We are parents, just like you, wanting normalcy in our children’s lives - to support their mental, emotional, and social health.

18 months ago it was irresponsible and wrong to say:

• Covid is similar to the flu

Omicron is different.

Now, that’s basically correct. Covid is adapting to us, we need to adapt. We are changing the focus to supporting students’ mental, emotional, and social health.

The Manifesto:

Change the focus to supporting students' mental, emotional, and social health.

• Avoid escalating mask rules or other COVID policies. More restrictive policies increase fear & falsely convey that schools are unsafe. This increases harm to student mental health, which can have major detrimental effects.
• Do not treat vaccinated and unvaccinated children differently. Children are not a danger.
• Encourage extracurricular activities and social events without fear.
• Restore fully normal life and school for all children at the first opportunity.

To protect our children, an urgent return to fully normal schooling is needed.