BUT THESE PARENTS AREN’T BUYING
IT
LYDIA HORNUNG SAYS SHE IS ONE OF
MANY PARENTS FRUSTRATED WITH THE
ANKENY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> I CANNOT MAKE IT ANY MORE
CLEAR.
THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS
BASED ON PERSONAL FEELINGS, AND
I WILL GO AS FAR AS SAYING
POLITICAL VIEWS.
MAX BACK IN JULY, KCCI TOLD YOU
: ABOUT HORNUNG’S PETITION
CALLING ON THE ANKENY SCHOOL
BOARD, TO ALLOW PARENTS THE
OPTION TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK
TO SCHOOL FULL-TIME.
NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THAT
PETITION.
BUT BY VOTE OF 4-3 THE BOARD
INSTEAD APPROVED A 50-50 HYBRID
MODEL WITH KIDS ON AN A.B.
SCHEDULE
SARAH BARTHOLE IS A WORKING
MOTHER OF TWO.
>> THE FACT THAT WERE LETTING
THIS CANCEL CULTURE PACKED OUR
SCHOOL, TO ME, EDUCATION IS
ESSENTIAL.
MAX BARTHOLE SAYS PARENTS WERE
: NEVER SURVEYED ABOUT THEIR
PREFERENCE SOMETHING THE
, DISTRICT CONFIRMED TO KCCI.
SHE FEELS THE DISTRICT SHOWED
LITTLE CONSIDERATION FOR WORKING
FAMILIES.
>> I’M AN AVERAGE PARENT AND I
CANNOT BE TEACHING MY KIDS SIX
HOURS A DAY AND TRYING TO WORK.
MAX DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS
: DIRECTOR SAMANTHA AUKES SAYS
THE DECISION WAS BASED ON
SAFETY.
SHE SAYS THE BOARD PRIORITIZED
GUIDANCE FROM THE POLK COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THAT
SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS THE MAIN
CONCERN.
>> THIS IS NO ONE’S PREFERRED
MODEL OF INSTRUCTION.
OUR DESIRE IS NOT FOR KIDS TO
ALTERNATE DAYS THAT THEY ARE IN
SCHOOL.
WE WANT OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL, BUT
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT
WITH WHAT IS SAFE FOR OUR
STUDENTS.
ASK AUKES SAYS SHE HOPES
: EVERYONE CAN COME TOGETHER TO
GET THROUGH THIS.
BUT BARTHOLE SAYS THE DISTRICT’S
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CREATED THE
DIVIDE.
>> I TRULY BELIEVE WE CAN KEEP
ALL THOSE KIDS IN THE BUILDING
AND HAVE IT BE SAFE.
OUR LIFE H
