Courtney Ann Taylor slammed the Gwinnett County Board of Education members at a meeting on April 15, telling them that she’s heard the same talk for over a month about kids’ social and mental health.
She tells the board:
“Every one of us knows that young children are not affected by this virus … And that’s a blessing. But as the adults what have we done with that blessing? We’ve shoved it to the side and we’ve said, ‘we don’t care. You’re still going to wear a mask on your face every day … You still can’t play together on the playground like normal children … We don’t care. We’re still going to force you to carry a burden that was never yours to carry.’ Shame on us...We chose you to make difficult decisions for our children. We chose you to make decisions that would be in our children’s best interest. Enforcing 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9-year-old little children to cover their noses and their mouths – where they breathe – for seven hours a day, every day for the last nine months for a virus that you know doesn’t affect them, that is not in their best interest.”
In an interview with Fox, Taylor emphasized the importance of parents attending school board meetings and voicing their opinions heard.
She says, “...I encourage parents across this country to please get involved and go to these meetings and let your voice be heard. We are our children's voice. And I encourage everybody to get involved in your children's education.”