Schools Polls - SquareOffs

Do you support the Columbia Board of Education's extension of mask requirements?

Asked by ABC 17 News

933 Votes

Do you support the Columbia Board of Education's extension of mask requirements?

71%

Yes Yes

29%

No No

71%

Yes

The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously to extend indoor mask requirements after hearing testimony from the public.

The Columbia Board of Education voted unanimously to extend indoor mask requirements after hearing testimony from the public. Show Less

3 Comments

George Frey

Everyone deserves to have a chance to live a healthy life, especially the youngest people in our community. They are our future. Wearing a mask is the least we can do!

Max

Does that include babies that some people call fetuses?

Adam Schrader

Only way to stop this virus is to mask up and get vaccinated. People, geez, it's about doing the right thing for everyone's health. Not a political issue.

Claire Edith

Thank you CPS for working hard to keep our kids safe and for not allowing misguided community members to bully you into submission. It is a hard lesson to learn that whining isn't how we get our way, but we can do hard things especially when it's for the kids.

29%

No

The board heard from several members of the public, most of them in support of the mandate. However, some spoke in opposition, saying masks harm children or are ineffective.

The board heard from several members of the public, most of them in support of the mandate. However, some spoke in opposition, saying masks harm children or are ineffective. Show Less

2 Comments

Courtney Lucas

Masking my child is a medical decisions that belongs to me his mother not a bunch of pompous windblowers who bow to the teachers union and try to control others by fear!!!

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

Asked by ABC 17 News

383 Votes

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

The federal Department of Education said Monday that it is investigating school mask mandate bans in five states as possible civil rights violations.

The federal Department of Education said Monday that it is investigating school mask mandate bans in five states as possible civil rights violations. Show Less

2 Comments

Lesley Allen

Someone has to hold these governors accountable! They are lining their own pockets by sacrificing the wellbeing of our youngest and most vunerable citizens. Sickening.

Max

All mask mandates should be considered null and void. They are ineffective and they cause mental health issues. Just look at the school board members.

55%

No

Mask mandate opponents frame the issue as one of personal freedom that should not involve government.

Mask mandate opponents frame the issue as one of personal freedom that should not involve government. Show Less

3 Comments

Mark Cunningham

We say we do not need to mask up in public and allow businesses to decide, yet we want to allow school districts to make them mandatory?

Thomas James Hoey

They should investigate the mandates. It should be every persons choice to choose. No one is saying you can't wear a mask, just that you don't have to if you don't want to.

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

Asked by ABC 17 News

260 Votes

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

Schools are taking different approaches to protecting students and staff, with some requiring masks while others make face coverings optional.

Schools are taking different approaches to protecting students and staff, with some requiring masks while others make face coverings optional. Show Less

1 Comment

Hatton Chapel-Road

Recommendations and results are too complex to have a resilient and air-tight response. Lax attitudes and American sensibilities push back at anything substantive.

65%

No

Many parents have expressed their displeasure with their schools' rules. Some think they're too restrictive while others wish their schools would have more precautions in place.

Many parents have expressed their displeasure with their schools' rules. Some think they're too restrictive while others wish their schools would have more precautions in place. Show Less

3 Comments

Max

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitts is right and the local flunkies are wrong. It's time to end the fear mongering and get on with life.

Niki Goldenstein

No, it's all stupid, it's the flu, we dont do anything special for the flu so why this

Jeanne Woods

The superintendent is in quarantine and there will be no mask requirements implemented. This morning, the bus driver was NOT wearing a mask. What has to happen for the district to keep our children safe?

Schools SquareOffs

Do you support the Columbia Board of Education's extension of mask requirements?

71% Yes Yes

29% No No

71% Yes

29% No

Should the federal government investigate states' school mask mandate decisions?

45% Yes Yes

55% No No

45% Yes

55% No

Are you satisfied with your school's coronavirus precautions?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

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