Should students under 12 years old have to wear masks indoors at summer school?

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487 Votes

Should students under 12 years old have to wear masks indoors at summer school?

43%

Yes Yes

57%

No No

43%

Yes

Columbia Public Schools this week started requiring masks indoors for students younger than 12 amid a fast rise in coronavirus cases.

Columbia Public Schools this week started requiring masks indoors for students younger than 12 amid a fast rise in coronavirus cases. Show Less

2 Comments

Adam Schrader

As a parent, it's your duty and obligation to do everything you can to ensure that your child stays healthy. This includes a mask and when they cam become vaccinated, you do it

JUSTIN JOBY

Because every precaution under the weather should be taken for *kids*. They require you to protect them. If they die because of some unforeseen reason then that is blood on your hands.

57%

No

Some parents are upset with the decision, saying the rule is unnecessary. The district said masks will help keep students from having to quarantine if they're exposed.

Some parents are upset with the decision, saying the rule is unnecessary. The district said masks will help keep students from having to quarantine if they're exposed. Show Less

4 Comments

Courtney Lucas

Masking a healthy child is dumb. Masking is a parents choice not the school boards.

Brooklyn Nicole

bc wearing a mask for hours a day breathing in your own recycled carbon dioxide is not good for anyone, especially children. It causes chest pain, makes you light headed, etc . It's not good for you.

Debra Riffle

science tells us that young children are are a very low risk of hospitalization or serious effects from a Covid. We have no idea what the effects of having a child breath through layers of fibrous materials are.

Max

Foolish idea. Why not follow the science. That would not fit the plan. The fear monitoring must continue. Regardless of who has to be harmed.

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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96 Votes

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

46%

Yes Yes

54%

No No

46%

Yes

1 Comment

K Crawford

live in path if it would have continued. We took shelter. Our land/woods is full of recycle junk. aluminum, plastic, cardboard, insulation. collected two large trash bags of insulation already. walked the woods earlier & found at least 10 more bags the city should collect it, it is theirs.

54%

No

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Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

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234 Votes

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

Max DeYoung

That's how blue cities work, tax, tax, tax, and tax some more.

Zaos Gonzolez

Tax to the MAX. Tax till you drop, and it still don't stop!

Zaos Gonzolez

I believe with all my heart that Columbia residents should donate their entire paychecks to the City. If the City had ALL of the money, it would solve ALL of the problems.

77%

No

5 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

This is what Columbia just voted in. Great job!!!!

Debbie Neate

They want to raise taxes because the “sales taxes are less than expected”. Could this be due to Columbia’s citizens not shopping downtown, etc. as they do not. Want to deal with addicts, vagrants and panhandlers. Lower revenues are due to administrators poor policies and other choices ie..plan fine

Susanna Johnson Kettlewell

Get rid of the unnecessary positions created the past 3 years! The answer is to reduce the size of government, NOT raise taxes! Columbia's sales tax rate is already too high. Continue letting crime and homelessness flourish, raise taxes, and people will leave the city,

Allan German

Why not cut the city official salaries by a few thousand dollars each to help make up some of the money that the city is looking for? But I doubt a single city official would be willing to do that even though most of them live better than the rest of the city.

Zaos Gonzolez

The recorder of deeds salary alone is over $96,000!!!!!!!!!!!! TRULY INSANE. Most of us can never even imagine that amount of money.

Will Mason

Not until after ALL avenues for budget cuts have been explored Taxes are too high already.

Zaos Gonzolez

If you are alive, there is no such thing as too many taxes. EVEN when you are unalive, you are taxed.

ABC 17 News

Should students under 12 years old have to wear masks indoors at summer school?

43% Yes Yes

57% No No

43% Yes

57% No

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

46% Yes Yes

54% No No

46% Yes

54% No

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

43%

Yes Yes

57%

No No

43%

Yes

57%

No

46%

Yes Yes

54%

No No

46%

Yes

54%

No

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

77%

No