On Sunday, July 19, Inweekly had The Political Matrix poll 1,000 parents which children in Escambia County public schools. Â Nearly two-thirds of them are uncomfortable about Superintendent Malcolm Thomas opening the schools next month.
| Total | % | |
| Extremely Comfortable | 188 | 18.8% |
| Very Comfortable | 88 | 8.8% |
| Comfortable | 84 | 8.4% |
| 360 | 36.0% | |
| Uncomfortable | 182 | 18.2% |
| Very Uncomfortable | 170 | 17.0% |
| Extremely Uncomfortable | 288 | 28.8% |
| 640 | 64.0% |
Mobile County, Ala, has moved to opening its school to Sept. 1st and will hold classes online for the first nine weeks. The poll found that 59.2% of the parents would prefer following Mobile’s lead and delay reopening to September. Â Only 30.7% want them to open in August.
| Total | % | |
| Moving Opening to 9/1 | 592 | 59.2% |
| Opening in August | 307 | 30.7% |
| Undecided | 101 | 10.1% |
The majority felt schools should require students to wear face masks.
| Total | % | |
| Yes | 657 | 65.7% |
| No | 247 | 24.7% |
| Undecided | 96 | 9.6% |
Only  about 40% were satisfied with the information the district has supplied them on reopening.
| Total | % | |
| Extremely Satisfied | 134 | 13.4% |
| Very Satisfied | 101 | 10.1% |
| Satisfied | 157 | 15.7% |
| 392 | 39.2% | |
| Unsatisfied | 219 | 21.9% |
| Very Unsatisfied | 137 | 13.7% |
| Extremely Unsatisfied | 196 | 19.6% |
| 552 | 55.2% | |
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Heard anything from them
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56 | 5.6% |
METHODOLOGY
The persons sampled were Escambia County likely voters with a voting score of 85% for the general election cycles. The voters called were those only with landlines and were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 4-8 p.m. on July 19. The Margin of Error for this study is +/- 4.5% with a confidence level of 95%.
