Parents in Orleans Parish have demands before school opens

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Parents of public school students have several demands including:

No reopening until the scientific data supports it-

Police-free schools

All schools must be supported to function as community schools with adequate numbers of counselors and nurses and community/parent outreach workers

Safe conditions including lower class sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other key protocols

Support for our communities and families, including canceling rents and mortgages, a moratorium on evictions/foreclosures, providing direct cash assistance to those not able to work or who are unemployed, and other critical social needs

Moratorium on new charter or voucher programs and standardized testing

Massive infusion of federal money to support the reopening funded by taxing billionaires and Wall Street

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