If the county isn't allowed to placed a mask mandate in the classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/nickwtop/status/1482475576384528392?s=21

“ Superintendent of Richmond schools says he’ll defy the executive order from Governor Youngkin regarding masks in school. Youngkin said his order gives parents the right to choose whether their kids wear a mask or not. The first of many battles on this.”

Will his teaching staff be expected to enforce this? Is a teacher going to want to do that and draw the ire of parents upon him/herself? I’m a teacher and I don’t want to be in that position. I’m tired of being a pawn in this political tug of war.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

But how will that address this opt-out thing that Youngkin says he is instituting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Dang. I didn’t think he was stupid enough to actually do it.

MFer shouldn’t mess with the health of our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

FCPS wo;; get sued. Teachers won't be able to enforce masks in high school.

They might get sued but that buys time to get out of the omicron wave.

[Anonymous]

THE ORDER

It's pretty clear!

"The parents of any child enrolled in a elementary or secondary school or a school based
early childcare and educational program may elect for their children not to be subject
to any mask mandate in effect at the child’s school or educational program."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Dang. I didn’t think he was stupid enough to actually do it.

MFer shouldn’t mess with the health of our kids.

Don’t worry. We learned during Trump that EO mean very little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

But how will that address this opt-out thing that Youngkin says he is instituting?

What prevails when an EO contradicts a law like sb1303?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Thanks for posting that (how did you find it? I clicked on everything on the gov website and nothing leads to it)

It does not lay out any procedure, form, etc for opting out. And it says that no reason has to be provided by the parent. So I think that there is no way for FCPS to prevent a bunch of kids showing up maskless as early as Tuesday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

But how will that address this opt-out thing that Youngkin says he is instituting?

VA Dept of Health is issuing new school guidance this week. Maybe masks won’t be listed as a mitigation strategy.

[Anonymous]

Gonna be a $hit show any way you slice it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Thanks for posting that (how did you find it? I clicked on everything on the gov website and nothing leads to it)

It does not lay out any procedure, form, etc for opting out. And it says that no reason has to be provided by the parent. So I think that there is no way for FCPS to prevent a bunch of kids showing up maskless as early as Tuesday

I’m confident we’ll get an email from FCPS prior to Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THE ORDER

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/74---eo/74---eo/EO-2---School-Mask-Mandate-Executive-Order-Exception.pdf

Thanks for posting that (how did you find it? I clicked on everything on the gov website and nothing leads to it)

It does not lay out any procedure, form, etc for opting out. And it says that no reason has to be provided by the parent. So I think that there is no way for FCPS to prevent a bunch of kids showing up maskless as early as Tuesday

Correction: Jan 24, not Tuesday. This is effective Jan 24

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

But how will that address this opt-out thing that Youngkin says he is instituting?

VA Dept of Health is issuing new school guidance this week. Maybe masks won’t be listed as a mitigation strategy.

LOL, that is highly unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I apologize if this has been covered. FCPS knew that the lifting of a mask mandate was coming when Youngkin was to be inaugurated. With the state-wide mandate FCPS School Board and/or administration really did not have to make a decision, just say this is mandated by the Commonwealth.

I have not read the executive order, but sounds as if school boards may still impose the mandate – but perhaps parents can opt their children out in some way. One would have thought FCPS would have had ready and communicated their plan having two months since the election to make a decision about keeping the mandate in place for FCPS or not. And if an opt out, which I was not aware was going to be part of the order was to be an option, how that opt-out would be implemented.

Have they done so? I do not know. I do not think so. Maybe I missed something, but what is the “rule” starting on Tuesday assuming school is in session?

FCPS released a statement saying that they would continue to mandate masks, even when/if Youngkin changes it. They even quoted SB1303 saying that the bill requires “full adherence to mitigation strategies”…oh the irony. 😊

+1, here it is: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/return-school-safety

Thanks for posting this link. This is actually pretty clear. Nothing has changed in FCPS reagarding all of this, at the moment. I am sure there will be "issues" as some say they heard this or that, but this communication is as clear as FCPS gets. Sorry to the teachers and staff in the buildings who will have to deal with such "issues," which is the best way I can succiinctly put it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonna be a $hit show any way you slice it.

Yes, but I’m not going to fight students and parents on it. That’s above my pay grade.

Teacher