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Suzanne Burns said numer- ous studies have shown wearing masks has many adverse health affects. She said there were 65 scien- tific papers on masks. She said 44 of the studies found prolonged wearing of masks has negative health effects that include: in- creased heart rate, shortness of breath, confusion, disorienta- tion, headaches, increased blood pressure, listlessness, impaired thinking, concentration prob- lems and reduced responsive- ness. Other side effects include reduced performance and dizzi- ness. They also cause increases in carbon dioxide, which caus- es an increase in blood pressure and heart rate. She also said it showed that af- ter only two hours of wearing a mask, pathogen density increas- es almost tenfold. It found the masks often were contaminat- ed by serious disease, causing bacteria and fungi such as E. co- li and staph. She said studies have also found wearing masks deprive children of the positive effects of smiling, laughing and emotions. She said studies have shown chil- dren's and young people's devel- opment needs the emotional in- teraction that is blocked by mask mandates. Amanda Willis said Universi- ty of Florida did a study of masks worn by children and adults. They found 11 different danger- ous pathogens, including strep- tococcus, pneumonia, tuberculo- sis, meningitis and several oth- ers. "So we, as parents, are asking you guys to do the right thing. Remove the mask mandate for our kids. Let parents decide if they want to put their child in a mask. Let them do it. Do not force this on us," said Willis. School board president Steve Potter said "The focus is trying to keep these kids in the classroom because we all know in-class- room learning is the best." A parent asked why students weren't being given the option to do a livestream into the class. Potter and Pike County School Superintendent Suzanne Blake said "Most are." "No, they are not," said the parent. Blake said "They need to be communicating with their teach- er because their teachers have been told to have Google meets or to let the kids join the class for live discussion. And if you are not hearing from your teacher, you need to get the same thing." School board member Chris McKinney said, "I asked for this as a board member last month. And it's still not there, still noth- ing brought to us saying that what it's going to do. Oh, we're going to instruct them that we kind of want them to do that." "We have never taken the stance of telling our teachers how to teach," said Blake. "But we are taking a stance on telling our students what they have to do as far as coming with a mask," said McKinney. Another parent said parents have jobs and have to work. She said they don't have time to check in with all seven of her child's teachers. She added, "None of them even knew he was out with COVID until his moth- er and I emailed them. There's no protocol. Event the protocols that you have in place are not working right now." Another parent asked if they could test them when they are symptomatic. "What's the deal with the contact person, because you know, these kids are not go- ing home and wearing masks. You're going around everybody else. So what's the difference? " Potter responded, "We can't control what they do outside of school. We're just trying to do the best we can to prevent anything happening while they're in the classroom. That's all we can do." "Where, right now, is the man- date that requires our school corporation to wear masks? Be- cause we started out the school year without them. There's not been a vote taken to go back to masks, because that failed at the last meeting. . . So right now, how is it possible for our kids to be mandated to wear masks? " asked McKinney. Blake said the school's plan under high spread says addi- tional steps can be taken. "And we have an executive order man- date that allowed us to put some of those mitigating steps in, but also would reduce quarantines, which had been over and over in messages that we have to get these kids back into school." A fter nearly an hour of discus- sion, Potter said, "We have to put something on the table here." Board member Chris Satter- field said, "Last month I said that I can't support it if we mask man- date. It has to be optional to the parent." "I agree, I can never support that," said McKinney. School board member Dave Waltz asked if there was a mask mandate in the packet. "If we adopt the Governor's executive order, then it is," said Potter. He said the whole idea of the executive order is to keep kids in school and not have the quaran- tine in the classroom, as long as everyone is masked and not with- in three feet. Waltz asked what the schools' nurses were saying about it. Potter said, "They prefer the masks." Assistant Superintendent Da- na Deffendoll said they have a plan to be able to do contract tracing without having to force nurses to go against their beliefs. Satterfield said, "The motion I would make on this, is three feet mask optional, under three feet, then we have to quarantine..." "Then we risk a loss of 15 per- cent in funding," said Waltz, cut- ting off Satterfield. The crowd of about 40 people erupted. Board members then had to calm the crowd down. "I've got a recommendation, I would like to amend it. Three feet mask optional, under three feet, you are going to be quarantined," said Satterfield. McKinney seconded Satter- field's motion. Waltz said, "If that is passed, how long does it last? I'm saying if it blows up on us, We have to be able to adjust it." Satterfield said, "What if we go to the (September) 30th like the governor's stance? " Potter asked about the early return guidelines? Deffendoll said now it is test- ing on day five, with return on day eight; with no testing, return on day 10 and asymptomatic re- turn on day 14. McKinney said, "You can test on day five and if it is negative, you can return on day eight. No testing if you are asymptomatic and return on day 10." Satterfield said, "My under- standing is that is what most oth- er schools are doing." "I would like to add in there that at least at the high school lev- el, our core classes that we man- date some type of Google meet or we livestream our classroom for kids out on quarantine," said McKinney. He added, "I think there is a miscommunication on this. There is a difference between live and just putting a video on there saying, 'If you don't un- derstand it, you can come back at some point in the day and we have a Google class.' That Google classroom, I want Google meet where the kids have to be on if they're not sick. . .I would like to amend this motion to where they have to be at that class. During that time, we've got the capabil- ities of doing it. . . We just have two weeks again on this, that we can check this out and see if it's actually going to work. " Deffendoll asked to get a defi- nition of core classes. "Do you mean those required for grada- tion? " "Yes," said McKinney. Pike Central Principal Brian Holland said, "I can't support this on core classes. If we are going to do this, it needs to be for ev- ery class. We can't sit there and say you are more important than this class." He added, "I have concern for the kids that don't participate." He said when teachers do Goo- gle meet, the percentage of par- ticipation is less than 10 percent. McKinney argued the parents that want their kids to participate should have the opportunity to participate. Holland said, "I need help from the parents to help get these things done." "We have to be able to fig- ure out a way to get these kids to figure out this in a day out of school." Potter asked, "You are saying just for the high school level? McKinney said, "Yes for now." "I think our middle school teachers are perfectly capable of doing that," said middle school principal Mindy Keeker. Finally, Potter said, "So we are looking at now, we're looking at three feet mask optional." It was asked, "Is this for teach- ers, too? " "They should be in our build- ing," said McKinney." "If they want to wear the mask, wear the mask, absolutely," said Satterfield. Potter continued, "Day 5, you are tested and back with neg- ative test at day 8. If you don't do testing, you can return with no symptoms on day 10. No ex- tended masks and they can ride on transportation as well. Also adding middle school and high school to do Google Meet live or livestream or some type of live interaction." McKinney said he was fine with if they run into troubles, working it out with a principal. Potter asked for other discus- sions. There were none. It passed by a 4-0 vote. 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