No more masks at VA privates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

[Anonymous]

All this anger and the important point not discussed. Where is the offramp for this? Seriously? Omicron has proven not to be serious as we had thought (although of course you don't want it etc etc) and is about to peak or will in the next few weeks. Do some people want masks forever? What would be a good enough metric? I am curious because if you even bring it up then the very small group that dominates DCUM really goes off. Most people are pretty much in the middle meaning they want safety but realize there needs to be an end point. These are not the people who are fighting with everyone. We are not getting anywhere with crazies on either end. I am supportive that the Governor is working through this. It makes sense. I am sure he realizes there will be all sorts of push back but maybe it will still help get things in the direction where there is an end to masking. Also agree no more cloth masks. Focus on kn95 while we still need the masks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

Curious as to why you think there will be more families wanting to ditch masks over keeping them on in schools if they have the choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this anger and the important point not discussed. Where is the offramp for this? Seriously? Omicron has proven not to be serious as we had thought (although of course you don't want it etc etc) and is about to peak or will in the next few weeks. Do some people want masks forever? What would be a good enough metric? I am curious because if you even bring it up then the very small group that dominates DCUM really goes off. Most people are pretty much in the middle meaning they want safety but realize there needs to be an end point. These are not the people who are fighting with everyone. We are not getting anywhere with crazies on either end. I am supportive that the Governor is working through this. It makes sense. I am sure he realizes there will be all sorts of push back but maybe it will still help get things in the direction where there is an end to masking. Also agree no more cloth masks. Focus on kn95 while we still need the masks.

I want an off-ramp as much as anyone. I’m sick of masks in schools, but while Omicron is not as serious as Delta or the initial strain, it seems to be far more communicable. Youngkin is not proposing a moderate offramp. He ripped the band-aid off in one fell swoop while things have not even peaked yet. If he’d said, in 60 days schools and school districts can, depending on case load, elect whether to require masks or not, and/or after we drop below a certain caseload, then parents can decide, then we’d be having a different conversation. That isn’t what he did. He pandered to his Trumpian base on day 1 and acted irresponsibly. I’d bet he’s running for POTUS in 2024. He’ll be in his 3rd year of his term and VA has a 1 term limit. This shores up enough lunatic fringe support to further that goal.

[Anonymous]

We keep talking about offramps as if we know exactly what is going to come. We don't. The major prediction now seems to be that Delta could be the end of this, assuming no insane mutant variant pops up.

Some people want certainty or the delusion of normalcy, and I can get that frustration, but neither are reality. We roll with the punches and adjust as we go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

I'm pretty sure all the better private schools will keep their masks required for in-person learning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

Probably so. Most of the mainstream ones have a waitlist that will more than compensate for any parents that get miffed at a continued mask requirement. Schools should just call their bluff and politely decline to renew contracts for parents that won’t comply with a mask policy. But I do hope that we are in a position to drop masks sooner than later and this all becomes moot.

Youngkin has really created mess of things in only 2 days.



I'm pretty sure all the better private schools will keep their masks required for in-person learning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

I'm pretty sure all the better private schools will keep their masks required for in-person learning.

+1000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

I'm pretty sure all the better private schools will keep their masks required for in-person learning.

+1000

Legally they may not be able to and may now be forced to offer parents the opt out. That’s the entire point of the order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this anger and the important point not discussed. Where is the offramp for this? Seriously? Omicron has proven not to be serious as we had thought (although of course you don't want it etc etc) and is about to peak or will in the next few weeks. Do some people want masks forever? What would be a good enough metric? I am curious because if you even bring it up then the very small group that dominates DCUM really goes off. Most people are pretty much in the middle meaning they want safety but realize there needs to be an end point. These are not the people who are fighting with everyone. We are not getting anywhere with crazies on either end. I am supportive that the Governor is working through this. It makes sense. I am sure he realizes there will be all sorts of push back but maybe it will still help get things in the direction where there is an end to masking. Also agree no more cloth masks. Focus on kn95 while we still need the masks.

In VA, there are more cases than CV now than ever before - 18K daily (Jan 10th), 33% positivity rate, 3,218 currently hospitalized, 130 adults ICU beds left available in the state. Each person who get tested with CV-19 is out of school/work for at least 5 days, doesn't that seem serious to you? Let's hope it does peak but let's not throw gasoline on the fire either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obviously didn’t name the school for a reason, but not a loony ”fundy Christian or Islamic” either. Fully enrolled, wait list only. Not an anti-vaxxer. Entire family is fully vaccinated and boosted. Again, no shutdowns and no COVID for DC or any of his classmates. You are showing your ignorance with your assumptions.

Is there testing done weekly? If not, maybe that’s why school says there are no cases.

I never said that there were no cases. I said that there were no closures. No testing. Treating COVID like the endemic virus that it is. When your child is sick, you are asked to keep them at home. When they are no longer symptomatic, they can return to school, no questions asked. Of course kids have had COVID, but there have been no massive outbreaks in the school or the school community at large.

NP but it sounds like a dream, common sense at its best. Too bad I can’t send my kid to your school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congressional?

Definitely not. Masks and test to return.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Youngkin is dropping the school mask mandate in Virginia which private schools are no longer requiring masks? Not a political debate, just wondering how schools are handling it.

Just received an email from my DC's school. Thank God they are still requiring all students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when school is back in session tomorrow. I would assume that most private schools will require masks. They have always made distance learning available for any students choosing not to wear masks.

I look forward to my private lifting masks and making distance learning available to those uncomfortable with that.

I look forward to your school’s teachers being “uncomfortable with that” and and deciding to teach you snowflake remotely.

I'm pretty sure all the better private schools will keep their masks required for in-person learning.

+1000

Legally they may not be able to and may now be forced to offer parents the opt out. That’s the entire point of the order.

Pure conjecture from your part about both the “point” of the order and the also the legality of what you propose it requires.

[Anonymous]

The funny thing is I still get this alumni magazine from my old private high school in Florida where DeSantis has been almost vehemently anti mask in public schools.

My old private school clearly is pro mask. Every picture, every kid is masked.