School board equivocates over ‘Pro-Choice’ vaccine petition
by Garth Meyer A petition asking the Redondo Beach school board to adopt a “Pro-Choice Resolution,” in opposition to any school COVID-19 vaccination mandate, was submitted to the board before its Tuesday, Dec. 14 meeting by the group RBUSD Parents for Transparency. Leader Farah Kreutz said that over 500 parents signed the petition. “I didn’t receive 500 signatures, so I can’t comment on that,” Board president Raymur Flinn said. The petition asked the board to state its support for “returning the COVID-19 vaccination decision to each student’s parents and legal guardians…” Flinn responded to the petition by saying, “This board has not considered its own vaccine mandate for either staff or students.” Flinn added that school boards are allowed to impose more restrictive measures than mandated by the state, but are not allowed to approve less restrictive measures. “Being asked to take a stand against something that no one’s proposed, it feels like we’re starting a fight that isn’t there,” Boardmember Dan Elder said. “I agree there’s nothing concrete on the table to support or oppose,” said David Witkins, the longest-serving board member. Flinn noted that she, and RUSD Superintendent…
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