North Bay parents divided over controversial Missing all CA students billboard calling to reopen schools
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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KGO) The movement by California parents to get their kids back in public schools is gaining momentum in the form of large billboards. Now, some of the parents who helped to fund those signs have gone public.
Among them, Andrea Quartarolo, who created the GoFundMe page for a large billboard that went up in Rohnert Park last weekend. It reads, Missing All Students Last seen 3/13/20, and looks almost like an Amber Alert.
That billboard has generated more than a little divisiveness.
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KGO) You cannot miss it if you travel Highway 101 through Rohnert Park the electronic billboard that went up last weekend has become instantly controversial. Missing All CA Students, last seen 3/13/2020, it reads, almost like an AMBER Alert. The message, for which some parents chipped in their own money, leaves little middle ground. It is insulting to our teachers who are working so hard, said Tamara Litori, a mother. I was a little bit shocked. It is offensive to teachers for what we are doing, said Kiyoko Nakano, a teacher.
More than the sign, this issue goes beyond a district, a county, or a state. It s national. What we see in Sonoma County is just a microcosm.