way forward.
1:04:31 Please, I beg you, if you stand for my rights and the rights of
1:04:36 my children, not vote to mask.
1:04:40 Thank you.
1:04:40 Thanks, Jessica.
1:04:41 Marin, Baldwin.
1:04:48 Forcing healthy children to repeated quarantine testing and
1:04:54 masking is not only tyranny, but abuse.
1:04:58 The one thing you all are not addressing and taking into
1:05:00 consideration is the long-term negative effects this will have
1:05:03 on our children’s mental health.
1:05:04 My son is in sixth grade and has been quarantined twice since
1:05:07 school started and could have returned early if I tested him.
1:05:10 However, I chose to decline that option because I refused to
1:05:13 comply with the conditioning by subjecting my healthy children
1:05:16 to unnecessary medical testing.
1:05:18 Today was my son’s fourth day of school since school started
1:05:21 because of quarantines.
1:05:23 Last week, my son approached me and said, Mom, I think I’m
1:05:25 starting to feel depressed.
1:05:27 As a mother and a former educator of BPS, this shook me to my
1:05:31 core.
1:05:32 An 11-year-old should not know what depression is, let alone
1:05:36 what it feels like.
1:05:38 I will no longer allow this board to make decisions for my
1:05:41 family.
1:05:41 Regardless of your vote today, I am taking back full power and
1:05:45 control by withdrawing my healthy children out of BPS.
1:05:48 In order to, I’m sorry, my children’s mental health means more
1:05:52 to me than subjecting them to unnecessary quarantine testing in
1:05:55 order to receive an education.
1:05:57 Dee Boyles, please step away.
1:06:00 Dee Boyles, your turn.
1:06:02 Good morning.
1:06:08 There is no scientific evidence that masks saves lives.
1:06:13 None.
1:06:13 There is no conclusive proof to say that masks have any effect
1:06:17 on mitigating the COVID spread.
1:06:20 Even the CDC has stated on its website that the research
1:06:24 regarding masks is inconclusive.
1:06:27 The same CDC that the New York Times reported back in June is
1:06:31 broken and needs to be reformed.
1:06:34 Governor DeSantis made his decision based on the advice of
1:06:37 medical experts with a proper education and experience to advise
1:06:41 officials how to proceed in a pandemic.
1:06:44 One of those medical experts, Governor DeSantis relied on and
1:06:47 invited to the health roundtable discussion was from England.
1:06:50 The New York Times just published an article on August 27th that
1:06:54 children in England do not wear masks in schools.
1:06:59 A pediatric infectious disease specialist states that potential
1:07:03 harms of children wearing masks exceed the potential benefits.
1:07:08 Thanks, Robin.
1:07:11 And then after George, we have Karen Clark, Mia Hosey, and
1:07:15 Shannon Marsh.
1:07:17 Hi there.
1:07:23 My name is Robin Davis.
1:07:24 I am a veteran BPS teacher that’s now retired.
1:07:27 And frankly, I loved my job when I was here, but now I’m
1:07:29 absolutely disgusted by what the school system has become.
1:07:32 I’m not here to address the board.
1:07:34 I know what each of you stand for and that your minds are
1:07:37 already made up on this vote.
1:07:38 Mandatory masking and medical decisions by the school system go
1:07:41 against the law.
1:07:42 The judge’s order was illegal because it goes against the
1:07:45 parents’ bill of rights and will be appealed and overturned.
1:07:49 So guess what, parents?
1:07:50 It’s up to us.
1:07:51 This stops when we say it stops.
1:07:54 It’s time to pull your kids out of BPS or make plans to do so
1:07:57 and impact their financial bottom line.
1:08:00 Stop giving them the power of your children’s mental, physical,
1:08:03 and academic health.
1:08:05 We know the long-term impacts are huge.
1:08:07 Get creative.
1:08:09 Work with other families to provide education for your kids.
1:08:11 Virtual, hybrid, homeschool, private school.
1:08:14 Today, it’s a re-vote on masks while they track and trace,
1:08:17 manipulate data, and report on healthy citizens.
1:08:20 What’s next?
1:08:21 Vaccines?
1:08:22 Anti-American curriculum?
1:08:24 They don’t respect your parental rights or the law today, and
1:08:26 they won’t respect them tomorrow for the next big issue.
1:08:28 Thanks, Robin.
1:08:28 George?
1:08:33 Yes, hi.
1:08:36 My name is George Horvath.
1:08:38 I’m just a guy who lives in Palm Bay, and I don’t know.
1:08:42 I like to use my common sense.
1:08:45 I feel like we’re back in the dark ages discussing this
1:08:49 ridiculous thing.
1:08:50 I mean, obviously, there’s arguments pro and contra, but there’s
1:08:54 so many studies that show masks don’t work.
1:08:57 Obviously, this is political or something.
1:08:59 I mean, this country was kind of founded on not trusting the
1:09:04 government and governmental bodies, and CDC is a governmental,
1:09:08 you know, entity.
1:09:10 And I don’t know why this blind trust in the CDC.
1:09:13 One of the foremost studies over here is like an investigation,
1:09:18 I’m going to read a couple of words, which it talks about two
1:09:23 symptomatically ill hairstylists interacting with an average of
1:09:28 15 minutes.
1:09:29 It’s like these are not randomized controlled trials, you know,
1:09:34 it’s totally absurd what’s on that website.
1:09:37 Thanks, George, we appreciate you joining us this morning.
1:09:40 Karen Clark.
1:09:41 Good morning, board.
1:09:52 My name is Karen Clark.
1:09:53 I’m here to speak to you regarding masks, not just masks, but
1:09:57 the closing of schools.
1:09:59 Since the beginning of school, you have to follow the Department
1:10:04 of Education’s rules about quarantining.
1:10:07 So, you have so many kids having COVID, being exposed to COVID,
1:10:14 teachers in ICU, and basically, your only possible mitigation,
1:10:19 and it’s not 100%, nothing is, is masking.
1:10:22 Last year, you opened schools with masks.
1:10:26 This year, it seems to be some big thing.
1:10:29 I don’t know.
1:10:29 I don’t understand the, you know, follow the rules, people, but
1:10:34 not if it, you know, conflicts with what I want.
1:10:38 Well, schools, you’re already co-parenting every day with
1:10:40 schools.
1:10:41 You send your kid there, and they take care of them.
1:10:44 So, please, do the right thing for these kids, and your teachers,
1:10:48 and the community.
1:10:50 Thank you.
1:10:50 Thanks, Karen.
1:10:51 Mia Hosey.
1:10:55 After Mia, we have Shannon Marsh, followed by Stephanie Anderson,
1:10:58 Teresa Lupe, and Ryan Schlipp.
1:11:00 Mia, whenever you’re ready.
1:11:02 Good morning.
1:11:03 The mask optional policy is the reason COVID-19 cases shot
1:11:08 through the roof the first few days of school and has not lit up
1:11:12 yet.
1:11:12 One of the hallmarks of this virus is that there is asymptomatic
1:11:17 transmission through respiratory droplets, making it impossible
1:11:22 to tell who’s contagious and who’s not.
1:11:25 The science is clear that universal masking in schools is
1:11:29 essential to mitigation.
1:11:32 It is cruel to insist that it’s okay for kids to get sick in our
1:11:36 schools with a virus we don’t fully understand.
1:11:39 That it’s okay for teachers and staff to be in the ICU, to pass
1:11:45 away.
1:11:45 It’s cruel to act like we should go on, like nothing is
1:11:49 happening.
1:11:50 When did teachers and bus drivers and support staff, custodial
1:11:55 staff, become expendable?
1:11:58 When did our students become expendable?
1:12:00 This has gone way too far, and I urge you to institute and mask
1:12:03 manage today.
1:12:04 Thank you.
1:12:04 Shannon Marsh.
1:12:07 Hi.
1:12:14 I’m a 27-year public health professional and a parent of a
1:12:17 fourth grader.
1:12:19 I’m speaking today as the representative and voice of almost 175
1:12:23 people who could not be here because they are either caring for
1:12:27 their children at home, at work, or they themselves are homesick
1:12:30 with COVID.
1:12:31 This group consists of current and retired teachers, doctors,
1:12:34 and nurses who are in the hospitals caring for COVID patients,
1:12:37 high-risk pregnant women, parents and grandparents of school-age
1:12:42 children, and immunocompromised people.
1:12:44 Many of their names are included here on this poster board.
1:12:49 We want you to know that we see the alarming data from the BPS
1:12:52 population.
1:12:53 We see the negative consequences of the lack of mitigation
1:12:57 measures in our schools right now.
1:12:59 We personally know people who are suffering as a result of that,
1:13:03 and Brevardians have already shown that they cannot make
1:13:06 responsible choices because their choices is what got us here.
1:13:10 So we want to implore you to please implement a multi-
1:13:15 Thank you, Shannon.
1:13:16 Your time is up, ma’am.
1:13:19 I’m sorry.
1:13:19 Stephanie?
1:13:20 Stephanie Anderson.
1:13:29 In my one minute allotted, I’m going to speak quickly of a
1:13:33 certified global mandate that we’ve all been given as Americans.
1:13:36 Because I’m holding this flag, you already know which side of
1:13:40 the mask and the quarantine issue that I’m on.
1:13:43 And that should be a wake-up call to everybody.
1:13:47 The people who carry the American flag are on the side of
1:13:50 freedom, liberty, morality, and values.
1:13:53 Which side are you on?
1:13:55 If you continue as a board to attempt to implement tyranny
1:13:59 instead of freedom of choice,
1:14:00 we as Americans have a real mandate, by duty given to us by our
1:14:05 founding fathers, the Declaration, and the Constitution.
1:14:08 And that mandate given to us is to overthrow a tyrannical
1:14:12 government if it attempts to limit our lives, our liberties, our
1:14:17 pursuit of happiness.
1:14:18 Which is exactly what you guys are proposing to do weekly.
1:14:23 That’s why the founders added the second amendment to the
1:14:26 Constitution.
1:14:28 Teresa, please step away from the mic, ma’am.
1:14:33 Thank you.
1:14:38 Teresa, give me just one second.
1:14:45 No, you’re good.
1:14:46 I just want to make sure I call our next group because we have
1:14:48 some coming from outside.
1:14:49 So after Teresa, we have Ryan Schlipp, then we have Pamela Pedlow,
1:14:52 Christina Fox, and then Jennifer Strafford.
1:14:55 Teresa?
1:14:57 Teresa Loop, mother of four and a licensed board-certified
1:15:00 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner treating ages six
1:15:04 and up.
1:15:05 As a professional and expert in my field, I’m commenting on
1:15:08 mental health in math.
1:15:09 Mental health is a serious concern of this pandemic, and it
1:15:12 includes our children.
1:15:14 Mental health has declined, and suicidality is increasing.
1:15:17 Some associate this with math.
1:15:20 Pandemic anxiety, depression, and suicidality are a result of
1:15:24 fear, loss, isolation, even parental distress.
1:15:28 I assure you, the vast majority of children and adolescents can
1:15:32 comfortably tolerate wearing a mask properly and regularly,
1:15:35 especially when this is supported by their parents and their
1:15:38 educators.
1:15:39 Implementing full mitigation procedures, including universal
1:15:42 masking, will help protect the mental health of our children,
1:15:45 not hurt it.
1:15:46 Please vote yes to inspire mask wearing in our schools.
1:15:49 Thank you.
1:15:50 Thanks, Teresa.
1:15:51 Brian?
1:15:56 Brian, the facts speak for themselves.
1:16:02 I’m not going to reiterate them.
1:16:04 You know, this pandemic gave us the opportunity to come together,
1:16:07 but the pandemic of misinformation has only divided us.
1:16:10 I want the best for my kids, and masks are the middle ground.
1:16:15 If we are ever to achieve a sense of normalcy, it’s through full
1:16:20 mitigation.
1:16:21 Thank you.
1:16:23 Thanks, Brian.
1:16:24 Thank you.
1:16:26 Pamela Pedlow.
1:16:27 Good morning.
1:16:33 Thank you for letting me speak.
1:16:35 The issue here today is does the school district, under its
1:16:38 legislatively given powers, have the authority to set a rule
1:16:41 that infringes on parents’ rights?
1:16:43 The answer is yes.
1:16:45 The parents’ bill of rights states that any government unit may
1:16:48 not infringe on the parental rights of education and health care
1:16:50 without demonstration that such action is reasonable and
1:16:54 necessary to achieve a compelling state interest.
1:16:59 You cannot drink and drive because your right to drink does not
1:17:02 allow you to risk the rights of others.
1:17:04 You have freedom of speech, but you cannot tell lies about
1:17:07 people, harass or intimidate people, and you can’t shout fire in
1:17:10 the middle of a crowded theater.
1:17:13 The CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
1:17:16 universal masking of K-12 children, regardless of vaccination
1:17:20 status.
1:17:20 Orange County estimated that 20% of all new positive COVID cases
1:17:24 are among children aged 5 to 14.
1:17:27 John Dunn said, no man is an island entire of itself.
1:17:30 Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
1:17:33 We have a responsibility to one another.
1:17:35 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
1:17:36 Christina Fox.
1:17:37 After Christina, we have Jennifer Strafford, Sharon Barone, and
1:17:43 then Karen Colby, and Sarah Chivario.
1:17:46 Christina?
1:17:49 Oh, one second.
1:17:50 There you go.
1:17:52 Good morning.
1:17:52 There is a meeting going on with DeSantis and CDC right now, and
1:17:55 he said that the ruling will be overturned on appeal.
1:17:58 He also just said that the CDC just said that there are no more
1:18:01 children in the hospital with COVID than there were before.
1:18:04 He’s saying the increase in cases is because of catching more
1:18:07 mild and asymptomatic cases because of increased testing in that
1:18:11 age range.
1:18:12 He believes that the data shows the total amount of COVID is
1:18:15 actually going down.
1:18:17 He’s also saying that there is a huge increase in childhood
1:18:19 obesity because of things being shut down, and that’s a much
1:18:22 higher risk.
1:18:23 And I would also like to add that our district reports
1:18:26 differently than any other district in the state.
1:18:29 The other districts use a program called Microsoft Power BI,
1:18:33 Business Institution.
1:18:35 You can go into each school within that district.
1:18:39 You can see the cases of not only quarantines, but positive
1:18:43 cases.
1:18:44 Our school district does not do that.
1:18:47 It’s a very static PDF file.
1:18:49 When you go and you see the quarantines, but not the tests.
1:18:51 So what are you hiding?
1:18:52 Thanks, Christina.
1:18:53 Jennifer Strafford?
1:18:58 Oh, that was her.
1:19:02 Oh, that was Jennifer.
1:19:03 I’m sorry.
1:19:04 So, Christina Fox did not speak, right?
1:19:08 Okay.
1:19:09 Sharon Barone?
1:19:11 She did speak as well?
1:19:13 Sorry.
1:19:14 It’s a short time frame to keep up with it all.
1:19:17 Yes, hi.
1:19:18 Good morning.
1:19:19 I’m Sharon Barone, and I’m just here to name a few of the things
1:19:23 that are harmful by wearing a mask.
1:19:25 Number one, medical masks adversely affect respiratory
1:19:29 physiology and function.
1:19:31 Number two, medical masks lower oxygen levels in the blood by at
1:19:36 least 20%.
1:19:37 Medical masks raise carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
1:19:41 Medical masks trap exhaled viral and other pathogens in the
1:19:46 mouth.
1:19:47 Mask interspace and increase viral infectious load and increase
1:19:52 the severity of disease.
1:19:55 Mask worn imperfectly are very dangerous.
1:19:58 And once again, I’ve seen every mask wearer in the room touch
1:20:02 their mask, so they really need to throw them out.
1:20:05 Once touched, it’s contaminated.
1:20:08 Masks do collect and colonize viruses, bacteria, and mold.
1:20:13 Wearing a face mask makes the exhaled air go into the eyes.
1:20:18 Thank you, Sharon, we appreciate you joining us.
1:20:21 Karen, Colby.
1:20:23 Thank you.
1:20:28 And after Karen and Sarah, we have LaShawn Taylor, Cheryl Wojciechowski,
1:20:37 and Catherine Hamilton.
1:20:40 Karen?
1:20:44 Hi, I’m from District 3, and I’m an anti-mask mom.
1:20:51 I’m rather, it’s more of a freedom of parental choice mom.
1:20:55 Because I know a lot of you out there want to have your kids
1:20:58 masked in school, and I see them wearing the mask.
1:21:00 So it worked.
1:21:01 So now that we’re also not being made to put our kids’ masks in
1:21:04 school this year,
1:21:06 it’s being a little different, because you guys are testing so
1:21:09 many kids where last year you did it.
1:21:11 So I’d like to say that I think that’s why the raise is.
1:21:14 It’s against the law to violate this House bill passed in part
1:21:20 with Brandy Fine.
1:21:22 As Thomas Jefferson has said, he wants to recall Jenkins.
1:21:26 We’re going to take care of things.
1:21:28 Anybody who votes for something illegal, we’re going to have to
1:21:30 remove you.
1:21:31 I respect the ones of you that are going to stand with us, but
1:21:33 please stand with us.
1:21:34 Don’t fight with us.
1:21:35 We’re in there with you.
1:21:36 We volunteer in the classroom.
1:21:38 We read to the students.
1:21:39 We help them with math.
1:21:40 I’ve raised six kids in your public schools.
1:21:43 I trust you guys.
1:21:44 Please do the right thing.
1:21:45 Thanks, Karen.
1:21:46 No mask.
1:21:46 Sarah?
1:21:48 Good morning.
1:21:56 I’m Sarah, relentless mental health advocate.
1:21:59 According to the CDC, there was a 22.3% spike in ER trips
1:22:05 for potential suicide attempts in children ages 12 to 17 in the
1:22:09 summer of 2020
1:22:11 compared to the summer of 2019.
1:22:12 I’d like to take a moment of silence for the BPS students who
1:22:16 have committed suicide
1:22:17 because of the mental health issues created by enforcing
1:22:22 reckless rules and regulations
1:22:23 in the 22 school year.
1:22:24 And I want to include all the kids who will end up committing
1:22:27 suicide in this current school year
1:22:29 due to your choosing political gains over mental health.
1:22:35 Mental health is just as important as physical health.
1:22:48 Thank you.
1:22:50 Cheryl?
1:22:52 I’m sorry.
1:22:57 LaShawn Taylor.
1:23:02 Thank you, Ms. Campbell, for keeping me on track on this.
1:23:04 Hello.
1:23:07 I’m LaShawn Taylor.
1:23:08 I’m here on behalf of my daughter, who I spoke about the past
1:23:12 two ago meeting,
1:23:14 about how she had become mentally disturbed from wearing the
1:23:18 mask.
1:23:19 I thought she had GI issues and it had numerous tests done.
1:23:22 But when we narrowed it down, it was mental illness due to masks.
1:23:25 Being since school has started with no mask, she’s not had one
1:23:30 single panic attack.
1:23:31 And we had four straight months of panic attack.
1:23:33 She has not had one single panic attack.
1:23:36 And we are not doing this again.
1:23:37 We’re not.
1:23:38 We’re not doing this again.
1:23:40 The science is not there.
1:23:41 The masks do more harm than good.
1:23:44 And it’s messing our kids up.
1:23:47 You think your kid’s fine?
1:23:48 They really are not fine.
1:23:49 They’re really not.
1:23:50 It’s mentally disturbing them slowly until it’s a big drama.
1:23:54 And then you’re going to wish that you didn’t do this to our
1:23:56 kids.
1:23:56 Thank you.
1:23:58 Cheryl?
1:24:06 Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
1:24:09 Today, you are hearing reports of fringe studies,
1:24:12 complaints about kids touching a mask or noses peeking out.
1:24:15 These reports attempt to pull your focus away from the fact that
1:24:18 universal masking works.
1:24:20 The data is there.
1:24:22 I don’t need to rehash it.
1:24:24 Even with some slip-ups, masks reduce the number of airborne
1:24:27 infectious respiratory particles
1:24:29 and therefore reduce the number of infections.
1:24:32 So Brevard School Board members, with the judge’s recent
1:24:35 decision, you now have no excuse.
1:24:37 Will you continue to show the unjustified pride currently
1:24:40 demonstrated?
1:24:41 Or will you show the humility, listen to the expert
1:24:44 recommendations, and put our children above politics?
1:24:47 Tonight, will you sleep knowing that you did all you could to
1:24:51 protect our kids by requiring masks in school?
1:24:54 Or will you pander to the fringe voices that think they know
1:24:57 better than the experts?
1:24:58 The deaths of Brevard School employees have already happened.
1:25:01 Can you tell their families, or God forbid, the families that
1:25:04 will lose children that you did all you could?
1:25:06 Thanks, Cheryl.
1:25:08 As Catherine’s approaching, after Catherine Hamilton, we have
1:25:12 Michael Nobis, Christina Kishishian, and Marie Lewis.
1:25:17 Catherine?
1:25:20 Good morning.
1:25:21 I’m here because obviously this is still a problem.
1:25:24 And the way we voted last time didn’t do anything.
1:25:27 I’ll remind you again, I’m a nurse in the hospital.
1:25:29 And in the hospital, when people have droplet or any kind of
1:25:32 respiratory disease, we wear a mask.
1:25:35 It’s required.
1:25:36 Because they work.
1:25:37 When you have a problem with your car, you go to your mechanic.
1:25:40 When you have a question about a law, you talk to a lawyer.
1:25:43 And when you have questions about your medical things, you talk
1:25:46 to your doctor.
1:25:47 And when those things just affect you, that’s your choice.
1:25:51 When they affect others, when it affects a population, you go to
1:25:55 public health officials.
1:25:57 And public health officials are recommending masks.
1:25:59 Before, you didn’t have support.
1:26:02 You had bullying against you.
1:26:03 Now you’re supported.
1:26:05 We’re behind you.
1:26:07 And I recommend wearing masks to people.
1:26:09 The CDC recommends wearing masks to people.
1:26:11 The doctors that I work with recommend wearing masks.
1:26:14 Because they work.
1:26:16 Thank you.
1:26:18 Michael?
1:26:19 Michael Novus, Palm Bay.
1:26:26 I rise in opposition to mandatory mask mandates.
1:26:29 I believe this body got it right in the first place by making it
1:26:33 optional.
1:26:34 My second concern is the number of people on quarantine.
1:26:39 There’s got to be close to 13,000 in quarantine.
1:26:44 Why?
1:26:45 There’s where I think the changes need to be made.
1:26:48 I’m not sure what the criteria for it is.
1:26:51 Just because somebody was in a room, maybe somebody tested
1:26:55 positive.
1:26:56 How many of those people have, will test positive?
1:27:00 Are there any numbers on that?
1:27:02 I’m looking and I’m trying my best to find it, but I can’t.
1:27:07 Okay?
1:27:07 Thank you for giving me some time.
1:27:10 Thank you.
1:27:11 Christina?
1:27:13 Hello.
1:27:19 The World Health Organization, the CDC, and the American Academy
1:27:23 of Pediatrics
1:27:24 all recommend universal masking in areas with high transmission.
1:27:27 Some feel that our community transmission is so high that masks
1:27:29 aren’t going to do anything
1:27:30 to help.
1:27:31 While we can’t control what kids do outside the school system,
1:27:34 it’s not right for kids
1:27:35 who have been careful to be exposed to unmasked, contagious kids
1:27:38 in class.
1:27:39 Last week, my elementary-aged daughter sat in school surrounded
1:27:42 by unmasked kids coughing
1:27:43 and sniffling all around her.
1:27:45 My daughter plays sports outside with a mask.
1:27:47 She attends scouts outside with a mask.
1:27:49 We don’t go to indoor activities unless everybody wears a mask.
1:27:53 The most risky thing my daughter’s been doing in the past 18
1:27:56 months is attending a Brevard
1:27:57 County public school.
1:27:59 Young kids cannot get vaccinated.
1:28:01 There are only so many things that we can do, and study after
1:28:04 study shows that universal
1:28:05 masking helps.
1:28:06 We have no other choice at this point.
1:28:08 She does not deserve to have her health and her family’s health
1:28:11 put at risk while she’s
1:28:12 trying to get an education.
1:28:13 It’s your duty, as government, to protect children that are in
1:28:16 your custody.
1:28:16 Thank you.
1:28:19 Next is Marie Lewis.
1:28:22 After that, we have Erin Dunn, Jerry Knurt, and Mariah Thomas.
1:28:26 Marie?
1:28:27 Thank you.
1:28:28 I am the mother of a student at Quest Elementary School.
1:28:32 I have family members and coworkers who have been hospitalized
1:28:36 and died from COVID.
1:28:38 I have two children too young to be vaccinated.
1:28:41 I am not an infectious disease specialist.
1:28:44 I don’t pretend to be.
1:28:45 But those who are have laid out evidence time and again that the
1:28:50 best tool we have to keep
1:28:51 schools open and limit spread is universal masking.
1:28:55 I am also a military spouse.
1:28:57 I love this country.
1:28:59 I love our freedoms.
1:29:01 Stop.
1:29:04 I am not here to try to take freedom from anyone.
1:29:07 What I am here for is to care for the person to my left and my
1:29:11 right.
1:29:12 My husband did that for 22 years in the Marine Corps.
1:29:15 He would take a bullet for any of you.
1:29:17 I am asking you to ask our families to put on a mask for my
1:29:21 family.
1:29:22 Wearing a mask helps protect our most vulnerable from disease
1:29:26 and death.
1:29:27 One more is too many.
1:29:28 Thank you, Marie.
1:29:29 Thank you.
1:29:30 Erin?
1:29:34 I stand before you today as a former Brevard Public Schools
1:29:38 teacher, not only for myself,
1:29:40 but for all of my former colleagues, family members, and friends
1:29:43 who are currently in Brevard
1:29:45 Public Schools, and for those who plan to speak but are
1:29:47 currently quarantined because their
1:29:49 COVID-positive children were infected in your schools over the
1:29:52 last few weeks.
1:29:52 School board members, in Florida statute 1001.42, section 8,
1:29:57 letter A, it states that school
1:29:59 school board members, as school board members, you must, and I
1:30:02 quote, provide for proper attention
1:30:03 to health, safety, and matters relating to the welfare of
1:30:07 students.
1:30:08 Dr. Mullins, Florida statute 1001.49, section 2, details that
1:30:14 your duties include, and I quote,
1:30:16 advise and counsel with the district school board on all
1:30:18 educational matters and recommend to the
1:30:20 district school board for actions such as such matters that
1:30:24 should be acted upon.
1:30:25 Judge Cooper’s ruling on Friday states that DeSantis’ order
1:30:29 contradicts state law because
1:30:31 it is not reasonable to expose children to illness when there
1:30:34 are simple steps to take to make
1:30:36 them safer.
1:30:36 Thank you.
1:30:37 Thank you, Erin.
1:30:38 Jerry?
1:30:39 After Jerry, then Mariah, we have Brittany Henkin, Christy
1:30:44 Shelley, and then Stephanie Branham.
1:30:47 I’m Jerry Cooner, substitute teacher for Riviera Elementary.
1:30:53 At the beginning of this year, I lost a teacher and a friend.
1:30:58 One day after the teacher died, her mother passed away.
1:31:05 I wear a mask.
1:31:10 I wear a mask to protect you, to protect the student.
1:31:14 They do very little to protect me.
1:31:17 If you wear a mask, the students wear a mask.
1:31:23 They’re helping protect me and all the others around them.
1:31:27 Doctors, nurses, surgical teams.
1:31:34 They wear a mask to protect you from being affected when you’re
1:31:38 in surgery.
1:31:39 Imagine going to surgery and the doctors, nurses, and surgical
1:31:44 team exercise their right
1:31:47 of freedom not to wear a mask.
1:31:49 Thank you, Jerry.
1:31:50 Gloves.
1:31:51 Mariah?
1:31:54 Good morning.
1:32:01 As a first-time mom of an eight-month-old, it might seem odd
1:32:04 that I show up today because
1:32:06 my child is not currently affected by this decision.
1:32:09 I am here to speak on behalf of caring mothers and as a voice of
1:32:13 the future.
1:32:14 What we do now not only affects the children today, but those of
1:32:19 tomorrow.
1:32:20 In just eight months of being a mother, I’ve learned the
1:32:22 importance of creating a safe and
1:32:24 environment for my son.
1:32:25 I know my son’s everyday struggles and needs, and I strive to
1:32:29 keep him out of harm.
1:32:31 If policies are being put in place that take the right from
1:32:34 parents to make choices for
1:32:36 their children, ones that they believe are in their child’s best
1:32:39 interest, we as parents
1:32:41 have failed to create environments of security and safety.
1:32:44 In your efforts to mandate masking our children as a form of
1:32:49 protection, you as a school board
1:32:51 have created places of learning that teach an unconstitutional
1:32:55 lifestyle that disrespects
1:32:57 and violates our children’s rights.
1:32:59 Thank you, Mariah.
1:33:01 Brittany?
1:33:03 Brittany Hankins?
1:33:14 Here we are again, talking about whether you will require my
1:33:17 child to wear a cloth over
1:33:19 her mouth and nose for seven hours a day.
1:33:21 I’m here to tell you that you, nor anyone else in this room, has
1:33:24 a right to make that choice.
1:33:26 It’s my responsibility.
1:33:27 And the Parents’ Bill of Rights protects my medical decisions
1:33:31 for my child.
1:33:32 And to think these children are wearing them properly and
1:33:35 effectively is insane, let alone adults.
1:33:38 My five-year-old is learning how to read this year.
1:33:40 How does she do that in a mask?
1:33:42 She will not participate if she’s muzzled.
1:33:45 She will instead withdraw mentally and emotionally.
1:33:47 Right now, she loves school, and I don’t want to ever see her
1:33:51 lose that.
1:33:51 She attended pre-K this last year, maskless and without incident.
1:33:57 This year, we do numerous extracurriculars, and again, maskless
1:34:01 and without incident.
1:34:03 Could it be, dare I say, her natural immune system doing its job?
1:34:08 Keep masks optional in Brevard.
1:34:11 Thank you.
1:34:12 Christy?
1:34:13 After Christy, we have Stephanie Branham, followed by Grace
1:34:18 Keller, then Jessica Bellinger, and Austin Bowe.
1:34:22 I am against the mask mandate for our students.
1:34:26 I kept my children out of public school last year to avoid the
1:34:29 COVID chaos.
1:34:30 Because of the Parents’ Bill of Rights and the removal of the
1:34:33 mask mandate, I sent my children back to school this year.
1:34:37 If a mask mandate is put in place, I may again have to pull my
1:34:39 children.
1:34:40 As a former Brevard public school teacher, I have studied early
1:34:43 childhood development, and it is imperative that children see
1:34:47 faces of their peers and teachers for proper development.
1:34:50 Forcing our children to wear masks inhibits their ability to
1:34:53 develop proper social and emotional reasoning, both immediately
1:34:57 and long term.
1:34:59 This is not what is best for our students.
1:35:02 If you’ve actually walked into schools, you would find that most
1:35:04 students, teachers, and admin are not wearing masks, despite
1:35:07 having the right and the freedom to wear them.
1:35:09 If the majority of parents in our county wanted a mask mandate,
1:35:12 their children would already be wearing masks.
1:35:15 We must allow parents to choose what is best for their children.
1:35:19 Do not force a medical device on our children because you feel
1:35:23 uncomfortable.
1:35:24 Thank you.
1:35:25 Stephanie?
1:35:26 I just want to let you know we are political refugees from
1:35:34 California.
1:35:37 We fled the state to come to Florida to have freedom for
1:35:40 ourselves and our children.
1:35:42 Bullying our children into wearing masks is going against what
1:35:47 we teach them.
1:35:48 Why are we allowing adults who should be setting a good
1:35:52 leadership example for our children to bully them into wearing
1:35:56 these masks?
1:35:58 I invite you to come to my home, feed and clothe my children,
1:36:01 drive them to school, pick them up for their activities, since
1:36:05 you all want to parent for me.
1:36:07 No to forceful mask wearing.
1:36:09 Yes, to allowing parents to see what is fit for your children to
1:36:14 do.
1:36:14 No one should be telling us how we should parent.
1:36:17 It is our constitutional right.
1:36:18 Let’s not forget that.
1:36:20 And a little side note, my daughter was quarantined this week.
1:36:24 And guess what?
1:36:25 She’s not sick.
1:36:27 So maybe we should revisit the validity of these quarantine
1:36:30 numbers.
1:36:30 A little food for thought.
1:36:31 Thank you.
1:36:33 Grace Keller.
1:36:35 And board members, just FYI, it’s my plan after Austin Bell to
1:36:40 take a brief recess, okay?
1:36:43 My name is Grace.
1:36:49 I’m here to support optional masking.
1:36:51 The first few weeks of school should have showed you what the
1:36:55 will of the people you serve is.
1:36:57 With the vast, overwhelming majority not wearing masks.
1:37:01 That should tell you everything you need to know.
1:37:03 Please understand that no one forgot it’s a pandemic.
1:37:06 No one forgot about COVID.
1:37:09 No one forgot about the risks of being sick.
1:37:11 Yet children and teachers choose breathing air and smiling faces
1:37:16 over fear.
1:37:17 I hope you all understand that you cannot surprise children or
1:37:21 teachers of breathing air.
1:37:22 It’s a basic necessity.
1:37:24 You cannot impose medical tyranny through forced masking and
1:37:28 vaccination.
1:37:29 Let the children breathe and let them show their beautiful faces.
1:37:33 Thank you.
1:37:36 Jessica?
1:37:37 Roughly 385 of the 73 million children in the United States have
1:37:49 died from COVID.
1:37:52 This means that in the U.S. a child has a 0.00052% chance of
1:37:57 dying from COVID.
1:37:58 In Florida alone, the likelihood of a child dying is 0.001%.
1:38:03 The numbers are proof that children statistically are not in
1:38:06 need of protection by any overstep
1:38:08 of authority from their school board.
1:38:09 Mask mandates in school should be a non-issue.
1:38:12 My question is at what point does it end?
1:38:14 Mask mandates on our children are just the beginning of a much
1:38:16 larger overstep of power.
1:38:18 This nonsense needs to end now.
1:38:21 Mask mandates on kids are an abuse of power.
1:38:23 It’s out of sheer ignorance that one would ignore the science of
1:38:26 how COVID affects children
1:38:27 and still continue to entertain these baseless mask mandates in
1:38:30 school.
1:38:31 Mark my words, the government is waging a war against our
1:38:34 children, and this disgusting attempt
1:38:36 at overreach of power will absolutely not be tolerated by myself
1:38:39 or the parents here today.
1:38:41 Thank you.
1:38:43 Austin Bell?
1:38:44 Thank you.
1:38:51 Thank you for allowing me to speak.
1:38:53 Good morning.
1:38:53 I asked the fundamental question, do masks reduce transmission
1:38:57 in kids?
1:38:57 You’ve heard the data, and actually the data is very inconclusive
1:39:01 at best at this time.
1:39:02 We don’t even know.
1:39:05 In contrast, there are numerous studies highlighting the
1:39:07 developmental, emotional, and medical risks of masking children.
1:39:11 I respect the parents and the community members that feel
1:39:14 masking their children is the right decision for them,
1:39:16 because guess what?
1:39:17 They’re their children.
1:39:19 Every one of us here who made the choice to be here today has
1:39:22 done so for the same reason.
1:39:24 We love and we wish to protect our children.
1:39:26 Let us all come together on that fact.
1:39:29 But the focus comes back to the debate over a mandate.
1:39:32 That someone you know, that you, you know what’s best for my
1:39:35 children.
1:39:36 That one size fits all.
1:39:38 Anthony Fauci himself said, hopefully masks will temporarily be
1:39:42 temporary and don’t have any lasting negative consequences.
1:39:46 Maybe masks help, and hopefully there’s no long-term
1:39:49 consequences.
1:39:50 That’s not good enough.
1:39:51 Thank you, sir.
1:39:53 All right.
1:39:56 Board members, we’re going to go ahead and take about a 10-minute
1:39:59 recess, and then we will reconvene, okay?
1:40:01 Okay.
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1:55:20 Our next three speakers are going to be Elyse Strobel, Alyssa
1:55:24 Bobbitt, and Nada Waldrop.
1:55:26 Elyse?
1:55:45 Hi, my name is Elyse Strobel, and I’m here again to speak about
1:55:50 the mask issue.
1:55:51 We have already voted on this issue before school started, so
1:55:54 parents could have an answer.
1:55:56 Masks are unconstitutional, and everyone has the right to choose.
1:56:00 School deans can no longer evaluate classrooms and do their jobs
1:56:03 because they’re too busy having to deal with the ridiculous
1:56:06 quarantines.
1:56:07 Masks don’t protect anyone, and I have the right to breathe.
1:56:10 If you guys really cared about it, you guys would tour the
1:56:13 schools and see how it has affected us both mentally and
1:56:17 physically in so many ways.
1:56:18 What is a piece of cloth going to do when millions of particles
1:56:22 of the virus can fit through one hole?
1:56:24 I believe in my immune system and staying healthy naturally.
1:56:27 I take vitamins and get vitamin D from the sun.
1:56:30 I will continue to fight and not comply.
1:56:33 House Bill 241 is the law.
1:56:35 Thank you.
1:56:36 Thanks, Elyse.
1:56:37 Alyssa?
1:56:40 I’m Melissa Boavitt, and I’m here to speak again.
1:56:45 This is a flu.
1:56:47 Let me say that again.
1:56:48 This is a flu.
1:56:50 Why are we here again when we already voted for masks to be
1:56:53 optional?
1:56:54 This is unconstitutional for us to be wearing a piece of cloth
1:56:57 that doesn’t do anything to us.
1:56:59 When we were in school last year, wearing a mask, I was more
1:57:02 focused on breathing than learning.
1:57:04 There were kids passing out just from wearing one.
1:57:07 That is not healthy at all, and these people really think that
1:57:09 wearing a mask is healthy, but it’s not.
1:57:11 If people want to wear a mask, they can, but I choose not to.
1:57:14 So why can’t we just make this mask thing optional?
1:57:17 Stop bringing these meetings back when we already voted optional.
1:57:21 If they make the mask mandate where we have to wear a mask, I
1:57:24 will not be attending school and be doing FLVS because I cannot
1:57:28 breathe.
1:57:29 This is against the law.
1:57:30 Stop quarantining healthy students.
1:57:32 It is taking away our education.
1:57:33 Stop taking away our education.
1:57:34 Thank you.
1:57:35 Thanks, Alyssa.
1:57:36 Nada, and then after that, we have Barbara Schuelfeld, June Townsend,
1:57:43 and then Lisa Rojok.
1:57:46 Good morning.
1:57:47 I’m here today on behalf of all the parents who are struggling
1:57:50 with this ongoing debate.
1:57:51 Mask mandates have proven ineffective.
1:57:53 In Germany, my home country, they implemented a law that you
1:57:57 were only allowed to wear N95 masks nationwide.
1:58:00 Even then, it has proven ineffective.
1:58:02 But it’s obvious that we are not here to discuss true science.
1:58:05 So instead, if it comes down to a matter of standing up for the
1:58:09 truth and our liberties, to all of you parents, you are not
1:58:13 alone and you have our support.
1:58:15 We know that this is only the beginning and we have to make a
1:58:18 stand now.
1:58:19 My husband is a pastor of a local church and we are going to
1:58:22 open up our church facilities to accommodate any of your kids
1:58:25 that would like to study in a mask-free environment or offer
1:58:28 other support.
1:58:29 Parents, it’s time to unite and stand up for the truth.
1:58:32 Please consider the long-term repercussions of allowing your
1:58:35 kids to be forced to wear a mask all day.
1:58:38 People, it’s forced.
1:58:39 What are we teaching our children?
1:58:41 Thank you.
1:58:43 Barbara Schuelfeld.
1:58:45 I’m Lynn Schuelfeld, or Barbara.
1:58:54 I go by Lynn.
1:58:55 You all have heard so much.
1:58:57 It’s against the law what you’re trying to do.
1:59:00 Masks don’t work.
1:59:01 And that’s a fact.
1:59:03 All you have to do is look at the Israeli study and see when
1:59:07 they took masks off, COVID went down.
1:59:09 When they went up, it skyrocketed.
1:59:12 End of question.
1:59:14 But the bottom line is, what I’m here to say, it’s parents’
1:59:17 rights.
1:59:18 It’s parents’ rights that you’re taking away by doing this.
1:59:21 You are not in charge of the parents.
1:59:23 The parents are in charge of their children.
1:59:25 You’re not in charge of the children.
1:59:27 It is a matter of choice.
1:59:29 It’s my body.
1:59:30 It’s your body.
1:59:31 If you want to wear a mask and breathe in carbon dioxide at
1:59:34 extremely dangerous levels, your choice.
1:59:38 But it should be your choice.
1:59:40 It’s my choice to breathe freely.
1:59:43 Thank you.
1:59:46 June Townsend.
1:59:48 After June, we have Lisa, then Michelle McCarthy, and then
1:59:53 Alicia Smith.
1:59:54 Good morning.
1:59:57 My name is June Townsend.
1:59:58 I’m here to support all the parents who have the God-given right
2:00:01 and duty to direct their child’s education and their physical,
2:00:07 mental, and spiritual well-being.
2:00:09 I am encouraging the parents to withdraw your child from the
2:00:12 public school system and consider alternative schooling, such as
2:00:16 home education.
2:00:17 No one is better fit to raise your child as you are.
2:00:21 Send the school board a message that you are in control of your
2:00:25 child and that you have the power to reduce their funding.
2:00:28 Remind them that they are elected to serve you.
2:00:32 There’s an abundance of resources and support in our community
2:00:35 to help you home-educate.
2:00:37 All you need is to be willing.
2:00:40 The rewards far outweigh the work and struggles and sacrifices
2:00:45 you make.
2:00:46 You can never go wrong in investing in your child.
2:00:49 You will reap freedom and blessing.
2:00:51 Thank you.
2:00:53 Lisa?
2:00:54 Hello.
2:00:55 I’m Lisa Rojax and I’m here today to stand up for the rights of
2:01:03 American citizens.
2:01:04 A mask is a medical device and as such, it cannot be mandated
2:01:07 that an American citizen wear a medical device that has and has
2:01:13 variety of risks.
2:01:15 Risks like psychological, pneumonia, skin issues.
2:01:19 Anytime there is a risk to a device, medical procedure,
2:01:23 medication, there must be a choice.
2:01:26 So, if parents choose to have their child mask, it’s their
2:01:29 choice.
2:01:30 Although, personally, I believe it is child abuse.
2:01:33 The mask does not even begin to slow down the virus.
2:01:37 It doesn’t protect you or others.
2:01:40 Rather, it is a psychological tool for control.
2:01:45 It has such negative psychological consequences that a child
2:01:49 psychiatrist are seeing uptick of many children coming in for
2:01:54 psychological issues.
2:01:56 Look up Galatians chapter 5.
2:01:58 Thank you.
2:01:59 Michelle McCarthy.
2:02:02 After Michelle, we have Alicia Smith, Jennifer Thayer, and then
2:02:06 Dana Richardson.
2:02:07 Good morning.
2:02:10 Board, per the Florida Parents’ Bill of Rights that was passed
2:02:13 through the House and the Senate this spring and then signed
2:02:17 into law by Governor DeSantis, you have no authority to mandate
2:02:19 masks.
2:02:20 Parents, I have spent hours at meetings such as this battling
2:02:24 the system, but the system is accomplishing what it was created
2:02:27 to do.
2:02:28 Separate you from your children, gain authority over you, and
2:02:31 indoctrinate them.
2:02:33 I have seen the message, we do not co-parent with the government.
2:02:38 But even if you win this mask battle, you are co-parenting.
2:02:41 The masks are just the tip of the iceberg.
2:02:44 If you want true liberty for you and your children, homeschool
2:02:48 them.
2:02:48 Eleven years ago, we pulled our children out of school and two
2:02:51 have since graduated.
2:02:52 Last year, you experienced what I would call crisis schooling.
2:02:56 Spending eight hours a day in front of a computer with little to
2:03:00 no socialization is not homeschooling.
2:03:04 Homeschooling is easy in Florida, and myself and others are
2:03:06 happy to help you have the complete authority and freedom over
2:03:09 your families.
2:03:10 It’s worth the sacrifice.
2:03:11 Thank you.
2:03:12 Felicia Smith.
2:03:20 As a veteran who fought for the freedom of this country, I’m
2:03:22 here to continue to fight for freedom.
2:03:24 This time, for freedom for our children’s medical right.
2:03:27 As parents, God gave us the responsibility to take care of our
2:03:31 children and advocate for them.
2:03:32 I’m here today to be a voice for my children and every other
2:03:36 child who wants the right to breathe freely every day.
2:03:39 The right to their medical freedom, the right not to have a
2:03:42 device, preventing them from getting the oxygen they need for
2:03:45 their brains to think clearly.
2:03:46 The right to choose.
2:03:47 I ask you to consider our children’s future.
2:03:50 We have no idea the long-term effects of mask usage on their
2:03:54 physical and mental health.
2:03:56 Are we willing to take the risk of permanent damage to the
2:03:59 future of this country over a virus with virtually 100% survival
2:04:03 rate in children?
2:04:05 Parents, if this mask mandate is passed and you are not willing
2:04:07 to sacrifice your child’s future, you have a choice.
2:04:10 You can bring your child home and educate them in an environment
2:04:13 where they will breathe and think freely.
2:04:15 I am willing to provide resources and support to anyone who
2:04:18 chooses to make that decision.
2:04:19 Thank you.
2:04:21 Jennifer Thayer.
2:04:23 Good morning.
2:04:30 Thank you for granting another hearing from the community and
2:04:34 parents from whom you serve.
2:04:36 It is apparent that you as a board are struggling to stand by a
2:04:40 decision regarding a mask mandate for the children in the public
2:04:44 school.
2:04:45 That’s understandable.
2:04:46 Emotions are running high.
2:04:48 But this need not be such an emotional decision.
2:04:52 If you maintain your role for which you were elected, you can
2:04:56 take the emotions out of it.
2:04:58 You were not elected to be my children’s parent nor their health
2:05:02 care professional.
2:05:03 You should not and do not have the authority.
2:05:06 You don’t have the authority to force my child to wear a medical
2:05:10 device.
2:05:10 This board should be grateful you have a choice, something that
2:05:15 is not an option for many other school boards across the nation.
2:05:19 I come from such a state as did one of your other speakers.
2:05:22 You need to give us a choice.
2:05:24 You have a choice with your children and we need a choice as
2:05:27 well.
2:05:28 Thanks.
2:05:29 Dana Richardson.
2:05:31 After Dana, we have Kaylina O’Connor, Lexi Delaney, and then
2:05:34 Katie Delaney.
2:05:35 I have a third grader and kindergartner at Manatee Elementary.
2:05:41 My third grader had significant anxiety the first two weeks of
2:05:44 school, so much so that he missed two and a half days due to
2:05:47 anxiety-induced stomach aches.
2:05:50 He was injured last Thursday and went to urgent care for x-rays
2:05:53 where he wore a mask.
2:05:54 During the brief time we were there, he complained repeatedly
2:05:57 that he could not breathe.
2:05:58 Forcing my anxiety-prone six-year-old, or any child for that
2:06:02 matter, to wear a mask that inhibits proper breathing is cruel
2:06:07 and unacceptable.
2:06:09 We must consider the complete well-being of our children,
2:06:12 including social, emotional, and physical health.
2:06:15 A mandatory mask mandate not only violates parental bill of
2:06:19 rights, it also disregards the well-being of children who cannot
2:06:23 wear a mask for extended periods of time, such as my son.
2:06:27 Please consider the health and safety of all children, and keep
2:06:31 masks voluntary in schools.
2:06:33 Remember that a truly healthy society is one that empowers
2:06:36 individuals with freedom and choice.
2:06:39 Thank you.
2:06:40 Kaylina O’Connor?
2:06:42 Hello, my name is Kaylina.
2:06:49 I am the mother of three children attending elementary school
2:06:52 here in Brevard County.
2:06:53 Today, I am here to oppose the mandating of masks in schools and
2:06:56 to share an incident that occurred last year under a mask
2:06:59 mandate.
2:07:00 This past April, I dropped my daughter, who is nine, off in the
2:07:03 car loop.
2:07:04 A teacher who was at the school’s front gate yelled at her for
2:07:07 not having a mask.
2:07:08 She respectfully told him she was going to the office to get one.
2:07:12 He then proceeded to follow her into the office and then
2:07:14 followed her closely to the cafeteria, where he sat down next to
2:07:18 her, stared at her.
2:07:19 When another teacher who witnessed this intervened, he left the
2:07:22 cafeteria, where he waited outside for my daughter to leave, and
2:07:25 then followed her to her classroom, rummaged through her desk,
2:07:27 and yelled at her in front of her class to the part where she
2:07:30 was in tears.
2:07:30 He is still employed as an activity teacher.
2:07:33 Apparently, bullying, harassment, and intimidation of students
2:07:36 is not taken seriously by Brevard County Schools.
2:07:38 My daughter has suffered emotionally and mentally because of her
2:07:41 horrific behavior over a mask.
2:07:44 I hope you guys keep it optional.
2:07:46 Lexi Delaney, and then after Lexi, we have Katie Delaney, Susan
2:07:53 Richards, and then Ryan Hinton, and Michael.
2:07:57 Lexi.
2:07:59 I learned that if I want things to change, I need to go to and
2:08:03 speak up at civic meetings, which brings me to my point that
2:08:07 masks do not slow the spread of COVID.
2:08:10 Masks are distracting and are hard to breathe in.
2:08:13 I will not wear a mask in school.
2:08:15 You are abusing your power.
2:08:16 Masks are full of germs and bacteria.
2:08:19 When people touch their masks or set their masks down, the germs
2:08:22 spread.
2:08:22 Last year, I got bullied from teachers and students because I
2:08:26 could not breathe and I could not focus.
2:08:29 So not only could I not breathe, but I also had to deal with
2:08:31 being a target for bullies.
2:08:33 This is not your right to impose this mandate.
2:08:36 Medical decisions are up to my parents.
2:08:38 Again, I will not wear a mask at school.
2:08:40 You are abusing your power.
2:08:41 Thanks, Lexi.
2:08:43 Katie?
2:08:45 That was my awesome daughter, by the way.
2:08:50 I will not mask my children.
2:08:53 If you vote to impose a mask mandate, you are violating the law.
2:08:58 HB 241.
2:09:01 I know you all know it by now.
2:09:04 That states parents are in charge of their minor children’s
2:09:07 medical decisions.
2:09:09 Not you all.
2:09:10 I sent all of you data from Stephen Petty.
2:09:13 He is not a doctor.
2:09:15 He is a mask expert who trains doctors.
2:09:19 He said he is one of the leading mask experts in our country.
2:09:26 And he said that masks, even N95 masks, do not stop the spread
2:09:31 of COVID.
2:09:32 This is a mask expert.
2:09:34 The person who is training doctors.
2:09:37 I will not comply.
2:09:40 My children will not go to school with a mask on.
2:09:43 Thank you.
2:09:45 Susan Richards.
2:09:52 My name is Susan Richards.
2:09:53 I have a daughter at Vieira High School.
2:09:55 And I just wanted to talk about masks, like everybody else.
2:09:59 I went to a store recently and took pictures of the mask
2:10:03 packages.
2:10:04 The little paper ones that a lot of the kids wear to school so
2:10:07 they can breathe a little better.
2:10:08 Listen to this.
2:10:10 Made in China.
2:10:11 Warning.
2:10:12 Cancer and reproductive harm.
2:10:14 Next one.
2:10:17 This is not a medical-grade mask and is not intended as a
2:10:20 replacement for medical-grade personal protective equipment or
2:10:24 other recommendations to stop the spread of COVID.
2:10:29 A little-known study that was buried, I emailed it before the
2:10:35 last vote, from the CDC, September 20th, 2020, sorry.
2:10:42 Anyway, they did a survey of COVID patients.
2:10:46 You want to know what happened?
2:10:48 70.6% of those people said they always wore a mask.
2:10:54 Ryan.
2:10:56 Thank you, Chairman.
2:11:02 I’m a Florida native that spent the first 21 years of my life in
2:11:05 the Sunshine State,
2:11:06 and then spent another 21 years as an active-duty Army officer
2:11:09 protecting my fellow American civil liberties.
2:11:12 I understand what it means to fight for what you believe in.
2:11:14 That’s why I’m here today.
2:11:16 I oppose the mask mandate.
2:11:18 My wife and I chose to raise our three kids in the Brevard
2:11:21 County, Brevard Public Schools in District 3.
2:11:23 I love our state and community because it is one of the few
2:11:26 locations that allow for personal freedoms to raise my family as
2:11:29 we see fit.
2:11:30 Masks don’t work.
2:11:32 Quarantine protocols do more harm than good.
2:11:35 And children are suffering from the distractions of the COVID-related
2:11:38 activities.
2:11:39 The CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics data currently states
2:11:43 the mortality rate is somewhere near 0.0001 and 0.03%.
2:11:49 That’s not even the top 10.
2:11:50 What are we afraid of?
2:11:52 I support a parent’s right to manage their kids’ education and
2:11:55 the environment in which it is provided.
2:11:58 Please do not New York or California, my Florida.
2:12:01 Michael Stone.
2:12:05 And after Michael, we have Crystal Lukens, Julia Anton, Aaron
2:12:09 Davison.
2:12:13 Hello, my name is Michael Stone.
2:12:14 I’m a Mimite and it’s hard to follow and act like that.
2:12:17 But I’d like to know who was the swing vote to call this meeting
2:12:23 today.
2:12:24 It was three.
2:12:25 It’s been three to two.
2:12:26 I know you won’t answer.
2:12:28 Who was sitting with the Secretary of Agricultural Freed, right?
2:12:33 Is that her name?
2:12:34 I’m all burnt out over this stuff.
2:12:38 Governor DeSantis, who happens to be running against Governor DeSantis,
2:12:42 who summarily jumped up and texted out to the members of the
2:12:47 school board here, as recounted in a newspaper article.
2:12:52 So, what I’d like to ask is, if you, as a school board today,
2:12:57 pass the mask mandate and override the will of the people, will
2:13:03 you be as quick to call another meeting when this judge’s
2:13:08 judgment is overturned on appeal?
2:13:11 Will you call us back for another?
2:13:13 Is this going to go on and on?
2:13:15 Thanks, Michael.
2:13:15 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
2:13:17 Crystal Lukens.
2:13:25 Hi.
2:13:26 My name is Crystal Lukens.
2:13:29 Hello?
2:13:31 Okay.
2:13:32 Hi.
2:13:32 I’m Crystal Lukens.
2:13:34 It’s okay.
2:13:37 I don’t have a whole lot to say, other than there’s one thing
2:13:41 that is very apparent when I hear most of the people with masks
2:13:44 speaking, and it’s the amount of fear that drives them.
2:13:48 And I want you all to understand something, that your fear does
2:13:52 not trump my rights.
2:13:54 And as a parent, it is my job, my job, to protect my student, to
2:13:59 seek medical care when he needs it, not yours or anybody else’s.
2:14:05 He will not wear a mask ever again to school.
2:14:08 He will be pulled from your school district if you mandate a
2:14:12 mask.
2:14:13 We are tired, we are fed up, and we are not taking it anymore.
2:14:17 Our voices will be heard.
2:14:18 The silent majority is done being silent.
2:14:21 You guys will lose your jobs if you don’t listen to us.
2:14:25 Thank you.
2:14:28 Audience members, I’m going to say it one more time.
2:14:32 As I’m calling people’s names, they can’t hear me because of the
2:14:36 noise that you’re making.
2:14:38 So if you would like to remain in the boardroom, please stop so
2:14:41 we can get through the speakers and get to the business of the
2:14:44 day.
2:14:44 Okay?
2:14:45 Julia.
2:14:47 Anton.
2:14:47 After Julia, we have Aaron Davison, Michelle Martin, and then
2:14:51 Greg Ate.
2:14:52 Julia.
2:14:53 My, my, my, my, me, me, me, me, me.
2:14:57 It’s all about me, me, me, me.
2:14:59 When a parent is deciding what’s best for his child, that parent
2:15:03 doesn’t get to decide to put the child behind the wheel of a
2:15:06 Mack truck,
2:15:07 put the gas down on full bore, and send that Mack truck barreling
2:15:11 down the highway to kill people.
2:15:13 When a parent is deciding what’s best for his child…
2:15:16 Ma’am, if you could make sure you’re talking into the mic for me,
2:15:19 okay?
2:15:19 I’m sorry?
2:15:20 Make sure you’re talking into the mic and directed toward us.
2:15:22 Decisions for his kids, he doesn’t get to decide to build a weenie
2:15:25 roast in front of the gas pumps at the local Chevron station.
2:15:29 There are limits in the decisions, what you can decide, and whom
2:15:33 you can hurt.
2:15:34 Ma’am, keep it focused this way.
2:15:36 Your decisions that affect other people are not limitless.
2:15:40 School board, it’s your job to provide a safe workplace that
2:15:44 meets OSHA standards.
2:15:45 School board, it’s your job to provide safe schools.
2:15:49 School board, it is your job to not be intimidated by loud chants,
2:15:54 mean threats.
2:15:56 Thank you.
2:15:56 We appreciate you joining us today.
2:15:58 Erin Davison.
2:15:59 Erin Davison from District 3.
2:16:04 During the discussion last week, you kindly read us the DOH’s
2:16:07 Emergency Rule 64 DER 21-12.
2:16:10 You stated you were bound by this policy.
2:16:12 Section 1D reads, students may wear a mask or facial coverings.
2:16:17 However, the school must allow for a parent or legal guardian of
2:16:21 the student to opt out.
2:16:22 The DOH rule has not changed since our last meeting.
2:16:25 Your proposed masking policy is not in compliance with the DOH
2:16:30 or DOE, as you do not allow for parental opt-out.
2:16:32 I trust you will continue to abide by the emergency rulings.
2:16:36 You also made it abundantly clear that our school administrators
2:16:39 are overwhelmed with quarantining and can’t do their jobs.
2:16:43 Why would you add masking, fleecing face masks to their job?
2:16:47 You can’t make up a new policy based off of a judge’s ruling
2:16:51 that is not in effect.
2:16:52 He hasn’t even signed the order.
2:16:55 Remember, your standards have not changed since your initial
2:16:58 decision.
2:16:59 Keep masks optional.
2:17:00 Thank you.
2:17:01 Michelle Martin.
2:17:03 After Michelle, we have Greg H., Todd Adams, and then Christina
2:17:06 Foreman.
2:17:07 Michelle?
2:17:08 Good morning.
2:17:10 I’m from District 3 and against a mask mandate.
2:17:13 Voting for a mask mandate will no doubt be illegal, as at the
2:17:16 time of this writing,
2:17:18 no formal written ruling had been signed by the judge.
2:17:21 However, Governor DeSantis just announced a few moments ago that
2:17:24 he is appealing and it has a good chance of being overturned.
2:17:28 I implore you to vote no to a mask mandate.
2:17:31 Our children have been through enough environmental-induced
2:17:34 trauma,
2:17:34 and we certainly don’t need to further that with back-and-forth
2:17:38 inconsistent policies sending mixed messages to our children.
2:17:42 Additionally, if a mask mandate is instituted, you’re required
2:17:46 in accordance with DOH 64 DER 21-12
2:17:50 to provide parents with a non-medical opt-out.
2:17:54 You expect our children to follow policies, rules, and laws,
2:17:58 yet here you are trying to mandate one that is illegal.
2:18:01 Thank you.
2:18:03 Greg H.?
2:18:05 You guys know we’re the grown-ups, right?
2:18:12 What kind of example are we setting with impassioned,
2:18:15 emotionally unstable political rants in hopes of getting three
2:18:18 minutes of viral fame on TikTok?
2:18:20 You think my decision to send my child to school without
2:18:22 covering his face holes based on statistical analysis,
2:18:25 two years’ worth of data regarding biological responses, pulmonary
2:18:28 damage caused by masks,
2:18:30 or the permanent neurological damage caused by inciting fear in
2:18:33 kids will suddenly change because some mentally ill woman yelled
2:18:36 at a child outside this meeting this morning saying her mother
2:18:39 doesn’t love her because she doesn’t force her to wear a mask?
2:18:41 No.
2:18:42 I’m a rational grown man who won’t acquiesce to the political
2:18:45 rantings of a small but very loud minority of wokesters who use
2:18:48 the word science a lot but apply none in their over-emotional
2:18:51 tirades.
2:18:52 Let’s be adults and teach children to be reasonable, critical
2:18:55 thinkers.
2:18:55 If we care about our kids, let’s start with the cafeteria and
2:18:58 the gym rather than covering their airways.
2:18:59 Obesity is the single greatest factor determining the severity
2:19:02 of all illnesses.
2:19:03 Let’s get back to why we’re here, educating our kids.
2:19:06 I love our teachers and don’t want to pull my child out of
2:19:08 school, but I won’t comply with a mask mandate.
2:19:10 Thank you.
2:19:11 Thanks, Greg.
2:19:12 Todd Adams.
2:19:14 After Todd, we have Christina Foreman, Dominique Nichols, and
2:19:18 Laura Jean Daly.
2:19:19 Todd?
2:19:21 Yes, I’m Todd Adams.
2:19:22 I’m a proud husband and father of two kids in the elementary
2:19:26 school, Air Force veteran, Christian, business owner in here.
2:19:31 I was forced to shut down for no reason whatsoever.
2:19:35 Now I’m forcing my kids to wear a mask.
2:19:37 This is ridiculous.
2:19:38 You know, I’m obviously standing against this.
2:19:41 It’s a political mask mandate.
2:19:43 I would like to know, are you getting a paycheck to vote the way
2:19:45 you do?
2:19:46 Let’s look into that.
2:19:47 For any of you BPS reps who are in support of this mask,
2:19:51 does your underwear stop flagellants?
2:19:54 This isn’t to be funny.
2:19:55 It’s the same as this mask not stopping the COVID virus.
2:19:58 On March 8th of this year, the CDC reported that mask mandates
2:20:05 contribute to less than 2% decrease in COVID cases growth after
2:20:10 100 days.
2:20:12 Concerned independent parents in Florida sent their masks to the
2:20:15 University of Florida’s lab.
2:20:16 There was 21 different pathogenic bacteria on that mask,
2:20:20 including strep throat.
2:20:22 Thank you.
2:20:23 We appreciate you joining us this morning.
2:20:25 Christina Foreman.
2:20:32 Going once.
2:20:35 Going twice.
2:20:37 All right.
2:20:38 Dominique Nichols.
2:20:42 I have two daughters.
2:20:45 I have an 8th grader and a 5th grader.
2:20:47 Hold on one second.
2:20:48 Go ahead.
2:20:51 Thank you.
2:20:52 I have two daughters, an 8th grade and a 5th grader.
2:20:55 Last year, they wore their masks.
2:20:56 They complied.
2:20:57 They did everything they could.
2:20:59 My 5th grader was in 4th grade.
2:21:01 She had sores break out around her mouth.
2:21:05 She, right under her nose, it was very painful and it made her
2:21:08 very embarrassed and upset.
2:21:10 There’s no need for it.
2:21:11 They both wear glasses.
2:21:13 Their glasses would fog up during the day.
2:21:15 They can’t see.
2:21:16 For what?
2:21:18 They’re pissed.
2:21:21 They’re very angry that they’re going through all of this and
2:21:24 there’s not a reason.
2:21:26 The science changes or people say the science changes every day
2:21:29 and here they are.
2:21:30 They can’t see the board.
2:21:31 They can’t participate.
2:21:32 They have to scream in order to hear their voice, to be heard
2:21:36 and they’ve had enough.
2:21:37 They’ve asked to be pulled out of school and go to a private
2:21:41 school or be homeschooled because
2:21:44 they can’t do it anymore.
2:21:45 They want to be there with the school but they can’t.
2:21:48 Thank you.
2:21:51 All right, next we have Laura Jean Daly.
2:21:53 After that, we have Matthew Dolly, Ashton Gialzinis, and then
2:21:57 Julie O’Neill.
2:21:58 Laura Jean.
2:21:59 Hi.
2:22:01 My name is Laura Jean Daly and my kids go to Surfside Elementary
2:22:04 School and I’m here to
2:22:06 advocate against the mask mandate.
2:22:07 According to the New York Magazine, the decision to mask
2:22:11 students carries with it potential academic
2:22:13 and social harms for children and may lack clear benefits.
2:22:16 According to Lloyd Fisher, who is the president of the
2:22:19 Massachusetts Chapter of American
2:22:21 Academy of Pediatrics, he said, it is important for children to
2:22:25 see facial expressions of their
2:22:27 peers and the adults around them in order to learn social cues
2:22:30 and understand how to read
2:22:31 emotions.
2:22:32 There was a study done by 11 doctors, 3,000 masked and 3,000 unmasked.
2:22:37 The difference of the infection rate was 0.03%.
2:22:41 We all know that the cloth masks that kids wear to schools do
2:22:44 not work.
2:22:45 Possibly the N95 masks work, but kids are not going to wear
2:22:48 those.
2:22:49 Finally, the school board is not responsible for personal health
2:22:53 care decisions.
2:22:54 It is our job.
2:22:55 It is our right, not yours.
2:22:57 So please stop.
2:22:58 Thank you.
2:22:59 Matthew Daly.
2:23:00 A couple things I need to say.
2:23:12 I have not seen on the news a refrigerator truck full of
2:23:15 deceased pediatrics in Central Florida
2:23:18 anywhere.
2:23:19 And then also, you know, if anybody who worked in a hospital pre-COVID
2:23:24 knows intensive care
2:23:26 units have always been at max capacity.
2:23:28 Hospitals get compensated when their ICUs are full.
2:23:32 So stop clovering us with that, please.
2:23:34 And you know what?
2:23:35 I’m not even going to argue anymore about pro or con or whatever.
2:23:38 This comes down to a basic fact, and the fact is nobody has the
2:23:43 right to mandate a medical
2:23:44 device on myself or my family because you have to have what we
2:23:48 call consent.
2:23:49 Every person in here is medically trained, knows you cannot
2:23:52 touch a patient unless they
2:23:53 give you consent.
2:23:55 All right?
2:23:56 My family is not consenting to a mask mandate.
2:23:59 You can mandate all you want.
2:24:01 We’re not wearing it.
2:24:02 Good luck.
2:24:04 Thank you.
2:24:05 Ashton.
2:24:07 And then after Ashton, we have Julie O’Neill, Joel Toole, and
2:24:12 then Carly Smith.
2:24:13 Hi.
2:24:16 My name is Ashton Galzenis, and I’ve spoken many times at these
2:24:20 meetings.
2:24:21 It’s nice that many parents here have the privilege to pull
2:24:24 their kids from BPS because things are
2:24:26 not going their way.
2:24:27 But that’s not a reality for many families in our district.
2:24:30 Refusing to mandate masks, putting children whose parents work
2:24:33 full-time and don’t have
2:24:35 any other option or position to send their kids to school with
2:24:38 the simplest protection.
2:24:40 My kids six and nine wear masks properly because we’ve talked
2:24:43 about the reasons we wear them.
2:24:45 We wear them to protect my mother, who teaches kindergarten in BPS
2:24:49 with colon cancer, through
2:24:51 their cousin who’s in BPS with a compromised immune system, and
2:24:54 for other family and friends
2:24:56 who cannot be vaccinated.
2:24:58 Religious and political views do not belong here.
2:25:01 This is about our community and our kids, that our kids leave
2:25:07 and go into daily.
2:25:09 Look at the dashboard.
2:25:10 Look at your staff shortages.
2:25:12 Realize that you don’t have the capacity to keep going the way
2:25:15 that you’re going.
2:25:16 Thank you.
2:25:17 Julie O’Neill.
2:25:20 You know what?
2:25:21 Let’s get rid of this woman here.
2:25:22 Who is it that’s making noise on that side?
2:25:26 I’m a parent at Melbourne High School.
2:25:34 I am here to ask you to vote yes for a mask mandate with a
2:25:37 medical opt-out only.
2:25:38 Our children, teachers, and community need you to step up.
2:25:41 Stop pretending that our students and staff being sick is none
2:25:44 of your concern.
2:25:45 It is your job to provide a safe learning and working
2:25:47 environment for students and staff.
2:25:49 There are two petitions circulating right now.
2:25:52 The one in favor of mask mandates has over 4,200 signatures.
2:25:55 The one in opposition has just over 1,900 signatures.
2:25:58 The numbers speak for themselves.
2:26:00 More parents want mask mandates.
2:26:02 According to the COVID dashboard, we have over 3,000 positive
2:26:06 cases this year in less than a month of school.
2:26:08 In the most recent three-day period reported, there were 784
2:26:12 positive cases.
2:26:13 Compared to last year at this time, there were 30 cases
2:26:16 throughout all the schools.
2:26:17 The numbers speak for themselves.
2:26:19 Do your job, protect our students and staff, and mandate masks.
2:26:22 I do have a copy of the petition.
2:26:24 Where can I give this to?
2:26:26 You can give it to the…
2:26:28 Just leave it there on the table and we’ll get it.
2:26:30 Did we locate the phone that was making noise?
2:26:37 Has that been resolved?
2:26:42 I come in support of universal mask wearing as a parent and as a
2:26:50 pastor of students at Sable Elementary, University Park
2:26:55 Elementary, Central, Hoover, and Stone Middle Schools, Melbourne
2:26:59 High School, Palm Bay Magnet High School, Meadow Lane, Edgewood,
2:27:03 and Idialana.
2:27:03 I also support parents who choose to pull their kids out of BPS
2:27:08 due to universal mask wearing.
2:27:10 That’s a great use of their parental rights, and I will
2:27:13 certainly help reduce the spread of COVID.
2:27:16 I caution non-experts who misuse science as a pastor.
2:27:20 I also caution people who misuse scriptures.
2:27:25 Someone used the scripture from 2 Timothy 1.7.
2:27:29 And for God did not give us a spirit of fear, timidity, or
2:27:32 cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
2:27:37 While humans tend to be motivated by fear today, I sincerely
2:27:41 pray for each one of you, and I urge you to use your power to
2:27:44 govern by love for those who are most vulnerable in our
2:27:46 community.
2:27:47 Thanks, Joel.
2:27:48 Carly Smith.
2:27:50 And then after Carly Smith, we have Gerard Graff, Carrie Hart,
2:27:54 and Emily Lankersdorfer.
2:27:59 I have two children at Surfside Elementary, and I just want to—we
2:28:15 were here 20 days ago talking about this exact same thing, and
2:28:19 really nothing has changed.
2:28:21 The DOH hasn’t changed.
2:28:22 The Department of Education hasn’t changed.
2:28:24 There’s a judge ruling that hasn’t been signed into law.
2:28:28 I know that that’s been said, but the—I believe it was used by
2:28:31 one of you—the seesaw that’s going on with our children’s
2:28:34 emotions is unacceptable.
2:28:36 And as a mother who—God gave me these two little boys to
2:28:39 protect their hearts and their minds, and this is confusing for
2:28:42 them to go back and forth.
2:28:44 So I’m just advocating that you guys would please just take a
2:28:47 beat, and let’s see where this ends up, because children are not
2:28:50 dying.
2:28:51 I don’t use words like, “So, so many people are sick,” and “So,
2:28:55 so many this.”
2:28:56 You know, there’s facts that have been stated here by our side,
2:28:58 and they’re legitimate facts, and our children are not wanting
2:29:02 to wear these masks.
2:29:03 If you’re in the schools, you’ll see that.
2:29:04 That’s all.
2:29:05 Thank you.
2:29:07 Gerard Graff?
2:29:10 Gerard Graff: How’s everyone doing today?
2:29:16 I’m just a father of four young, under-five-year-old kids,
2:29:22 picked up my family, moved from New Jersey to Florida in July,
2:29:26 moved to Merritt Island, thought it was a great district, did a
2:29:31 lot of research on Brevard Public Schools, and we’re very
2:29:35 excited about being here.
2:29:36 Gerard Graff: Some of the observations from New Jersey was that
2:29:40 when my daughter went to school, she had a wet mask all the time,
2:29:44 her speech was very delayed, and now we’ve noticed in the last
2:29:48 two weeks, by seeing the mouth and the movements, seeing that
2:29:52 the speech has cleared up.
2:29:53 Gerard Graff: I don’t envy your position, it’s a tough job that
2:29:57 you guys have today, no question, but I do envy your power in
2:30:01 making this decision.
2:30:03 Five people decide the fate of 73,524 students, why not let
2:30:08 those students and families make their decisions that they deem
2:30:12 appropriate?
2:30:14 Gerard Graff: I hope you guys allow everyone to make a choice.
2:30:17 Gerard Graff: Thank you.
2:30:18 Gerard Graff: Terry?
2:30:23 Terry Hart: Hi, thank you, my name is Terry Hart, boy, being the
2:30:28 92nd speaker, or 96th speaker, pretty much everything has been
2:30:33 said already, so I’m not going to go into statistics or
2:30:37 arguments, because everything’s been said.
2:30:41 Gerard Graff: And then we kind of know where you guys stand, two
2:30:45 of you are for it, two of you are against it, one’s teetered, so
2:30:50 to the one who is kind of going back and forth, I will just
2:30:54 plead with you, the governor can’t threaten you anymore, he’s
2:31:01 shut down, please don’t, you know, so put that aside.
2:31:06 Gerard Graff: Please keep our kids safe, keep our community safe,
2:31:11 we don’t want our kids in quarantine, quarantines will go way
2:31:16 down once masks are on, because the virus will stop spreading,
2:31:23 please, please, please, thank you, thank you, Emily, and then
2:31:29 after Emily we have Dakota Farr, Jennifer Linderman, and Mary
2:31:33 Hilberg.
2:31:36 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Hello, so I, like a lot of parents, don’t
2:31:40 start off child-rearing knowing everything, and so when I found
2:31:44 out I was pregnant with my little daughter, I immediately began
2:31:47 reading a lot of psychology books and child-rearing books, and
2:31:51 ones that stood out to me the most was positive discipline books,
2:31:54 I really loved them, and when restrictions started coming on
2:31:59 with the masks, you know, we masked up, we wanted to do the
2:32:01 right thing and protect others, and then it just sort of
2:32:03 continued on, and there was no end in sight,
2:32:06 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: And then I started wondering at the
2:32:08 psychological effects on my child, and each time I go and refer
2:32:11 back to these books, I can’t help but think how wrong it is to
2:32:14 force kids to wear a mask for several hours a day, we’re losing
2:32:17 far more lessons on how they should interact socially, the
2:32:21 smiles, the laughs, how to see their teacher react when a hard
2:32:25 situation comes up, how to stay calm, what we’re doing here, how
2:32:28 we interact in a civil society, even when we disagree, so please
2:32:31 choose to keep masks optional.
2:32:33 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Good afternoon, my name is Dakota and I
2:32:45 have a second grader in this district, we moved from Georgia
2:32:51 after researching the best schools in Florida and Brevard was
2:32:54 one of them, well now, me and my husband have agreed to remove
2:32:59 our daughter from this district that we chose, because you have
2:33:03 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: continued down this path, we addressed
2:33:06 this issue once, many times, and the people spoke, and you didn’t
2:33:10 listen, or else we wouldn’t be here today.
2:33:12 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: I think you all need to be removed, and
2:33:15 new members need to be in your seat, you have failed the
2:33:18 constituents and defied our governor, and if you haven’t seen
2:33:21 what’s going on in France, Australia, Germany, look into it,
2:33:24 because you guys are putting us on a slippery slope to communism,
2:33:28 and we won’t allow it.
2:33:29 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: We won’t allow you to abuse our kids, we
2:33:32 won’t cover their faces, and you guys should be ashamed of
2:33:34 yourselves for not listening to your constituents, look at these
2:33:37 people, they’ve spoken more than once.
2:33:38 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Now it’s time to listen to us, or get up
2:33:41 and let somebody sit down who will. Thank you.
2:33:42 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Thank you. All right, Jennifer Linderman.
2:33:47 After Jennifer, we have Mary Hilberg, Gina Lindhorst, Heather
2:33:52 Schmidt, and Jessica Lopcina.
2:33:54 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Okay, you can be back here.
2:33:59 Dr. Jennifer Linderman: Next, we have Jennifer Linderman,
2:34:03 followed by Mary Hilberg, Gina Lindhorst, Heather Schmidt, and
2:34:06 then Jessica Lopcina.
2:34:07 Jennifer.
2:34:09 Jennifer Linderman: I am a proud parent of a five-year-old
2:34:13 kindergartner at Audubon Elementary on Merritt Island. I’m
2:34:16 representing him today, but I’m also representing a teacher, a
2:34:19 high school teacher here in Brevard County, who is working with
2:34:23 her students and couldn’t be here today.
2:34:24 Jennifer Linderman: She says, “Good morning. I’m a high school
2:34:26 teacher who is asking you to stay away from a mandatory mask
2:34:28 mandate for our children. I do understand how real COVID is. I
2:34:32 do understand how important it is to keep everyone safe.
2:34:35 Jennifer Linderman: But it is also very important to let the
2:34:38 families decide if wearing a mask is best for their children.
2:34:40 Mental health is just as important as physical health.
2:34:43 Jennifer Linderman: And for many, being forced to wear a mask
2:34:46 does serious mental damage. Not only did my own son suffer
2:34:48 greatly from being forced to wear a mask, but so did my own
2:34:51 students.
2:34:52 Jennifer Linderman: Anxiety and depression were very common.
2:34:54 Many students’ grades also dropped because of the anxiousness
2:34:57 about going to school and having to keep the mask on.
2:34:59 Jennifer Linderman: One of my own sons was even threatened with
2:35:02 detentions for not wearing his mask when he was just taking a
2:35:04 sip of water.
2:35:05 Jennifer Linderman: And he was even told if he needed a mask
2:35:07 break, he could take it to the bathroom.
2:35:08 Jennifer Linderman: I saw firsthand how much high schoolers did
2:35:11 not wear their mask properly.
2:35:12 Jennifer Linderman: Thanks, Jennifer.
2:35:14 Jennifer Linderman: Mary Hilberg.
2:35:16 Mary Hilberg: Good afternoon. I’m Mary Hilberg. I’m a 30-year
2:35:27 critical care nurse.
2:35:28 Mary Hilberg. I’m also a Brevard native and I’ve lived here all
2:35:32 my life.
2:35:33 Mary Hilberg. Public health and public safety are inter-connected.
2:35:38 Mary Hilberg. You can’t really separate them.
2:35:40 Mary Hilberg. Your responsibility is to do both in our public
2:35:43 school systems.
2:35:44 Mary Hilberg. We appreciate all the hard work you’ve done.
2:35:47 Mary Hilberg. But in this instance, masks are best option that
2:35:52 you would have.
2:35:53 Mary Hilberg. And the data that has been presented to you is not
2:36:00 all of it is correct, I could say.
2:36:02 Mary Hilberg. So please follow the mask mandates and allow
2:36:07 parents to opt out with the doctor’s excuse.
2:36:10 Mary Hilberg. That would be fair. Thank you.
2:36:12 Mary Hilberg. Thanks, Mary.
2:36:14 Mary Hilberg. Dana?
2:36:15 Mary Hilberg. Good morning.
2:36:25 Mary Hilberg. I am very concerned about our community.
2:36:27 the public health and public education are simply interdependent.
2:36:33 physical safety in schools includes being safely and reasonably
2:36:37 protected from a known highly contagious disease.
2:36:42 the virus doesn’t care if you’re stupid or smart or ugly or
2:36:45 pretty or loud or soft-spoken.
2:36:47 It doesn’t care about desktops or counters.
2:36:50 It wants to get from one nose into another nose.
2:36:54 That’s what it does.
2:36:56 Since it is not currently possible for advanced ventilation
2:37:00 systems immediately and physical.
2:37:03 the patients do not allow distancing, there is an obvious and a
2:37:05 cost-effective mitigation strategy available.
2:37:08 A simple proper mask over the nose and mouth for each person in
2:37:10 the buildings where children are present
2:37:12 would protect our children as much as possible.
2:37:15 All children need to be safe in every way while being educated
2:37:19 in our public schools.
2:37:20 Our area’s current situation remains unstable and worse now than
2:37:24 last school year.
2:37:25 We are in an extremely high danger of infection.
2:37:28 Thank you.
2:37:30 Heather Schmidt.
2:37:37 Hi, I’m here because we need masks in schools.
2:37:41 A little bit of common sense in a majority of public health
2:37:44 officials across our world right now
2:37:46 are telling us that masks do work, including the most recent UCF.
2:37:50 study that just came out. We can’t have liberty and choices and
2:37:54 freedom if we’re in the hospitals
2:37:55 trying to fight this because we’re not willing to do the basics
2:37:58 here to look out for one another.
2:37:59 I’m an essential worker. I’ve been wearing a mask from day one,
2:38:02 showing up with doctors who do the
2:38:04 same because they do protect us. I’m also a licensed mental
2:38:07 health provider and I can stand
2:38:09 here assuring you that any symptoms of anxiety and depression
2:38:12 that are being reported specifically
2:38:14 due to masks is learned behavior. It’s taught in the home. My
2:38:18 second grader proudly every single day
2:38:21 goes to CPARK and wears his mask because that’s what his parents
2:38:25 tell him, that we follow science
2:38:27 and experts in our home. And I’m standing here asking you to do
2:38:30 the same because my son doesn’t
2:38:32 mind it. And clearly the guidelines aren’t working right now. We
2:38:35 need rules. It’s time to mandate masks.
2:38:37 Let’s do the right thing. Thank you.
2:38:42 All right. Jessica Lopatina and then we have Lori Williams,
2:38:46 Scott Sievel, and Casey Taxa.
2:38:49 Hello. My name is Jessica Lopatina. As far back as September of
2:38:57 2020, nature.com scientific reports,
2:39:01 the efficacy of masks included surgical masks or N95 only
2:39:05 reduced particles emitted. Efficacy of cloth and
2:39:09 paper masks not as clear. Per CDC currently Delta is two times
2:39:17 as contagious. People infected with Delta,
2:39:19 including fully vaccinated, can transmit and have similar
2:39:23 amounts of viral genetic material. Then
2:39:26 Pfizer CEO says a vaccine resistant variant is likely to emerge.
2:39:32 But most important per CDC,
2:39:35 portable HEPA air cleaners reduce exposure mandate that ASAP in
2:39:43 every classroom not all masks work
2:39:46 thank you Lori Williams
2:39:50 my name is Lori Williams I’m a satellite beach resident I’m here
2:39:58 to remind the board members
2:39:59 that continue to push for mask mandates that you were elected to
2:40:02 ensure that taxpayers voices were
2:40:05 heard not to pursue your own personal and political agendas stop
2:40:09 your selfishness and fear-mongering
2:40:11 and consider the psychological social and health consequences of
2:40:15 masking our children eight hours
2:40:16 a day your continued attempt to override your role and take away
2:40:21 parents rights is immoral
2:40:23 irresponsible and unconstitutional and for the board members who
2:40:26 pursue this mask mandate who can
2:40:29 touching their face and everything filthy around them you are
2:40:32 not setting a good example
2:40:34 my patience is waning I’ve asked multiple times for the audience
2:40:47 to be respectful
2:40:50 to not interrupt the process to not respond to the speakers I
2:40:54 have watched you all literally laugh
2:40:57 at people who are crying at the podium and whether I agree with
2:41:02 you or they agree with you or you agree
2:41:05 with them doesn’t matter to me at all but we will have a
2:41:09 respectful environment in this boardroom or we
2:41:14 we will have an empty boardroom so this is it if I have to
2:41:19 address it one more
2:41:21 time I’m reading the official statement from the sheriff’s
2:41:24 department and you all will be escorted outside
2:41:28 thank you thank you very much I sit here today thinking about
2:41:43 how many people have to die
2:41:46 is one too many or is a hundred too many or is a thousand too
2:41:51 many how many people have to be sick
2:41:54 the rest of their lives I don’t make the best decisions I can
2:41:57 tell you that I walked into a bank last year
2:42:00 and I was coughing and I thought it was acid reflux it was COVID
2:42:05 I could have killed somebody that day
2:42:06 my sister in April of last year walked into a butcher shop and
2:42:14 somebody coughed and four days later she was dead
2:42:22 this is not just about kids this is about kids taking this
2:42:28 disease and passing it on to parents and
2:42:30 parents talk passing it on to grandparents and if you don’t
2:42:33 realize that there’s a pandemic going on
2:42:35 and there’s problems I don’t know who can help you thank you
2:42:39 Scott
2:42:40 Casey Taxa after Casey we have Wyatt Scumbo Skip Parrish and
2:42:48 then Lindsay Blair
2:42:52 okay thanks for joining me good morning my name is Casey Taxa I
2:42:54 too live in district three thank you Jennifer
2:42:58 in 1922 the supreme court ruled that a school could deny
2:43:02 admission to children who failed to provide a
2:43:05 certificate of vaccination for the good of public health school
2:43:10 boards around our country have been making
2:43:12 decisions for the good of public health ever since according to
2:43:16 Friday’s dashboard we are almost to the number of
2:43:19 positive cases that our school district had for the entirety of
2:43:23 the 2020-2021 school year
2:43:25 I am sure that tomorrow’s dashboard is going to show that we’ve
2:43:30 exceeded it
2:43:31 this is not sustainable I have three kids in secondary school
2:43:37 seeing 21 teachers a day
2:43:40 teachers are out classes are combined it’s not good for the
2:43:44 teachers it is not good for the kids it is
2:43:47 time that we mandate masks stop the unmatigated spread and start
2:43:52 getting our schools healthy enough
2:43:53 to learn again we appreciate you Wyatt
2:44:02 hello and bored father two kids and believe kids should be kids
2:44:07 playing they shouldn’t be worried about the politics
2:44:11 you know coming to this meeting last night we’re praying at home
2:44:14 and my kids were asking me you
2:44:16 know what’s our prayers going back and forth I said there’s a
2:44:18 meeting tomorrow and they said what’s it
2:44:20 about I said you know it’s not anything you should be concerned
2:44:22 of and those shouldn’t be our kids concerns
2:44:25 the politics getting pushed into the school shouldn’t be their
2:44:28 concerns
2:44:28 and the masks that don’t I mean all the data whatever we know if
2:44:34 you look at the deaths over
2:44:35 the amount of age population 5 to 14 it is almost zero and every
2:44:40 life does matter
2:44:41 but to make these changes to them to make them have to worry
2:44:45 about things that shouldn’t be their concern
2:44:47 and it shouldn’t be in the school so my ask is that as you think
2:44:51 about your decision you sit back and you
2:44:54 pray and you ask God to give you insight on to what the real
2:44:57 decision should be for our entire county
2:45:00 because that’s the impact you have thank you skip parish after
2:45:04 skip we have lindsay blair molly marder
2:45:07 and kimberly croflitz and then scott labuth yep hi so i’m
2:45:14 hearing a lot about how unconstitutional
2:45:17 any kind of a mask mandate is i would ask that anybody that says
2:45:21 that actually researched the
2:45:23 time of our founding fathers wherein in the 1790s when our
2:45:29 capital was still in philadelphia because
2:45:31 washington dc was not yet built there were quarantine and mitigations
2:45:36 for a yellow fever outbreak
2:45:39 additionally i’m hearing things talking about how this is a fall
2:45:44 to communism if we allow masks as
2:45:49 someone who is the son of two war veterans who spent four years
2:45:53 of my life inside west berlin
2:45:56 during the cold war that is ridiculous this is about safety this
2:46:04 is about health this is about protecting
2:46:07 our children our teachers our staff and the community please
2:46:12 allow for masks thank you lindsay
2:46:15 hello everyone i’m here to represent both my children and their
2:46:27 staff that interact with her each day
2:46:29 my child has multiple teachers multiple staff members that
2:46:34 assist her on a day-to-day basis
2:46:37 now isn’t the time for hyperbole now isn’t the time for what ifs
2:46:41 for let’s get more data let’s do this
2:46:44 let’s wait on each things i applaud mr susan for more testing i
2:46:48 feel we need a multi-pronged approach
2:46:51 that begin with masks that begins with testing that begins with
2:46:54 keeping everyone safe the sword of
2:46:57 damocles is gone the ruling has been issued now is the time for
2:47:02 you to do what you think is right
2:47:04 everyone else in here is we all stood through the heat and i
2:47:08 applaud you for sitting there and listening
2:47:10 to all of us thank you thank you
2:47:11 molly
2:47:19 hello my name is molly martyr my son attends cape view last year
2:47:26 he was at audubon
2:47:28 we love we love it here brevard i’m a former special ed teacher
2:47:31 and i think that i can find some common
2:47:34 ground here i mean we all want our students and our teachers in
2:47:38 school and we also don’t want to wear
2:47:42 masks nobody wants to wear a mask however things did change in
2:47:48 brevard county we have a very high
2:47:52 transmission rate right now we can’t ignore the data the
2:47:57 evidence is is is undeniable we have lots and lots
2:48:03 and lots of doctors at the epidemiologists and others and i’ll
2:48:08 leave this and email it to you all the
2:48:10 evidence base and based on data what we are finding is that for
2:48:15 those that are not able to get a vaccine
2:48:18 there’s only three things we can do that will really reduce
2:48:22 transmission thank you molly kimberlee
2:48:39 social distancing and ventilation is what she would like to say
2:48:42 so i wanted to share that with you
2:48:43 my name is kim i didn’t move here from new jersey or california
2:48:48 or georgia my husband and i were born
2:48:50 and raised here edward jefferson marit island high i’m an
2:48:54 attorney he’s an engineer we have three children
2:48:57 in brevard public schools i hope that you i believe that you can
2:49:02 see through the cherry-picked science
2:49:05 that’s being presented here i mean this is an educational board
2:49:11 right i mean it blows my mind
2:49:15 what i see here i’m not going to tell you about the texas tech
2:49:18 study you can find it in the last
2:49:20 week the ucf study in the last week jamma just retracted the
2:49:23 study on the carbon dioxide buildup and
2:49:26 mask it’s there so don’t rely on the outdated and cherry-picked
2:49:30 science don’t rely on the selfishness
2:49:33 these children are going to be so selfish me me me i agree with
2:49:36 that woman this is about protecting
2:49:38 others the teachers that are in the icu thank you all right next
2:49:45 we have scott labeuth followed
2:49:47 by angela wilkerson chris bird and jade zaluski scott
2:50:03 i’m guessing we don’t have scott oh no worries
2:50:09 all right i’m gonna make this quick i know i only have a minute
2:50:15 so as a as a parent i had to make
2:50:17 decisions about what i’m willing to risk with my children what
2:50:20 risks i expose them to just want to
2:50:22 throw a few numbers out at you um in 2018 um cds or the uh
2:50:27 department of transportation basically made
2:50:31 some statistics they said that 1554 children drowned in 2018 i’m
2:50:36 not making just trying to give you guys
2:50:38 some something to compare to 1038 children died in motor vehicle
2:50:43 collisions that doesn’t stop me from
2:50:45 driving my children or letting them swim so i’m willing to make
2:50:49 the decisions about the wealth
2:50:51 or the health and well-being of my children um 2020 74 868
2:50:57 children were aborted in the state of florida
2:50:59 where’s everybody’s outrage so as a parent we have the right to
2:51:04 decide what’s best for our children
2:51:07 just so you have something to compare that to the cdc national
2:51:10 numbers the second and third week of
2:51:12 july the numbers peaked for positive cases for covet 19. they
2:51:16 were thank you scott we appreciate you
2:51:18 angela wilkerson
2:51:32 i’m a parent of elementary middle school and high school
2:51:38 students in the district my background is in
2:51:42 counseling and school psychology and i’ve taught human growth
2:51:45 and development at the college level
2:51:47 i’m concerned about critical development critical periods of
2:51:50 language development they come to a
2:51:52 close in early childhood mass children cannot see the mouths of
2:51:54 their peers and teachers which may
2:51:56 hamper language development and delay identification of speech
2:51:59 and language delays
2:52:00 i’m concerned that up to 93 percent of communication is non-verbal
2:52:04 to include facial expression and
2:52:05 paralinguistic skills such as voice tone and loudness i believe
2:52:09 mass hamper the development of
2:52:11 non-verbal communication skills i am concerned that children in
2:52:14 mass are unable to social reference
2:52:16 which is when children use facial expressions of adults to learn
2:52:19 if things in this world are safe
2:52:21 dangerous happy or sad i believe this contributes to delayed
2:52:25 development an unpredictable world and
2:52:27 childhood anxiety what happens when millions of children are
2:52:30 unable to participate in normal
2:52:32 social emotional and language development activities we cannot
2:52:36 remotely understand the long-term
2:52:37 developmental ramifications we appreciate you chris bird
2:52:41 chris bird district three satellite high parent first i am tired
2:52:54 of seeing our dashboard numbers politicized
2:52:57 there are multiple variants variables from last year not only is
2:53:02 it mass it’s
2:53:03 also the Delta variant more kids in school no block scheduling
2:53:10 stop focusing
2:53:11 on just masks and making it politics only by removing a medical
2:53:16 decision from
2:53:18 the individual public health officials and education officials
2:53:21 have turned mass
2:53:22 into a political conflict between individualism and collectivism
2:53:27 a very
2:53:28 dangerous ideology that runs antithetical to it judge Cooper
2:53:32 clearly
2:53:33 believes individual medical decisions should be made by the
2:53:37 collective all of
2:53:38 you which is not the intent of what is called the parents bill
2:53:44 of rights not the
2:53:46 collective’s bill of rights thank you Chris Jade after Jade we
2:53:53 have a list of
2:53:54 hunger patty sims and then Nathan wolf and then board members
2:53:58 will probably break at
2:53:59 that point that work for you
2:54:02 one second go ahead now hello okay I would like to start by
2:54:11 saying I hope that I’m
2:54:12 wrong I hope that you all made the right the right decision and
2:54:16 vote for the
2:54:17 individual freedom of the students to decide what is best for
2:54:19 them in regards
2:54:20 to masks but here we are yet again so I will use my measly
2:54:24 minute to request that
2:54:25 you revisit the quarantine policy especially if all the students
2:54:28 are going
2:54:28 to be masked you know since they work right there should be no
2:54:31 need to
2:54:32 quarantine exposed peers thank you thank you
2:54:35 patty sims oh wait Alyssa I’m sorry yes I’m giving myself a
2:54:47 check mark they’re too fast
2:54:48 thank you I strongly oppose mask mandates in our public schools
2:54:56 one minute isn’t
2:54:57 enough nearly enough time to go over the stream of constant
2:55:01 studies and statistics that continue to show
2:55:04 the lack of efficacy and the psychological emotional and
2:55:08 physical detriment that is
2:55:10 caused by covering our children’s faces my five-year-old child
2:55:15 just began
2:55:16 kindergarten this year my husband and I had a really difficult
2:55:19 choice to make we
2:55:21 chose to keep her out of Brevard Public Schools because of the
2:55:26 21 month
2:55:27 roller coaster that has gone back and forth it’s not fair for
2:55:31 her we don’t want to
2:55:32 participate in the state-run education system because honestly
2:55:36 we don’t trust it
2:55:37 anymore it’s really sad and our taxpayer dollars go into that we
2:55:40 work really hard
2:55:41 and we pay your salary not not many families can choose to take
2:55:48 their child out of
2:55:49 school like we have we’ve had to rearrange our whole entire
2:55:52 lives thank you
2:55:52 Alyssa
2:55:54 howdy
2:56:02 you’re here to provide input about imposing more rules on our
2:56:08 community my
2:56:09 question is this why should you make rules for our children when
2:56:12 you don’t
2:56:12 follow your own rules between her tweet on August 27th and her
2:56:18 press conference the
2:56:19 same day one of your members violated at least four of your own
2:56:22 rules for school board conduct
2:56:24 if we can’t trust you to enforce your own rules why do you think
2:56:30 you should be
2:56:31 making rules for our community get your board under control and
2:56:35 work on the rules
2:56:38 yes hi I have good news there have been several counties in the
2:56:52 state of Florida that have
2:56:54 already mandated mass wearing in the public schools of that
2:56:57 county I was able to print out their
2:56:59 dashboards and notice that in Palm Beach County at 2910
2:57:03 confirmed cases Orange County which is right next door to us
2:57:07 and Hillsborough County has 5719 confirmed cases which as a
2:57:17 scientist anyone can see that
2:57:20 mandating mask does not work it’s ineffective if you would like
2:57:24 to wear a mask please wear a mask
2:57:26 if you think that works it’s fine but it’s not to be mandated
2:57:30 for everyone thank you thank you
2:57:37 all right folks we’re gonna take a brief recess refresh recharge
2:57:46 and we’ll be back
2:57:50 we’ll be back to you next time
2:58:02 and we’ll be back to you next time
2:58:12 we’ll be back to you next time
2:58:38 and we’ll be back to you next time
2:58:56 we’ll be back to you next time
2:58:58 and we’ll be back to you next time