What are the next 3-4 weeks of school going to be like? (APS)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

What is the significance of January 15 that you think masks will disappear that day?

The new governor is sworn in.

Can’t wait for all you youngkin voters to be as disappointed as Biden supporters . Keep waiting for that change…

Newsflash - many of the Youngkin parent voters in Northern Virginia voted for Biden.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

Riiiiiiiight. Your kids figured that out all on their own huh.

I can't count the number of conversations I've been in where people complain about people they think are overly cautious, then look at me and say "oh but of course I'm not talking about you, you need to take the precautions for your at risk children (now child since only 1 is under 5)." Give me a break people. There are more of us with at risk kids than you realize. Maybe we're not waving our kids' health info under your noses every 5 minutes, but we're also not going to mass play dates where we know kids won't be masking, and we're not getting beach houses with y'all. We're still here even if you refuse to acknowledge us and our kids.

A child under 5 is not risk. Only COVIDian paranoid people think that.

And any truly at risk can handle COVID just like they do for the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses.

Thanks for the advice, but that's not at all what my at-risk kid's doctor says. If any truly at risk could handle Covid, it's really odd how many at risk have been hospitalized, vented, or died from Covid, as opposed to colds.

As a parent of a high risk child, living through Covid is hard enough. The vitriol from the Covid deniers puts it over the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

You are the problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

Riiiiiiiight. Your kids figured that out all on their own huh.

I can't count the number of conversations I've been in where people complain about people they think are overly cautious, then look at me and say "oh but of course I'm not talking about you, you need to take the precautions for your at risk children (now child since only 1 is under 5)." Give me a break people. There are more of us with at risk kids than you realize. Maybe we're not waving our kids' health info under your noses every 5 minutes, but we're also not going to mass play dates where we know kids won't be masking, and we're not getting beach houses with y'all. We're still here even if you refuse to acknowledge us and our kids.

A child under 5 is not risk. Only COVIDian paranoid people think that.

And any truly at risk can handle COVID just like they do for the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses.

Thanks for the advice, but that's not at all what my at-risk kid's doctor says. If any truly at risk could handle Covid, it's really odd how many at risk have been hospitalized, vented, or died from Covid, as opposed to colds.

As a parent of a high risk child, living through Covid is hard enough. The vitriol from the Covid deniers puts it over the top.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

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This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.



I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.



Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.



What is the significance of January 15 that you think masks will disappear that day?



The new governor is sworn in.



Can’t wait for all you youngkin voters to be as disappointed as Biden supporters . Keep waiting for that change…



Newsflash - many of the Youngkin parent voters in Northern Virginia voted for Biden.

Newsflash--those parents are about to be sorry.

[Anonymous]

Youngkin already said he won't interfere with local mask mandates, so not sure why folks think it will change here in NOVA. He just said he will ban a state wide one.

https://www.wric.com/news/yougkin-wont-try-to-block-local-mask-vaccine-mandates-like-other-republican-governors/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin already said he won't interfere with local mask mandates, so not sure why folks think it will change here in NOVA. He just said he will ban a state wide one.

https://www.wric.com/news/yougkin-wont-try-to-block-local-mask-vaccine-mandates-like-other-republican-governors/

Yep. These people live on sound bites and unfortunately spread misinformation. Just like what happened in the previous presidential administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

You are the problem

x1000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin already said he won't interfere with local mask mandates, so not sure why folks think it will change here in NOVA. He just said he will ban a state wide one.

https://www.wric.com/news/yougkin-wont-try-to-block-local-mask-vaccine-mandates-like-other-republican-governors/

Yep. These people live on sound bites and unfortunately spread misinformation. Just like what happened in the previous presidential administration.

Old article. See December interviews. He backtracked on that (after hearing an earful from Fairfax parents)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

Riiiiiiiight. Your kids figured that out all on their own huh.

I can't count the number of conversations I've been in where people complain about people they think are overly cautious, then look at me and say "oh but of course I'm not talking about you, you need to take the precautions for your at risk children (now child since only 1 is under 5)." Give me a break people. There are more of us with at risk kids than you realize. Maybe we're not waving our kids' health info under your noses every 5 minutes, but we're also not going to mass play dates where we know kids won't be masking, and we're not getting beach houses with y'all. We're still here even if you refuse to acknowledge us and our kids.

A child under 5 is not risk. Only COVIDian paranoid people think that.

And any truly at risk can handle COVID just like they do for the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses.

Thanks for the advice, but that's not at all what my at-risk kid's doctor says. If any truly at risk could handle Covid, it's really odd how many at risk have been hospitalized, vented, or died from Covid, as opposed to colds.

As a parent of a high risk child, living through Covid is hard enough. The vitriol from the Covid deniers puts it over the top.

+1,000

Your child would have the same issue in bad flu seasons. We have procedures in place for those kids.

Less children have died from covid than they did on an annualized basis from H1N1. The mortality rate is similar to a flu season, and that’s before vaccines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

Riiiiiiiight. Your kids figured that out all on their own huh.

I can't count the number of conversations I've been in where people complain about people they think are overly cautious, then look at me and say "oh but of course I'm not talking about you, you need to take the precautions for your at risk children (now child since only 1 is under 5)." Give me a break people. There are more of us with at risk kids than you realize. Maybe we're not waving our kids' health info under your noses every 5 minutes, but we're also not going to mass play dates where we know kids won't be masking, and we're not getting beach houses with y'all. We're still here even if you refuse to acknowledge us and our kids.

A child under 5 is not risk. Only COVIDian paranoid people think that.

And any truly at risk can handle COVID just like they do for the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses.

Thanks for the advice, but that's not at all what my at-risk kid's doctor says. If any truly at risk could handle Covid, it's really odd how many at risk have been hospitalized, vented, or died from Covid, as opposed to colds.

As a parent of a high risk child, living through Covid is hard enough. The vitriol from the Covid deniers puts it over the top.

+1,000

Your child would have the same issue in bad flu seasons. We have procedures in place for those kids.

Less children have died from covid than they did on an annualized basis from H1N1. The mortality rate is similar to a flu season, and that’s before vaccines.

Great! More uniformed medical advice from an agenda-driven internet dude. You actually have no idea what issues my child has with the flu and you do not know or care why my child's risk is so much higher with Covid than with the flu. You do have an agenda and an attitude of not caring about vulnerable children.

And your statement that "We have procedures in place for THOSE kids."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would have been nice and I favor safety (and love what DC schools are doing — their plan beats everyone else’s) but no way can APS implement anything like this at this point, Wednesday night before school starts again on Monday. Wish APS would have done this, but no way can they do it now. Ha ha. I wish.

I will just keep my kids in the weekly testing program and get them the best masks I can.

I favor kids’ health, and I know that health is much more than 1 respiratory virus that is less than flu level risk (prior to vaccines) and mental health is extremely important to kids after all that Arlington has robbed from our kids after 2 years in the fruitless paranoid view of “in an abundance of caution.”

That’s why our kids don’t wear masks except where legally required and we only get tested if we’re actually sick.

Us too. On a beach vacation now with other families, acting like normal. Kids are excited to be back at school on Monday. They’re very hopeful that masks will be gone on January 15th because they want to see their friends’ faces at school, not just outside of school. Even they know it’s all theater at school to make a few nutty parents “feel” their kids are safe.

Riiiiiiiight. Your kids figured that out all on their own huh.

I can't count the number of conversations I've been in where people complain about people they think are overly cautious, then look at me and say "oh but of course I'm not talking about you, you need to take the precautions for your at risk children (now child since only 1 is under 5)." Give me a break people. There are more of us with at risk kids than you realize. Maybe we're not waving our kids' health info under your noses every 5 minutes, but we're also not going to mass play dates where we know kids won't be masking, and we're not getting beach houses with y'all. We're still here even if you refuse to acknowledge us and our kids.

A child under 5 is not risk. Only COVIDian paranoid people think that.

And any truly at risk can handle COVID just like they do for the 200 other endemic respiratory viruses.

Thanks for the advice, but that's not at all what my at-risk kid's doctor says. If any truly at risk could handle Covid, it's really odd how many at risk have been hospitalized, vented, or died from Covid, as opposed to colds.

As a parent of a high risk child, living through Covid is hard enough. The vitriol from the Covid deniers puts it over the top.

+1,000

Your child would have the same issue in bad flu seasons. We have procedures in place for those kids.

Less children have died from covid than they did on an annualized basis from H1N1. The mortality rate is similar to a flu season, and that’s before vaccines.

Great! More uniformed medical advice from an agenda-driven internet dude. You actually have no idea what issues my child has with the flu and you do not know or care why my child's risk is so much higher with Covid than with the flu. You do have an agenda and an attitude of not caring about vulnerable children.

And your statement that "We have procedures in place for THOSE kids."

And school can’t completely reorient themselves because a minuscule % of children. Look at the amount of actual immunocompromised kids that qualified for virtual learning at FCPS. It was the equivalent of 0.2%.

[Anonymous]

Sorry PP, those folks only care about the health of your child when it’s a fertilized embryo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry PP, those folks only care about the health of your child when it’s a fertilized embryo.

🤣🤣 so true!

[Anonymous]

And now some jerk on AEM is suggesting the teachers should plan a sick-out to force APS to go virtual the next couple of weeks.