What Do You Think?

Here is a perspective by Nampa City Councilman, Jacob Bower, regarding the Nampa School Board's decision to delay face-to-face school opening. What do you think?  Let me know!  Cheers ksPost on Facebook by Jacob Raymond Bower:"Please Share! Please get involved!The Nampa School District may not want to have an outbreak of the virus on their watch...but they better be willing to take responsibility for collateral consequences that WILL come because of their decision to continually isolate the young people in this community. Lots of people want to talk about how government is there to protect those that cannot protect themselves...well what about our children, because right now, I see our local government neglecting and ignoring the needs of our most vulnerable citizens--our young people. Collateral damage problems caused by not having school and sports essentially "isolating" our youth will be significant. You HAVE to have an approach that considers BOTH vulnerable groups or you are basically saying "I don't care about kids and their future". Kids can't organize and protest, can't riot, they can't get loud. Kids do not have a voice! It's easy to forget them and make decisions that don't include them because of this.

As a city official, hundreds of parents have reached out to me in frustration and anger, asking what can we do if the Nampa School District won't listen to them.If the Nampa School District will not let our kids go back to school and play sports, I encourage every single parent in the district who is angered and frustrated to pull your kid from the school district and look for other options. Don't enroll in the Nampa School District online program, do not let them get funding for choosing to neglect our students. ( Charter schools are not included in this and are still going to school )Please make your voices heard. Open schools and sports back up! The Nampa School District works for us!Also remember that we can and will vote these people out of office for neglecting our children. Here are our elected Nampa school board members:Mandy Simpson t_msimpson@nsd131.orgMike Kipp t_mkipp@nsd131.orgAllison Westfall t_awestfall@nsd131.org (208-467-9459)Kim Rost t_krost@nsd131.org (208-466-5525)Also Call Superintendent Paula Kellerer at 208-468-4600 "