CALL TO ACTION: LEWISVILLE ISD
After some discussion in the past week, several of us who have children in Lewisville ISD are going to speak during the public comments section of the school board meeting at 700pm this coming Monday 9 August 2021. I will try to get a spot to make comments. I have two ICU nurses who will be joining me, one from Parkland and one from Baylor Grapevine. Another physician parent is joining us as well. I have never done this sort of thing but the advice I have been given is that we each have three minutes to make our remarks.
If any of you are in the health care field and have children in LISD or you are a concerned LISD parent in light of the B.1.617.2 Delta variant surge, the changes in CDC guidance and Governor Abbott's executive orders, I ask you to come as well, make your remarks or just attend in a show of support.
The Delta variant is a new and very serious ballgame compared to the original virus we battled in 2020. B.1.617.2 Delta is more contagious, progresses more rapidly, and has key point mutations in its genetic code that offsets the natural advantages children had in this pandemic last year.
Until we can get the approvals for children under 12 to get vaccinated, they are highly vulnerable to infection and serious consequences from COVID infection.
***MANY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE HAD ABOUT COVID BEING LOW RISK IN CHILDREN DO NOT APPLY ANY LONGER WITH THE DELTA VARIANT!***
You can message me via Facebook if you want to attend and make your voice heard. We need all the healthcare back up we can get.
Our schools should NOT be the front line of this pandemic.
If you cannot attend, I encourage you to email each and every school board member as well as the LISD leadership. I plan to craft an open letter that I will publish to my Substack account for public sharing.
Please share this message and get the word out that we need to hold the school district accountable as we enter a precarious phase in this pandemic.
Contact information for the district leadership and school board:
LEADERSHIP
Dr. Kevin Rogers rogersk@lisd.net Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Lori Rapp rappl@lisd.net Deputy Superintendent
SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Tracy Scott Miller President Place 7 - Expires 2023 millert@lisd.net
Allison Lassahn Vice President Place 2 - Expires 2024 Lassahna@lisd.net Katherine Sells Secretary Place 4 - Expires 2022 sellsk@lisd.net
Dr. Buddy Bonner Place 1 - Expires 2024 bonnerbuddy@lisd.net
Angie Cox Place 3 - Expires 2022 coxa@lisd.net
Kristi Hassett Place 6 - Expires 2023 hassettk@lisd.net
Jenny Proznik Place 5 - Expires 2022 proznikj@lisd.net