Tennessee school district parents planning a 'sick out' to up the pressure on COVID-19 safety
Some parents of the Knox County Schools in Tennessee are planning to keep their students home Monday en masse to put pressure on local and state educational leaders to improve COVID-19 safety protocols.
Eric Moore is a parent who is helping organize the "sick out" to force administrators to follow guidance from the Knox County Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and create a more robust virtual experience for students who are home sick or quarantined.
"What we really need to be doing is listening to our public health experts at the CDC and the American Association of Pediatrics and the Knox County Board of Health. And, so, you know, what I would like to see is for Knox County schools to make a commitment to following the best practice guidelines as delineated by those organizations," he told Knox News.
Moore has seven children, including three elementary students being homeschooled because he doesn't feel safe sending them in-person. He also has two children who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and learning in-person at Gresham Middle School.
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