We demand a better response to the Covid pandemic in our schools. No student nor teacher wants to be fully virtual for the remainder of the year, and to keep this from happening we ask the Newton County Board of Education to rethink their Covid response policy. For starters we would like to see the board invest in supplying N95 masks to the students of the county. The science is not wrong, and study after study shows that N95 masks are the most efficient in slowing the spread of this variant. We also would like to see the board implement a week of virtual instruction after every break for the remainder of the year. This means that after our Mid-Winter and Spring breaks all students would resume to classes virtually for five days. Both of these initiatives are practical and effective ways to keep us at school SAFELY. I know of no student nor teacher that wants to look at a zoom screen for the remainder of the year, likewise I know of no student nor teacher who wants to put themselves and their families at risk of contracting Covid. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!!