I’m writing to address the parents’ protest of new COVID school restrictions. Our public health officials have worked very hard to keep the community safe and have been very successful. It is ignorant to paint ever-changing guidance as poor planning when constant change is the nature of pandemic response as those who shamefully protested and harassed public health officials did. No one wants to stop extracurricular activities, but if that makes our community safer, then that is the cost of being part of a community. Such ignorance has no place in Oak Park and I urge these parents to do better going forward. We will continue to follow the science and look out for our neighbors.
Cyrus Guzdar
Oak Park