3。 除了给学区superintendents 发email, 还可以发给 Governor Newsom, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, County Superintendent, County School Districts and Superintendents, Mayors and Council Members. 大家都去写。 有的时候，数量和内容都很重要。
We are a group of concerned parents from Santa Clara County, the epicenter of CA's coronavirus outbreak. As Covid 19 is now spreading rapidly within our community, we request that, Santa Clara county parents can have the option of keeping their children home without a doctor’s note and not be penalized as per the attendance policy requirements during the course of this ongoing covid19 outbreak.
Similar petition online has reached 5000 signatures and the number keeps on rising. http://chng.it/86mx9fJ6jX
Anyone who has done a competent due diligence would know that, Covid19's mortality rate is 3.4% (per WHO), while the average, 10-year mortality rate for flu using CDC data is 0.1%. But the real risk of Covid19 is its fast speed to sweep through the community within short period of time, which would quickly exhaust the medical resources through (1) rapid increase of the number of patients seeking medical help; (2) prolonged treatment process, meaning more days in hospitals and much lower Hospital Bed Turnover Rate; (3) infected medical workers who need quarantine/treatment, which further cuts down the available medical resources. Social distancing measures, that prevent people from clustering, are effective to slow the spread of Covid19.
Our request is based on the following reasons: 1. New research has shown that "children are no less likely than adults to become infected with the new coronavirus, but they are less likely to get seriously ill from it." (https://www.livescience.com/can-kids-get-coronavirus.html) So children can potentially spread this virus while only showing light symptoms.
2. As Dr. Anthony Fauci said, elderly and those with underlying conditions are the most vulnerable ones. They "must distance from public 'right now' ". Many school children may have parents with underlying conditions, or may have senior family members living in the same household. If the children living in the same house go to school daily, these vulnerable ones will essentially not be able to distance from public no matter how hard they try.
4. Moreover, some children have underlying illness too, in that case, they belong to the vulnerable group themselves.
Given the above reasons, the school districts in Santa Clara should allow the parents to evaluate their own families' risks, and based on their individual risk evaluations, to decide by themselves if they need to keep their children at home or send them to schools. We, the parents, should be given this option, as the decision on whether our children should go to school or not, is now closely related to the health and safety of the entire family.
There are two extra benefits of this policy approach: 1: because it better protects the adults living with the children, it better protects the children themselves -- If children take virus back home and infect the parents, even if the children have only light symptoms, they are at risk of lacking proper care if their parents fall ill. 2. This policy also benefits those students who will continue to attend school, because the school will have less students, which means smaller groups, less clustering, more interpersonal space and lower risks.
Again, during this special time, please let us parents to make our own decision on whether we should keep our kids at home or send them to school, because it is a decision related to the heath and safety of the entire family, and because we know our health conditions much better,and we know our own family risks much better. This is not the time to stress or fear getting disenrolled from school due to attendance issues.
Each year, parents in Santa Clara county make generous donations to our school districts and individual schools. This is because we love our public schools and consider them part of the family circle. During this special time period, we plea the school districts can treat us the same way and put the health and safety of the students and students' family members as the top priority.
我想问一下，到底多少unexcused days of absence, 学校就会开除？学校手册没写。 Lemm 发表于 3/11/2020 6:29:40 PM
抱歉刚才吃饭去了。斗争了一天午饭都没吃。
santa clara unified school district的规定，是10个unexcused absence 就要dis-enroll. 但是请你注意，学区里面有些比较好的lottery school, 要求比这个还要严格，比如只允许5天，或者只允许3天的unexcused absence.
但当学区发话说,可以作为excused absence, 或者像cupertino unified school district那样，还是unexcused absence， 但是取消相应的惩罚措施，那么lottery school也是应该遵守学区新规定的。
大家注意： 在学区给我们的回复里，他们明确说，不给在家的孩子提供任何学习上的支持。 所以在家学习的任务都在我们父母身上。 我猜测这也是Santa Clara Unified school district 之前就是不松口让孩子在家的原因，他们是不是远程学习的资源很欠缺根本还没搞起来。 所以硬拉着孩子上学。 当然这只是我的猜测。
大家注意： 在学区给我们的回复里，他们明确说，不给在家的孩子提供任何学习上的支持。 所以在家学习的任务都在我们父母身上。 我猜测这也是Santa Clara Unified school district 之前就是不松口让孩子在家的原因，他们是不是远程学习的资源很欠缺根本还没搞起来。 所以硬拉着孩子上学。 当然这只是我的猜测。
3。 除了给学区superintendents 发email, 还可以发给 Governor Newsom, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, County Superintendent, County School Districts and Superintendents, Mayors and Council Members. 大家都去写。 有的时候，数量和内容都很重要。
看来除了push学区，往上一级写信，是很重要的。我们给州一级county一级的官僚都写了信，从州长办公室到 State Superintendent, 到county superintendent, 到学区的board of trustees, 能想到的都骚扰了。 终于有了成效。 我们的email写的有理有据是一个因素，大家一起发email,让政府机构看到民意汹涌，是另一因素。
希望我们这次斗争，以及我们的email, 对其它正在斗争的同学们有用。
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我们是Santa Clara County重灾区。 学区也是种种作妖就不停课。 家长建立了WhatsApp 组，密切联系，有组织有计划地进行斗争。 我们这里印度人比中国人还多，组里很多印度人，大家都团结得很好。现在要团结一切可团结的力量，而且印度人的network很好，签名什么的到处转发也帮了很多忙。
我们做了如下工作：
1。 设立网上签名网站： http://chng.it/86mx9fJ6jX
这个签名是个民意的表达，要尽力让全组成员在各个渠道大力转发。我们连nextdoor都转发了。
然后，在给相关部门写email 时， 要把链接贴上，让他们看看民意。
2。 写email. email的reasoning 非常重要。 要摆事实讲道理，让学区觉得他们自己理亏。 我们目前不追求停课，因为有太多利益牵扯。 但是我们要求家长在当前疫情下，可以自由选择让孩子呆在家里，而不会因为这个算旷课被学校开除。
具体的email在二楼给大家分享。 希望对你们的斗争也有启发。 email是中国妈妈写的。
3。 除了给学区superintendents 发email, 还可以发给 Governor Newsom, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, County Superintendent, County School Districts and Superintendents, Mayors and Council Members. 大家都去写。 有的时候，数量和内容都很重要。
MM你着重看一下我们的reasoning. 主要是想告诉他们，我们的这个建议，是百利无一害的，你们没有理由不同意。
MM你也是santa clara unified school district 吗？ 这信是我们学校群的妈妈写的。是不是你们的学校写的和我们的不太一样。
不是白搭。我们已经有了初步的成果，正在和学校double check.
大家真的要发声。不必从根子上去推，比如真实数字，比如停课。这些大目标一下达不到，但是把孩子放在家里的小目标可以先达到。
你们有没有在这方面志趣相同的同校爸爸妈妈们拉一个群？大家一起写效果更好。
MARK一下这个邮件，这也写得太好了吧。。。有理有据，结尾积极，绝对是教科书版本的解决冲突的沟通文本。希望很快能达到你们想要的结果
抱歉刚才吃饭去了。斗争了一天午饭都没吃。
santa clara unified school district的规定，是10个unexcused absence 就要dis-enroll.
但是请你注意，学区里面有些比较好的lottery school, 要求比这个还要严格，比如只允许5天，或者只允许3天的unexcused absence.
但当学区发话说,可以作为excused absence, 或者像cupertino unified school district那样，还是unexcused absence， 但是取消相应的惩罚措施，那么lottery school也是应该遵守学区新规定的。
我们没有让他们停课。 但同时，他们也不能为了funding不管现在的情况。 我们也给州长和州教育部写信的。你看我们的petition前头有。
当务之急是孩子需要呆在家。然后我们可以帮学区向上级要钱。但是顺序肯定是孩子要先安全。不然扯皮拉筋的，疫情完了事儿还没成。
这就是我们的成果啊！ 前些时他们不松口。我们斗争好久了。
成果是，学区同意学习cupertino 学区（感谢cupertino学区的妈妈给我们发他们学区的email), 虽然还是unexcused absence, 但是不会导致开除了。这个政策也包括更严格的lottery school.
我们现在在给各个学校做确认，看学校的校长有没有彻底了解这个新规定，这样大家才好放心把孩子放在家里。
whatsapp 群是我们学校的。 有MM提议华人也拉一个群，用于讨论在家学习的孩子们的学习资源。和一些互助活动。
大家注意： 在学区给我们的回复里，他们明确说，不给在家的孩子提供任何学习上的支持。 所以在家学习的任务都在我们父母身上。
我猜测这也是Santa Clara Unified school district 之前就是不松口让孩子在家的原因，他们是不是远程学习的资源很欠缺根本还没搞起来。 所以硬拉着孩子上学。 当然这只是我的猜测。
谢谢mm, 我在南加，感觉大家都还不认真对待。考虑直接旷课中。
只要不像我们以前的老政策一样导致开除和家长被诉讼，旷课就没什么。
但要注意你们学区的规定。
谢谢！我们学校手册没写，要是直接开除或诉讼我们，那我们也可以告学校了。
楼主太棒了！！！
太好了 。大家都收到信息了！
据说会给家里学习的孩子提供packet, 每十天交一次作业。但是现在据说只有二年级的。
不过无论怎样，孩子能在家就是胜利！
希望Santa Clara的家长们一起团结起来互相帮助度过这次疫情。 祝福大家都平安！
这个公立学校本来就有这种方式independent study，我知道有的学生全家一起去Hawaii旅游两周回来都弄成independent study
楼主没有下一步行动了吗？联合家长们如果越来越多的孩子不去学校，有助于学校早日online 教学，孩子在家听课不是更好。加油！加油！