We are urging you, Dr. Miguel Cardona, as the Secretary of Education to mandate that the decisions of the local school boards be adhered to.  It is up to the Biden administration to protect our children, our most vulnerable.  Broward County School Board has determined that for the safety of the students, staff and teachers it will be required for masks to be worn within school grounds.  Governor DeSantis has issued an Executive Order to supersede the decision of local school boards we are asking him to keep out of local decisions and let our elected officials do their jobs to protect our children and communities.

Smoking is not allowed on school grounds for the safety of the students and general public.  Wearing a mask during a pandemic in which many of the children can not receive a vaccination is for the safety of the students and general public. 

In the ED-COVID 19 Volume 2 handbook the Department of Education published the first item is "Creating Safe and Healthy Learning Environments".  Having an environment that will not risk the life of our children and teachers needs to be the priority.

In Florida, we are averaging 16,000 cases per day and 100 deaths. We don’t want our children to be part of the statistic. We are demanding that our children be protected.  We are in a global pandemic with a highly contagious virus.  Elementary school children are completely vulnerable because they are not eligible for the vaccine.  We need your help to protect  the lives of our children, who are unable to be vaccinated against this dangerous virus. For those of us living in very high risk areas, this is of utmost importance.