“If y’all can go full-tilt for a bond issue, why not for us?” — Diane Birdwell, a 22-year trainer and Dallas ISD campus union rep, amongst a variety of academics and oldsters who expressed concern about in-person faculty to the board of trustees. (Thursday, Dallas Morning Information)“We prefer to have in-person learning. We haven’t seen our kids since early March. And our families, they have a lot of need to be with their teachers and their counselors.” —Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa (Tuesday, Dallas Morning Information) “There’s ugly sides to parenting, and I think the idea that I’m going to protect my kids first is really beautiful and really ugly. How do you balance your desire to give to your kids without taking away from others?” — Kristina Boshernitzan, a mom in Austin who, out of concern about insufficient public faculty choices, is becoming a member of with a small group of neighbors to rent a personal tutor. (Thursday, Texas Tribune)“We’re scrambling, but we’re working through it. I am shocked. The minute you think you know what the UIL is going to do, it is always something different.” — Justin Evans, soccer coach for Miller Excessive Faculty in Corpus Christi. Miller is a 4A faculty and could have a unique soccer begin date from the 5A colleges in the identical faculty district. (Tuesday, Corpus Christi Caller-Occasions)“There’s a false sense of security right now for many people. They think that their children are not going to get COVID because children have this innate protection against viral infection. That’s not true.” — Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, chief of pediatric infectious ailments at Youngsters’s Well being and a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern. (Monday, Dallas Morning Information)“There is still a long way to go.” — Oxford professor Sarah Gilbert, who’s main growth of a coronavirus vaccine. She is engaged on certainly one of a number of vaccines which can be exhibiting promise in early testing, however scientists warn it could possibly be years earlier than any is prepared for the general public. (Tuesday, New York Occasions)“Today I tried to explain to a French person why wearing a mask could be considered a political issue. They thought it was a joke.” — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR Information correspondent in Paris (Monday, Twitter)“I was born in China, and came to the U.S. after college and spent half of my life here. We have family here, we raised our kids here and we want to build up this beautiful city. But we still have ties to China. There is no way to cut our ties.” — Brian Liu, a Chinese language American and former board member of the Chinese language Group Middle in Houston, lamenting the U.S. demand that China shut its Houston consulate. (Friday, Houston Chronicle)“Restaurant closures absolutely freaked out the rat population. They really, really rely on restaurant waste for their food source.” — Mike Smith, proprietor of The Pest Store in Plano, on a excessive quantity of calls from residential clients with rat issues. (Wednesday, Dallas Morning Information)“They are sharply escalating the situation. Their presence here is actually leading to more violence and more vandalism. And it’s not helping the situation at all.” — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on techniques utilized by federal legislation enforcement brokers in opposition to protesters. (Tuesday, PBS Information Hour)“Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” — Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (Wednesday, Dallas Morning Information)“I have 50,000 pounds of nuts American Airlines and United didn’t want. We’re feeling sad. We’re sitting on a lot of nuts.” — Kim Peacock of Arlington’s GNS Meals and GreatNuts.com, which has been roasting nuts for airways for 30 years. (Friday, Fort Value Star-Telegram)
