Masking off-ramp coming soon?

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

How many cases has your school had? We’ve had only a few for the entire year and none in pre-k. Are your kids napping with masks on? We were explicitly told we were not allowed to do that.

We don't have pre-K so no nappers. Currently I would estimate that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of each class in the school is in some form of notice or quarantine. Now teachers are starting to be out. It is a hot mess. If you think it isn't happening at your K-5 school then you are being completely ignorant and uninformed.

So your situation is really not a good comparison to mine. We’re in Arlington county. Cases are relatively low. Our school is not experiencing anywhere near that level of absences.

Just wait ... you'll see.

Where is your school?

If you're in Arlington then my school isn't far from yours. There are only 2 divisions contiguous to APS. I am in one of them. What's happening in our school is coming soon to you ...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

How many cases has your school had? We’ve had only a few for the entire year and none in pre-k. Are your kids napping with masks on? We were explicitly told we were not allowed to do that.

We don't have pre-K so no nappers. Currently I would estimate that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of each class in the school is in some form of notice or quarantine. Now teachers are starting to be out. It is a hot mess. If you think it isn't happening at your K-5 school then you are being completely ignorant and uninformed.

So your situation is really not a good comparison to mine. We’re in Arlington county. Cases are relatively low. Our school is not experiencing anywhere near that level of absences.

Just wait ... you'll see.

Where is your school?

If you're in Arlington then my school isn't far from yours. There are only 2 divisions contiguous to APS. I am in one of them. What's happening in our school is coming soon to you ...

I do not believe there is a single school in this area that could have 1/4 of the student population out without people screaming about it all over this board and perhaps the local news

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

How many cases has your school had? We’ve had only a few for the entire year and none in pre-k. Are your kids napping with masks on? We were explicitly told we were not allowed to do that.

We don't have pre-K so no nappers. Currently I would estimate that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of each class in the school is in some form of notice or quarantine. Now teachers are starting to be out. It is a hot mess. If you think it isn't happening at your K-5 school then you are being completely ignorant and uninformed.

So your situation is really not a good comparison to mine. We’re in Arlington county. Cases are relatively low. Our school is not experiencing anywhere near that level of absences.

Just wait ... you'll see.

Where is your school?

If you're in Arlington then my school isn't far from yours. There are only 2 divisions contiguous to APS. I am in one of them. What's happening in our school is coming soon to you ...

I do not believe there is a single school in this area that could have 1/4 of the student population out without people screaming about it all over this board and perhaps the local news

Please pull your head out of the sand. They aren't reported absent if they log in through Teams or Zoom. And most of the parents are so desperate to keep their kids in 5-day in-person school that they won't say anything. School is childcare, you know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

Baloney.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

How many cases has your school had? We’ve had only a few for the entire year and none in pre-k. Are your kids napping with masks on? We were explicitly told we were not allowed to do that.

We don't have pre-K so no nappers. Currently I would estimate that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of each class in the school is in some form of notice or quarantine. Now teachers are starting to be out. It is a hot mess. If you think it isn't happening at your K-5 school then you are being completely ignorant and uninformed.

So your situation is really not a good comparison to mine. We’re in Arlington county. Cases are relatively low. Our school is not experiencing anywhere near that level of absences.

Just wait ... you'll see.

Where is your school?

If you're in Arlington then my school isn't far from yours. There are only 2 divisions contiguous to APS. I am in one of them. What's happening in our school is coming soon to you ...

I do not believe there is a single school in this area that could have 1/4 of the student population out without people screaming about it all over this board and perhaps the local news

Please pull your head out of the sand. They aren't reported absent if they log in through Teams or Zoom. And most of the parents are so desperate to keep their kids in 5-day in-person school that they won't say anything. School is childcare, you know.

I don't believe there is a local jurisdiction with 25 per cent of its student population not physically present in school.

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So 25 percent of kids are not showing up to school but are logging in via Teams (which isn’t offered as an option but ok) and being counted as present.

And no one has noticed.

And while Delta is declining, this will soon be coming for us too if it’s not already happening.

Is that a fair summation of what you are saying?

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

How many cases has your school had? We’ve had only a few for the entire year and none in pre-k. Are your kids napping with masks on? We were explicitly told we were not allowed to do that.

We don't have pre-K so no nappers. Currently I would estimate that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of each class in the school is in some form of notice or quarantine. Now teachers are starting to be out. It is a hot mess. If you think it isn't happening at your K-5 school then you are being completely ignorant and uninformed.

So your situation is really not a good comparison to mine. We’re in Arlington county. Cases are relatively low. Our school is not experiencing anywhere near that level of absences.

Just wait ... you'll see.

Where is your school?

If you're in Arlington then my school isn't far from yours. There are only 2 divisions contiguous to APS. I am in one of them. What's happening in our school is coming soon to you ...

25 to 33 percent of kids are out in Fairfax or Alexandria and no one has noticed or connected the dots to expose this. Huh.

[Anonymous]

if you wear a mask in your car or outdoors then big LoL

Also, if you want endless masking for children then I wish a slow and painful death

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

LOL. You wrote an email to your pediatrician on Sunday morning and he or she responded within hours to tell you that masks are "so dangerous"??? Really. Tell me a new one.

Here is what real doctors, not the imaginary ones in your head, have to say. This is taken straight from the AAP website.

Keeping masks on in school and urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are among several coordinated interventions recommended in updated AAP interim guidance that strongly advocates for in-person learning during the 2021-’22 school year.

The AAP continues to recommend that all staff and students who are 2 years or older wear face masks unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit their use.

All campers and camp staff should wear face masks indoors (unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit use), especially in mixed vaccination settings.

[Anonymous]

Careful. Some of these anti-maskers with bogus “doctor” recommendations may be coming from conservative nut jobs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/01/masks-schools-koch-money/

“A template letter circulated by Independent Women’s Forum offers a glimpse into a well-resourced campaign against public health regulations”

“ The document offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a well-financed conservative campaign to undermine regulations that health authorities say are necessary to contain the coronavirus.”

“ The document flies in the face of recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose positions stress the need to account for more dangerous strains of the virus and to protect people too young to receive shots still only authorized for those 12 and older.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if you wear a mask in your car or outdoors then big LoL

Also, if you want endless masking for children then I wish a slow and painful death

As a parent I am hoping that masks will prevent a slow and painful death for my kids. I know you're too immature to understand that concept but that's okay. My kids wear masks at school all day long and they're completely fine with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

LOL. You wrote an email to your pediatrician on Sunday morning and he or she responded within hours to tell you that masks are "so dangerous"??? Really. Tell me a new one.

Here is what real doctors, not the imaginary ones in your head, have to say. This is taken straight from the AAP website.

Keeping masks on in school and urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are among several coordinated interventions recommended in updated AAP interim guidance that strongly advocates for in-person learning during the 2021-’22 school year.

The AAP continues to recommend that all staff and students who are 2 years or older wear face masks unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit their use.

All campers and camp staff should wear face masks indoors (unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit use), especially in mixed vaccination settings.

They probably wrote it when the guidance came out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

LOL. You wrote an email to your pediatrician on Sunday morning and he or she responded within hours to tell you that masks are "so dangerous"??? Really. Tell me a new one.

Here is what real doctors, not the imaginary ones in your head, have to say. This is taken straight from the AAP website.

Keeping masks on in school and urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are among several coordinated interventions recommended in updated AAP interim guidance that strongly advocates for in-person learning during the 2021-’22 school year.

The AAP continues to recommend that all staff and students who are 2 years or older wear face masks unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit their use.

All campers and camp staff should wear face masks indoors (unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit use), especially in mixed vaccination settings.

No one is disputing that many doctors recommend masks. Very few recommend young children eat with their mask on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher pp here. Our public school provides free replacement masks to anyone/anytime.

But again it so pointless. I actually believe properly worn quality masks make a difference. Most kids masks are neither high quality nor worn properly.

And don’t get me started with the unlimited water drinking.

I tend to agree. My students are great at wearing masks but it's a VPI program and masks are off for breakfast, rest time and snack. I would be totally comfortable if we just did away with them.

Yikes. Not me. We're universal for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is in the classroom. I have our kids keeping their masks on and raising them from the bottom to place a piece of food in their mouths. Same with drinking.

The other teachers around me are doing the same thing. Our little cadre of classrooms has the lowest Covid rates for the school. It makes a HUGE difference that our students aren't fully taking off their masks to eat. We have only received positive feedback from parents and I know some parents have asked to have their kids moved into my classroom or the others' because of it.

My pediatrician sent around an email recommending this and I was horrified. I would go absolutely scorched earth if this was happening in my preschoolers class. Those are little kids that are still more vulnerable to choking because of their age. That is a MUCH bigger concern than preschoolers catching COVID. Please at least make it known to parents that this is what you’re doing.

They know and they approve. Just like your pediatrician.

PP here. I actually wrote an email to my pediatrician because the advice seemed so dangerous. They clarified it only if age appropriate and absolutely not for pre-k or elementary.

LOL. You wrote an email to your pediatrician on Sunday morning and he or she responded within hours to tell you that masks are "so dangerous"??? Really. Tell me a new one.

Here is what real doctors, not the imaginary ones in your head, have to say. This is taken straight from the AAP website.

Keeping masks on in school and urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are among several coordinated interventions recommended in updated AAP interim guidance that strongly advocates for in-person learning during the 2021-’22 school year.

The AAP continues to recommend that all staff and students who are 2 years or older wear face masks unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit their use.

All campers and camp staff should wear face masks indoors (unless medical or developmental conditions prohibit use), especially in mixed vaccination settings.

No. The email from pediatrician was weeks ago. I replied immediately and they pointed out that the recommendation was only if developmentally and age appropriate. That caveat was in the actual email but it was such a ludicrous recommendation action for all ages that I wasn’t focused on it.