County restrictions harm kids more than COVID-19

Thousands of elementary, middle and high school students around the country have returned to campus, but almost none are in Santa Clara County.

Remote school is isolating, demotivating and psychologically draining for everyone. Why are we so complacent about it?

County Executive Jeff Smith and Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody have no clear objectives, plans to ease restrictions or checks to balance the impact of their tyranny on our economy and education. It is their policies, not COVID-19, that are destroying our needier population. They took a sledgehammer approach when a scalpel was warranted.

We should be supporting those in East San Jose and other areas with high levels of essential workers and COVID-19 instead of bloodletting the entire county. Smith and Cody have created a nightmare, and our kids are paying the price. They and the impotent board of supervisors need to resign.

— Julie Colwell, Sunnyvale