{"id":73078,"date":"2021-07-10T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73078"},"modified":"2021-07-10T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T12:46:12","slug":"florida-school-promotes-unmasked-and-unvaccinated-teachers-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=73078","title":{"rendered":"Florida School Promotes Unmasked and Unvaccinated Teachers and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Leila Centner Tells RFK, Jr.: <strong>My Academy Welcomes Unvaccinated, Unmasked Students \u2014 and Is Hiring New Teachers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>Leila Centner, founder of Centner Academy in Miami, Florida, says schools nationwide have made students feel anxious and fearful of one another. Her academy allows kids to be kids, and does not hide students behind plexiglass or force social distancing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->By Children&#8217;s Health Defense Team<br \/>\nThe Defender<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73080\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-leila-centner-feature-800x417-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-leila-centner-feature-800x417-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-leila-centner-feature-800x417-1-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-leila-centner-feature-800x417-1-768x400.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leilacentner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leila Centner<\/a>, founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/centneracademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centner Academy<\/a> in Miami, Florida, uses a strengths-based approach to learning that promotes mindfulness, entrepreneurship and critical thinking.<\/p>\n<p>The academy accommodates children pre-kindergarten to eighth grade and provides healthy meals that are organic and sugar-free. The school also welcomes unvaccinated students and those who wish to attend school mask-free, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/centneracademy.com\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring new teachers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQus7DfNeJ0\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=13&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshealthdefense.org&amp;rp=%2Fdefender%2Fleila-centner-rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-academy-welcomes-unvaccinated-unmasked-students-new-teachers%2F%3Futm_source%3Dsalsa%26eType%3DEmailBlastContent%26eId%3D04efec71-8531-42cd-8bae-818ea0502083#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3090%2C%22ls%22%3A1114%2C%22le%22%3A1137%7D\" height=\"747\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, schools have taught children to be anxious and fearful, Centner told <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/\">Children\u2019s Health Defense<\/a> Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/rfkjr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RFK Jr. The Defender Podcast<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The academy is an oasis, said Kennedy, a safe place where children feel comfortable being close to each other, and aren\u2019t viewing their classmates as potential biohazards.<\/p>\n<p>Students were not forced to social distance or hide behind plexiglass, said Centner. There was no science to support those kind of restrictions, she added.<\/p>\n<p>When the academy reopened in September 2020, Centner was given a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that had \u201cpages and pages of ridiculous restrictions.\u201d She tossed the document aside and did her own research on how to keep kids safe at school without making them feel scared and anxious.<\/p>\n<p>Centner purchased UV lights, which kill 99.99% of viruses, and placed them in the HVAC systems, she explained. She also doubled their cleaning crew and bought hydrogen peroxide, which Centner said is the most effective and safest way to clean without harming the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Centner told Kennedy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t separate them during lunch. I didn\u2019t have these corny rules that they couldn\u2019t talk during lunch. This is what\u2019s happening in schools all over the country, and in Florida. Right up the street, one of the schools, the kids aren\u2019t allowed to speak to each other during lunch. Their playground equipment has been removed because playground equipment, I guess, carries germs. Schools all over the world are teaching children to be anxious, to be afraid of germs, to be afraid of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full interview to hear how Centner was attacked by The New York Times and the Miami Herald for asking the school\u2019s teachers not to get the COVID vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/6223967412001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6257995703001\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/leila-centner-rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-academy-welcomes-unvaccinated-unmasked-students-new-teachers\/?utm_source=salsa&amp;eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=04efec71-8531-42cd-8bae-818ea0502083\">https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/leila-centner-rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast-academy-welcomes-unvaccinated-unmasked-students-new-teachers\/?utm_source=salsa&amp;eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=04efec71-8531-42cd-8bae-818ea0502083<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leila Centner Tells RFK, Jr.: My Academy Welcomes Unvaccinated, Unmasked Students \u2014 and Is Hiring New Teachers Leila Centner, founder of Centner Academy in Miami, Florida, says schools nationwide have made students feel anxious and fearful of one another. 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