China News Service, September 22. According to the US "World Journal" report, the public schools in New York City resumed physical classes last week, but in the first week, more than 800 people were infected with new coronary pneumonia. On the 20th, many Chinese parents began to pass Social media such as WeChat groups initiated a joint sign, calling on the City Department of Education (DOE) to provide physical and online course options, pointing out that at this rate of transmission, there may be more children contracting the disease.
The signed letter stated that more than 800 students were diagnosed and 370 classrooms closed just one week after school started. Such an alarming number makes parents intolerable and unable to bear the consequences.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic in public schools, Mayor Bai Sihao also announced on the 20th the new coronavirus detection rules for public schools, changing from random testing every two weeks to once a week.
However, because the current epidemic is still ongoing, public schools are crowded, and children under the age of 12 are still unable to get vaccinated, worrying parents.
The signed letter mentioned that the Municipal Education Bureau last semester provided parents with physical or online courses, which worked well, and the risk of infection in this semester is still there. The situation in the first week of school shows that the Municipal Education Bureau is not yet fully prepared. To provide children with a safe campus environment, parents hope to return to the previous semester's practices and adopt mixed teaching.
The letter said: “When schools can provide online teaching, no one should be forced to be exposed to the risk of possible infection or death.”
Mr. Zhu, the Chinese parent who initiated the co-signature, said that the parents were confident in the public school's epidemic prevention measures in the first week of school and looked forward to sending their children back to school. Unexpectedly, after a week, they found out that all schools and grades were preventing the epidemic. The operation is uneven, and the number of more than 800 infections has also made parents worry that if it continues, it may cause more large-scale infections.
Mr. Zhu said that at present, the Municipal Education Bureau requires all children to return to school. Parents have no choice but to watch the number of infections continue to rise. "This week, some parents have not sent their children to school. They would rather absent from school." ; Other parents who want to go to work and continue to send their children to school have no choice but to tell their children "don’t leave the mask" and eat faster when eating. They should put on the mask as soon as possible after eating. Become a breach of epidemic prevention.
On the evening of the 19th, Mr. Zhu initiated a signature letter in the WeChat group. By the 20th, the number of parents who signed the letter doubled.
He said that he still continues to call for co-signing on the Internet, and at the same time forwards the co-sign letter to other elected officials, and sends the co-sign letter to the Municipal Education Bureau as soon as possible, hoping to arouse the authorities’ attention and listen to the voices of parents.
Mr. Zhu said that parents who want to participate in the co-signing can fill in the data on the Google form to participate in the co-signing. (Yan Jiaying)