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Losing Sight Of The Needs Of Children And Their Families
Nick Melvoin was the voice for those who wanted to open school campuses prematurely. When will he start putting “kids first?”
“Over the past year, Nick has fought to safely reopen schools for full-time instruction”
- Nick Melvoin’s campaign website
Last January, as Los Angeles plunged into the depths of the post-holiday COVID-19 surge, LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin made one of his many appearances on FOX11. The subject of his conversation with host Elex Michaelson and initial COVID-19 denier Dr. Drew centered not on how to keep children and their families safe, but instead on why campuses were not open. Ignoring the pain of families mourning loved ones lost in the pandemic, Melvoin used the appearance to talk about how “kids are suffering academically, emotionally.” Maintaining that “their parents are suffering” (from having their children at home?), the board member was pushing the talking point that “we need to do all we can to get kids back” on campus.
Melvoin also used his appearance to admonish UTLA for saying that the return to campus policy had to go…
