Demand Ventilation Upgrades and Replacements

    Nationwide Ventilation Petition for School Districts

    Educators working in school buildings nationwide demand that the ventilation systems be upgraded, replaced, or improved to meet COVID safety standards by the upcoming 2021 - 22 academic school year. In addition, educators demand transparency according to the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA. Many school buildings are outdated and require HVAC and air conditioning be installed or replaced. It is unconscionable that some buildings in this modern day and age are not equipped with air conditioning to allow staff and students to concentrate on learning during periods of warmer weather. In compliance with FOIA, school districts nationwide need to be able to answer the following questions:
    How many school buildings have windows that actually open? How many district-owned non-school buildings (such as offices) have openable windows?
    What measures has the district taken to ensure air is not circulated between rooms in each school building, and in each district-owned non-school building (such as offices)? Do measures differ between any buildings? If so, what specific reasoning exists for the differences?
    How and when were HVAC systems updated, upgraded, and/or replaced across the district to handle COVID? Are any school buildings or district-owned non-school buildings (such as offices) without updates? If so, what specific reasoning exists for the differences?
    Do the budgets for ventilation upgrades in school systems nationwide reflect the expenditures for these upgrades or replacements?

    Educators nationwide demand that funds for education and schools provided by recent and upcoming future legislation, such as the Infrastructure Bill, be used to upgrade HVAC Systems and filters to comply to COVID safety standards with full transparency including, but not limited to, above demands. The expenditures for these upgrades, replacements, and improvements should be clearly reflected in school district budgets. These measures will help insure that more transmission of COVID and variants will be mitigated. According to Quebec schools without air purifiers have 3 to 4 times more COVID-19 cases and this mitigation strategy alone will prevent more unnecessary infections of COVID and its variants in staff and students. Especially notable is the fact that COVID and its variants affect school-aged children at an accelerated rate, Children assist COVID Surge.

    We call upon President Joe Biden, VP Harris, Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, Secretary Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, and the CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky to issue an order that school districts provide:
    The MERV rating (Merv13) of filters in every district-owned school building and non-school building (such as offices).
    Make, model, and age of HVAC units in every district-owned building, including both school and non-school buildings (such as offices).

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    Update #32 years ago
    We are getting more support from other groups that totally believe in our mission. We want to hear from you how you can support this effort to build a nationwide movement where our voices will no longer be ignored. We would love your input! Please fill out https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf21Tp5l-gz5WZcofBgO9HSfnik1PzMJkxcQrxJlNlJwgZy2w/viewform?usp=pp_url
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    Update #22 years ago
    National Safe Return to Campus has just published its first newsletter. I just wanted to share it with you. We are working on many issues facing education nationwide. (https://www.facebook.com/nationalsafereturntocampus)
    Reimagine Education Newsletter -- Read All About It!
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    Update #12 years ago
    Thank you for being concerned about ventilation. We would like to invite you to follow, like and share the National Safe Return to Campus page on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/nationalsafereturntocampus.
    We also have a survey about concerns for the upcoming 2021 -22 school year posted there. We would love your input. Here is the survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7zLcaPngqsHFtSb5TId3TnV1WOEciOjGwzBiq_XV-upTNHQ/viewform?usp=pp_url
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