Тo: Franklin School District School Board 

From: WE THE PARENTS OF FRANKLIN 

Re: Keeping masks optional

WE, THE PARENTS of Franklin Public School District, are requesting you to keep mask wearing as OPTIONAL during 2021-2022 school year. Parents should be the ones who decide on the safety and well-being of their own children. We have legitimate medical, religious and philosophical reasons for wanting our children FREE of masks.

Cloth masks are emergency authorized products for medical use in a declared state of emergency. Masks are not FDA approved medical devices. The state of WI and Milwaukee County are NOT under a public health emergency order, mandate, or law.

Making use of a non-FDA approved, Emergency Use Authorized mask mandatory is unwarranted and illegal. This would be in direct conflict with Section 360bbb-3€(1)(A)(ii)(I-III), which requires the wearer to be informed of the option to refuse the wearing of such “device.”

There are still no efficacy standards on child-sized masks and respirators under OSHA, but there are proven microbial challenges as well as breathing difficulties that are created and exacerbated by masking children. Requiring children to wear a mask sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19, and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, a mask may very well put children at an increased risk of infection, and if so, having a far worse outcome.

The fact that mask wearing presents a severe risk of harm to the wearer – standing alone – proves that masks should not be required for children, particularly given that these children are not ill and have done nothing wrong that would warrant an infringement of their constitutional rights and bodily autonomy. Misrepresenting the use of a mask as being intended for antimicrobial or antiviral protection, and/or misrepresenting masks for use as infection prevention or reduction is a deceptive practice under the FTC. It is clear, there is no waiver of liability under deceptive practices, even under a state of emergency.
As such, forcing children to wear masks, or similarly forcing use any other non-FDA approved medical product without the child’s (or the child’s parental) consent, is illegal and immoral.

There are many documented studies questioning the efficacy of masks as well as the negative side effects. Most recently some masks have been recalled because they had been coated in Graphene, which allows them to be waterproof and COVID resistant. We cannot tell which masks have been coated. Graphene (carbon nanotubes) are shown to cause malignant mesothelioma. There are indeed unintended risks. As parents, we do not need studies to tell us of these negative effects because we are seeing them in our children every day, including headaches, sadness, regression in talking, breathing issues, fearfulness, anxiety, skin infections, increased allergy symptoms, increased asthmatic symptoms, social problems, and psychological damage to name some. We are taking a stand for the mental, physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of our children. The liability for the damage these masks are inflicting on our children lies solely in our hands. In addition, it is well documented that children are at very low risk for serious complications from the disease COVID-19, even lower than the yearly flu.

We the undersigned, believe that parents should solely be making the medical decisions for our children. No medical device or intervention should be forced upon students by entities outside of their guardians. Families should be able to utilize their own risk assessment, considering all physical, social/emotional, and mental health risks and benefits when it comes to making medical decisions for our children, including masking.

By signing this petition, we officially and respectfully ask you to keep mask wearing OPTIONAL in Franklin Schools. We remind you to uphold the oath you took and follow the law as it is written.