For reasons of national security - and because voters expect it to start - the transition from the Trump administration to the new Biden administration should start, NOW!

Fossil fuel companies have they proven, with years of disinformation campaigns and efforts to slow climate action, that they will always stand in the way of true action on climate.

This is very important because our loved ones are possibly going to get sick and not make it home to their families, wife’s and children by the prison spreading the virus and treating them as if they are not human.

This is important to all Mount Horeb community members regardless of whether they have children in the district or not. Runaway COVID-19 rates in Wisconsin mean everyone needs to do everything they can to control the spread of this disease. We need to stop looking for loopholes and exemptions and do everything we can to prevent more COVID-19 cases and more COVID-19 deaths. Our teachers are under more scrutiny than ever before, and they are working incredibly hard to meet the demands coming at them from every direction. Dr. Salerno's Return to Work plan, unanimously approved by the board, includes the requirement for every teacher without ADA accommodations to work 20 hours in their empty classrooms. This requirement has been called "petty," "outdated," and "paternalistic," and with the county and state rates we're now seeing, we need to add "dangerous." To protect its teachers and the wider community, MHASD must remove this requirement immediately. Doing so will require board approval, and in the meantime, building principals should be telling staff they will not be enforcing the on-site work hours for 100% virtual teachers.

Due to the pandemic our university has chosen to make most of our classes virtual. Although this was a noble decision made for the greater good, it has impacted many students negatively. Many feel as though the workload has actually increased with online classes. There is no direct blame for this as we are all still trying to adjust. To many of us, it appears there is not much of a difference from the abrupt change in Spring 2020. Online classes are hard enough, so why should we still have the same grading system as we did with in person classes? Struggles such as having class at home and trying to find a quiet environment, fighting mental struggles as we are away from social life, and the pressure of achieving grades that will impact our future plans is simply unfair if the grading scale is not adjusted. We should be given the option to pass/fail our classes as we all face different hardships during these difficult times.

We are a team of Gandhian activists in San Jose, CA. We have been teaching principled nonviolence, and training peace ambassadors, and have helped secure numerous marches and assemblies in our city since 2016. Because we worry about the effect on our democracy of some elected officials' recent accusations that the election was illegitimate, on grounds for which we have not heard sufficient evidence, we have pledged to do what we can to make sure that all ballots, especially mail-in, are counted. So we had three meetings with various Santa Clara County supervisors, and with our city police chief and county sheriff. Our elections and our vote-counting here have been very orderly and we trust that the reported outcomes reflect all the votes cast. We pray that your run-off elections may be as orderly and as peaceful and that all of Georgia's legitimate votes will be counted. And we wish you and your wife the best in dealing with the coronavirus! We pray that she will recover quickly.

Virtual learning is too difficult for kids to stay on track and for their caregivers to help complete.

This is important because people are dying from the out of control spreading of Covid-19 and there is no plan to recover set in place.

The reasons for requesting this reversal are as follows: 1. This policy places an unnecessary burden on working parents during an already stressful situation due to the pandemic. For the HACA programs: Many working parents chose HACA for a variety of reasons, but a majority chose to do so due to health concerns for their children and family members. Working parents have rearranged their lives and work schedule in order to make sure their children succeed in the HACA program. And, many chose the HACA program over others in order to keep their tax dollars in the district. For all online education: To change this policy now, only 9 weeks into the year, may force parents to choose between their jobs and their children’s education/health or to move their children to an asynchronous cyber program outside of the district. 2. For HACA Program: The decision to change this policy should not have been made AFTER parents were required to commit to another 9 week term of the HACA cyber program. 3. I would direct you to the Intercultural Development Research Program’s guidelines for equitable teaching in an online environment: https://www.idra.org/services/ensuring-equity-in-online-learning-considerations-in-response-to-covid-19s-impact-on-schooling/. A lot of research has emphasized that asynchronous online teaching is the best practice for maintaining equity, because the requirement of synchronous learning widens the gap for students who do not have easy access to the internet or whose parents’ work situation requires flexibility. 4. The Department of Education lists the completion of work by the following day as a way to record attendance. In fact, they define attendance in the following terms: “students' physical exposure to or contact with learning activities.” Completion of work the following day meets this standard as outlined in Table 2: Sample decision matrix for remote learning days. For this information, see the DOE website on attendance: https://www.education.pa.gov/Schools/safeschools/emergencyplanning/COVID-19/SchoolReopeningGuidance/ReopeningPreKto12/CreatingEquitableSchoolSystems/FocusEffectiveInstruction/Assessment/Pages/Attendance.aspx. 5. For HACA Elementary: There is NO asynchronous option for elementary cyber education as there is at the secondary level. Without this option, it is unethical to require students to attend live, synchronous classes. It is for these reasons that we request the reversal of the attendance policy. We only ask that the district act in a fair and equitable manner that does not put undue stress on working families as well as those without consistent technological access. The district has repeatedly respected the needs of parents in the school district by opening brick and mortar elementary schools for 5 days a week and voting to keep schools open despite the recommendation by the Department of Health. We ask that Superintendent Wolicki and the HASD School Board do the same for cyber parents, respecting the unique needs and challenges for those enrolled in the HACA program. In addition, at the secondary level, students must follow the flex A/B schedule which requires student attendance online without considering the adjustment families must make to accommodate this hybrid format. The reversal of this new attendance policy will be the best way for parents, especially working parents, to help their children succeed in an online schooling environment.

The Climate Justice Committee calls on Biden to turn back Trump's Executive Orders that exacerbate climate change and environmental damage to the world. We call on Biden to sign Executive Orders overturning the damage done by Trump. These are by no means the only Executive Orders that need to go, but this would be a good start for Biden to show the climate justice movement that he takes climate change seriously. To do so requires nothing more than the signing of his pen, which is all it took for Trump to enact them in the first place. We know that is a drop in the bucket for what needs to be done to fight climate change and environmental destruction, so we hope you join the Climate Justice Committee in demanding these Executive Orders are rolled back, and also for real and meaningful action to save our planet. If you would like to co-sponsor this, please do so here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qk0h4W7FWcu9H_HUFMCLVAaLQRDncWxCXbNpmxMOmyY/edit

Mr. Trump is a threat and imminent danger and threat to the U.S.A. His erratic decisions, tweets, and actions are dividing the country and leaving it open to a variety of international attacks as his decision to fire leaders and threaten elected officials, commending the actions of white supremacy to enact domestic terrorism against our elected officials- is more than enough cause for action. We the people request that Mr. Donald J. Trump, be removed from the White House and not be allowed to serve out his remaining days of his term. Additionally, we request he be taken off of Twitter and arrested for all of his crimes both before and during his presidency. We also ask that he be held accountable for all of the deaths of over 200k Americans.

We have all been experiencing limited exercise and social options due to the COVID-19. By not having lights at the elysian park basketball court it eliminates yet another opportunity of getting daily exercise and socializing. Hoboken loves basketball and almost every other court in the city has lights. With daylight savings darkness falls at 4:30 everyday. Putting lights in would make Hoboken more welcoming and allow many people to enjoy their daily life a little more. We see the benefits at Church Square Park where the courts have lights and residents of all ages benefit. Overall the choice to put lights in Elysian Park basketball courts would be a benefit to the residents of Hoboken at a time when we need it most.