Another Arizona education leader, Scottsdale Unified School District’s Governing Board president Jann-Michael Greenburg, has been caught in a masks “for-thee-not me” moment. Greenburg was caught on video by a parent in a Tempe bar and grill Saturday night without a mask.
Just last week, Arizona Superintendent of Public Education Kathy Hoffman, who shares Greenburg’s staunch position on mask mandates for children was captured maskless at a baby shower.
Controversy has haunted Greenburg since school leadership announced its decision to mandate masks after a special board meeting on August 17.
Last Thursday, after a parent questioned the district’s claims that parents largely support the mandate, Greenburg lost his cool and said “Jesus f——- Christ” into a hot mic as the parent walked away.
Beginning September 29, a new law will take effect that prohibits mask mandates, until then parents and their kids are subjected to the whims of school boards like Greenburg.
When asked in an email:
“What sort of message does it send to constituents who see their elected officials going maskless? Why is it safe to go maskless in a bar for an extended period of time, but unsafe for young healthy children to go maskless in a classroom?
Greenburg gave a response similar to one made by Dr. Anthony Fauci when he said an attack o on him was an attack on science, only in Greenburg’s case an attack on him is an attack on public education:
“This video is another baseless attack by people whose agenda is to destroy public education and discourage people from serving. It won’t work.”
“Why would any parent who has their children currently in public education be trying to destroy it?” asked mother of 6, Amy Carney.
“I currently have two children in SUSD, so it is important to me to have leaders of integrity who strive to strengthen public education so that our community schools are a place where all children can receive an excellent academic and social experience,” continued Carney. “Our governing board president has unfortunately made some recent poor choices showing the quality of his character. His cursing into a hot mic during public comments and getting caught on video not wearing a mask in a crowded bar while the kids and teachers in the district where he serves are under a mask mandate show his lack of maturity.”
The District just can’t seem to stay out of an unfavorable spotlight when it comes to masks. AZ FREE News reported on a controversial quiz by a teacher at Cocopah Middle School:
A mother recently discovered that her sixth grader’s teacher slipped a politicized jab at Governor Doug Ducey’s opposition to school mask mandates into a homework assignment. Cocopah Middle School Language Arts teacher Susan Mulhern included a question asking students to check the grammar of a sentence asking when Ducey would impose K-12 mask mandates statewide. The question is reproduced below:
“What THREE rules would correct the following two sentences’ errors: ‘When will governor Ducey mandate the use of masks in schools?’ inquired william. I think it is time to begin that at cherokee elementary school.”
The parent who questioned the quiz content told AZ FREE News that it did not “reflect all of the beliefs of the students or their families. It’s no place for politics or personal opinion, and it creates divisiveness.”
Currently, Greenburg and three of his Board colleagues are the subject of recall efforts.
It's important that primary schoolchildren don't wear face coverings, says Public Health England's medical adviser Dr Susan Hopkins.
She explains that this is because covid infection rates are low among their age group and wearing face coverings could affect their development pic.twitter.com/HH8a36k6Fo
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