This petition was created by Lucas Finzi and Brynn Keyser, two students within the Palisades School District who have voiced their concerns about the lack of Student and Teacher representation in the reopening plans both to the School Board and Superintendent O'Connell.

Lucas Finzi publicly voiced his concerns about the reopening plans for Palisades at a School Board Meeting on July 22nd, 2020. Brynn Keyser recently raised her concerns about this poor decision to the Palisades School Board and believes that the community is not being listened to. They felt that students and teachers were unrepresented in the plan, and a Student and Teacher Panel within the Pandemic Team should be required; after all, students and teachers will be on the front-lines, not the School Board.

The Board voted 5-4 to pass the "Palisades Plan" for reopening, which continues to include the Pandemic Team with insufficient teacher and zero student representation. Students and Teachers have felt unrepresented throughout this plan, and continue to feel so. By including Students and Teachers on the Pandemic Team, this will create more diverse and rather more justified decisions regarding student and teacher health.

To preview our recommendations for the Pandemic Team, view this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1te0IMz8z6jHUQDNjzqhEa2AZOIjAwDCpBBGu6ZANODA/edit?usp=sharing 

FACULTY AND STUDENTS: The contact/identification information you provide in the petition will not be shared with the District, and you will remain anonymous (unless you specify interest in becoming part of the panel).

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