Delta Concerns of U.S. School Reopenings and Reducing Airborne Transmission

Success Stories

This page is dedicated to the success stories of communities that have made schools safer by influencing desicion makers to implement better policies on high-quality masks, ventilation, filtration, physical distancing, outdoor lunches, testing, building their own Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes and more!

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From Erin in Abington, PA
"A few parents in Abington School District in Abington, PA pushed back against the district plans to upgrade ventilation systems with bi-polar ionization, and instead convinced administration to complete a full-scale balancing and commissioning study to determine necessary and safe upgrades and repairs. We also pressured the district to purchase and provide large quantities of PACs with HEPA filters to distribute throughout the schools, and met with the Director of Facilities to ensure that proper PAC maintenance was ongoing. In addition, we put additional pressure on administration to publish the findings of the B&C reports to the district web site, which they ultimately agreed to.
Another pressure point prior to the start of the school year was lunch in school, especially elementary schools, where students would be unvaccinated and maskless. While we did not achieve our optimal outcome (lunches outdoors), we managed to convince administration to alter the seating in the lunch rooms and create more indoor space, as well as get permission for parents to sign their children out for lunch whenever possible."




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