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>>> RIGHT NOW THE BROWARD SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
MANDATES AND SCHOOLS AHEAD OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER HAS LED
TO A BATTLE WITH A THREAT TO
TAKE AWAY FUNDING FROM SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
AND THE SPECIAL MEET SOMETHING
UNDERWAY.
>> SO FAR IN THE SPECIAL MEETING
SIX OF THE NINE SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL
WROTE TO KEEP THE MANDATES IN BROWARD SCHOOLS AND THAT IS ALL
BROWARD SCHOOLS AND THAT IS ALL
DESPITE THE FACT THAT OFFICIALS
ARE THREATENING TO WITHHOLD THEIR SALARIES IF DO YOU THAT.
THEIR SALARIES IF DO YOU THAT.
THE DEBATE IS GETTING HEATED AS
DEMONSTRATORS GATHER OUTSIDE OF
THIS MORNING’S SPECIAL BROWARD
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING REGARDING
MASKS.
THE STAFF ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE.
>> AS A TEACHER I DON’T FIND IF
THEY COME IN A MASK, THAT’S A
DECISION FOR THE PARENTS TO
MAKE.
>> WE HAVE KIDS WHO ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED.
THEY ARE EXPOSING US INTO A
COVID.
AND YEAR ARE IN A DEADLY
PANDEMIC.
THE GOVERNOR IS PLYING
POLITICS.
>> HE’S THREATENING TO TAKE AWAY
FUNDING FROM THOSE WHO FORCE
KIDS TO WEAR A MASK.
AND NICKI FREED WHO HAS BEEN
CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNOR SAID IT
SHOULD BE UP TO THE SCHOOL
BOARDS.
THIS IS AS THE STUDENTS SPEAK UP
ABOUT THE CHOICE TO MASK UP.
AND A 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT SPOKE
WITH FRIED AND WORRIED HER
BROTHER WILL GET SICK.
>> AND THAT’S THE EXTEND OF THE
CHILDREN AND THE BOARD MEMBERS
AND ARE YOU HURTING THE
CHILDREN.
>> FIVE COUNTIES HAVE INSTITUTED
MANDATES AND BROWARD COUNTY.
OFFICIALS SAY IN LIGHT OF THE
ORDER THE DISTRICT IS WAITING
FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE BEFORE
MAKING A DECISION ON THE MAIN DATE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
DATE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY CALLED TO DISCUSS THAT
DECISION.
>>> A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AND
THEY WILL VOICE THE OPPOSITION
TO THE ORDER.
WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED THERE.
THAT’S THE LATEST FROM DOWNTOWN
FORT LAUDERDALE.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> WE’RE HEARING FROM THE
GOVERNOR TODAY ON THE MANDATES
IN SCHOOLS.
>> HE IS RIGHT HERE IN SURFSIDE
HONORING THE FIRST RESPONDERS
FOLLOWING THE CONDO COLLAPSE. AND GLENNA MILBERG IS JOINING US
AND GLENNA MILBERG IS JOINING US
LIVE WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS
SAYING.
>> Reporter: DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL
HE GETS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
MASK CHOICE, PARENTAL CHOICE AND
AGAIN HE GAVE THAT VERY LAYERED
ARGUMENT THAT HE HAS IN FAVOR OF
PARENTAL CHOICE AND INVOLVES HIS
QUESTIONING THE HE CASY OF MASKS AND INVOLVES INVOLVES HIS LINE
AND INVOLVES INVOLVES HIS LINE
THAT HE’S PROTECTING THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND IT IS THE AND IN
CHILDREN IT IS VERY SMALL.
>> NOW THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO
SAY IT HAS CHANGED WITH RESPECT TO KIDS.
TO KIDS.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
BETWEEN 1.1 AND 1.4% OF THE
COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS IS
PEDIATRICS, IT IS 1.3%. YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A CHANGE IN
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A CHANGE IN
THE PROPORTION OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ARE ADMITTED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS
THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
KIDS, WE HAD A YEAR TO WATCH HOW
THIS IS DEVELOPED IN FLORIDA AND
THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND THE
WORLD.
KY TELL NEW FLORIDA -- I CAN
TELL YOU IN FLORIDA WE HAD
OTHERS WHO MANDATED IT. SAME WITH PRIVATE AND CHARTER.
SAME WITH PRIVATE AND CHARTER.
THERE WAS NO STATISTICAL
DIFFERENCE.
>> Reporter: SO THAT WAS A
QUESTION ABOUT MASKS, LET ME
TALK ABOUT THE REASON HE WAS IN SURFSIDE HERE TODAY, THAT WAS TO
SURFSIDE HERE TODAY, THAT WAS TO
GIVE THE FIRST BONUS CHECK FROM
THE STATE, $1000 EACH TO FIRST
RESPONDERS AND THE FIRST
RESPONDERS HERE TODAY WERE THOSE
WITH THE MIAMI-DADE AND THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS 1
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS 1
AND 2, WHO WERE ON THAT MOUNTAIN
IN SURFSIDE FOR A SOLID MONTH.
THAT WAS THE CEREMONY.
THE REST OF THE CHECKS ARE IN
THE MAIL.
SO THIS IS THE MONEY THE STATE
OF FLORIDA GOT AS A SHARE OF THE
COVID RELIEF FEDERAL DOLLARS
FROM THE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
ADMINISTRATION.
THE GOVERNOR HERE DIDN’T MENTION
THAT.
HE TOOK CREDIT FOR BRINGING TO
THE LEGISLATURE THE FACT THAT
THE FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD GET
THE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.
AND RIGHT NOW THE GOVERNOR IS ON
THE WAY TO JACKSONVILLE TO DO
THE SAME CEREMONY FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS IN JACKSONVILLE.
I WILL ADD ONE THING THE
MIAMI-DADE DEPARTMENT AND MIAMI
AS WELL HAS A DEPARTMENT POLICY
TO WEAR MASKS.
YOU SAW ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS
FROM THE STAFF, PARAMEDICS, THE
CHIEF, ALL WEARING MASKS.
I WAS GOING TO ASK THE GOVERNOR
TO LOOK OUT AND SAY ASK HIM WHAT
HE THOUGHT ABOUT HIS MASK CHOICE
POLICY WHEN HE SEES ALL THE
FIRST RESPONDERS WEARING MASKS.
I ASKED OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS
THEY WERE VACCINATED WITHOUT THE
POLICY THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
WEARING THE MASKS HERE.
THE MASK DEBATE GOES ON ON SO
MANY LEVELS.
THAT’S THE STORY HERE.
GLENNA MILBERG, LOCAL 10 NEWS.