Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No, “we” do not.

Yes, “we” do.

Did your school survey parents about their mask preference? If so, do you know the result? If not, you are simply speaking to your preference and experience.

Let’s let the Department of Health and the CDC, the experts, make these decisions.

Ours did and thank goodness the ant-mask parents were FAR and away the minority.



Nobody likes the idea that our kids will have another abnormal year. But the situation is still active and perhaps even increasing in complexity for those kids who are not yet eligible for vaccines. Especially in k-8s, there is no choice but to offer protection all the way through the youngest students. Full stop.

As others have pointed out, I have no doubt that this is what Jesus also would have done. If you are only focused on the impact of masks singularly on your own kid, I would reflect on whether being part of a Catholic school is really a good fit for your family.

Perhaps Jesus would have told the unvaccinated to stay home until they were vaccinated. That would be far better protected.

So your view is that only middle schools and high schools should be open for in-person instruction? That's wild and not supported by <checks notes> any science.

Mitigations last year (including masks!) kept kids of all ages in school.

No that's not my view. That's PP's view. PP insists that everyone must sacrifice for others if they consider themselves a Jesus following Catholic. I'm just saying if you think everyone should sacrifice and wear masks and that is the only approach a Catholic should take. I think you should look in the mirror. Are people being selfish by insisting their child must attend. A mask is no where near as effective as a vaccine. I'm sorry if not everyones is eligible. But, perhaps Jesus would consider staying home the appropriate and ultimate sacrifice.

Of course vaccines are more effective than masks. Of course! I haven't seen anyone here preaching otherwise.

But if you are in a Catholic k-8 school, the vast majority of the school community (at my NOVA k-8, students age 3-11 once you also include the students in the school's preschool program) are not eligible for a vaccine. Parents of these students are not being selfish by "insisting" that their child "must attend." Either the school is open in-person, hybrid, or fully virtual. That's it - those are the choices! Importantly, THE SCHOOL is the one making the decision, not individual parents. To my knowledge, very few (perhaps none?) of the Arlington Diocese K-8s offered a virtual option for their own school. St. Isidore was an option, but that's a completely different school... not an extension of a physical school that students could return to post vaccination.) Unless 100% of students under age 12 are virtual until they have the opportunity to vaccinate, these schools have no choice but to make decisions with the FULL community in mind.

So for children under age 12 to stay home until they are eligible as you suggest, the schools would either need to stand up a new virtual option (within the month!), or truly shut down grades for kids ages 3-11 until vaccination is available, giving back tuition $ and pushing families to other schools. Clearly neither of those are realistic nor good options, either near or long term.

I'm sorry you can't stand the thought of Johnny in a mask one more year, but your school is a community filled mostly with kids who are too young to receive a vaccine. If you were thinking with a mindset of how to serve the full community (keeping them in school and safe), the only rational decision is to continue mitigations (including masks) until vaccines are available.

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No, “we” do not.

Yes, “we” do.

Did your school survey parents about their mask preference? If so, do you know the result? If not, you are simply speaking to your preference and experience.

Let’s let the Department of Health and the CDC, the experts, make these decisions.

Ours did and thank goodness the ant-mask parents were FAR and away the minority.

Nobody likes the idea that our kids will have another abnormal year. But the situation is still active and perhaps even increasing in complexity for those kids who are not yet eligible for vaccines. Especially in k-8s, there is no choice but to offer protection all the way through the youngest students. Full stop.

As others have pointed out, I have no doubt that this is what Jesus also would have done. If you are only focused on the impact of masks singularly on your own kid, I would reflect on whether being part of a Catholic school is really a good fit for your family.

Perhaps Jesus would have told the unvaccinated to stay home until they were vaccinated. That would be far better protected.

So your view is that only middle schools and high schools should be open for in-person instruction? That's wild and not supported by <checks notes> any science.

Mitigations last year (including masks!) kept kids of all ages in school.

Also, many schools in the diocese only offered hybrid to kids last year. And it was the older grades that were forced to stay home. These schools were relying on distancing and masks last year to prevent spread. Masks were not magical alone. It was the spacing.

Which Arlington Diocese schools forced older grades to stay home last year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No, “we” do not.

Yes, “we” do.

Did your school survey parents about their mask preference? If so, do you know the result? If not, you are simply speaking to your preference and experience.

Let’s let the Department of Health and the CDC, the experts, make these decisions.

Ours did and thank goodness the ant-mask parents were FAR and away the minority.

Nobody likes the idea that our kids will have another abnormal year. But the situation is still active and perhaps even increasing in complexity for those kids who are not yet eligible for vaccines. Especially in k-8s, there is no choice but to offer protection all the way through the youngest students. Full stop.

As others have pointed out, I have no doubt that this is what Jesus also would have done. If you are only focused on the impact of masks singularly on your own kid, I would reflect on whether being part of a Catholic school is really a good fit for your family.

Read the PP’s 2nd paragraph, folks. This is reason, this is reality. Thank you, PP.

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]BTW, if Jesus takes of his mask, do you think his face is left on the fabric, or only if the mask is made by someone named Veronica?



You just won the Catholic Internet!

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Anonymous wrote:]BTW, if Jesus takes of his mask, do you think his face is left on the fabric, or only if the mask is made by someone named Veronica?

You just won the Catholic Internet!

Or she won a game of Crazyland.

I can’t begin to know what Jesus would say about Covid but He sure would not appreciate His name being used to judge people who wear or chose not to wear a cloth mask.

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Anonymous wrote:]BTW, if Jesus takes of his mask, do you think his face is left on the fabric, or only if the mask is made by someone named Veronica?

You just won the Catholic Internet!

Or she won a game of Crazyland.

I can’t begin to know what Jesus would say about Covid but He sure would not appreciate His name being used to judge people who wear or chose not to wear a cloth mask.

OK, but we know how the Pope feels, and he seems comfortable judging anti maskers … saying outright that they are selfish.

“they are incapable of moving outside of their own little world of interests.”
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pope-francis-lambasts-anti-mask-protests-what-matters-more-to-take-care-of-people-or-keep-the-financial-system-going-2020-11-24

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No, “we” do not.

Yes, “we” do.

Did your school survey parents about their mask preference? If so, do you know the result? If not, you are simply speaking to your preference and experience.

Let’s let the Department of Health and the CDC, the experts, make these decisions.

Ours did and thank goodness the ant-mask parents were FAR and away the minority.

Nobody likes the idea that our kids will have another abnormal year. But the situation is still active and perhaps even increasing in complexity for those kids who are not yet eligible for vaccines. Especially in k-8s, there is no choice but to offer protection all the way through the youngest students. Full stop.

As others have pointed out, I have no doubt that this is what Jesus also would have done. If you are only focused on the impact of masks singularly on your own kid, I would reflect on whether being part of a Catholic school is really a good fit for your family.

Perhaps Jesus would have told the unvaccinated to stay home until they were vaccinated. That would be far better protected.

So your view is that only middle schools and high schools should be open for in-person instruction? That's wild and not supported by <checks notes> any science.

Mitigations last year (including masks!) kept kids of all ages in school.

Also, many schools in the diocese only offered hybrid to kids last year. And it was the older grades that were forced to stay home. These schools were relying on distancing and masks last year to prevent spread. Masks were not magical alone. It was the spacing.

Which Arlington Diocese schools forced older grades to stay home last year?

I want to know too. Which school was this?

Our Arlington diocese school is requiring masks for K-8.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No, “we” do not.

Yes, “we” do.

Did your school survey parents about their mask preference? If so, do you know the result? If not, you are simply speaking to your preference and experience.

Let’s let the Department of Health and the CDC, the experts, make these decisions.

Ours did and thank goodness the ant-mask parents were FAR and away the minority.

Nobody likes the idea that our kids will have another abnormal year. But the situation is still active and perhaps even increasing in complexity for those kids who are not yet eligible for vaccines. Especially in k-8s, there is no choice but to offer protection all the way through the youngest students. Full stop.

As others have pointed out, I have no doubt that this is what Jesus also would have done. If you are only focused on the impact of masks singularly on your own kid, I would reflect on whether being part of a Catholic school is really a good fit for your family.

Perhaps Jesus would have told the unvaccinated to stay home until they were vaccinated. That would be far better protected.

So your view is that only middle schools and high schools should be open for in-person instruction? That's wild and not supported by <checks notes> any science.

Mitigations last year (including masks!) kept kids of all ages in school.

Also, many schools in the diocese only offered hybrid to kids last year. And it was the older grades that were forced to stay home. These schools were relying on distancing and masks last year to prevent spread. Masks were not magical alone. It was the spacing.

Which Arlington Diocese schools forced older grades to stay home last year?

I want to know too. Which school was this?

Our Arlington diocese school is requiring masks for K-8.

Same. I don’t believe PP.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s stupid; there’s no real risk to children; no evidence showing that asymptotic people spread the virus; there’s documented studies showing increase physical risks of masking (bacterial infections, etc.); and there are potential emotional and social risks to children.

Why—exactly, do elementary school children need to wear masks?

WheRe iS tHe scIencE?

You watch a lot of Fox news don’t you?

+1. I'm sensing a freakshow.

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Anonymous wrote:I am anticipating masks in the fall. My hope is the schools will revisit the issue with their respective Dept of Health often. That ways decisions can be made in regards to the metrics in their specific area. The Diocese of Arlington is large and covers many counties (and health districts).

+1

My assumption is that things will be pretty much the same this year at our school as they were last year (although I'm hopeful they'll allow more mixing of the classes). I'll be really surprised if the whole school goes mask optional. I just don't see that happening considering how hard they worked to stay open last year.

I hope that year 2 our school focusing less on “staying open” and more on students emotional, social and academic kids needs. For every child that says they are fine with masks there is another that is quietly suffering in one way or another.

Lol. Ok.

How is your child suffering by wearing a mask? I'm curious as I had child @ an Arlington Diocesan school & was fine wearing a mask for 7 hours with asthma. He never complained, he was happy to be in the classroom. I swear, some of these parents need to grow up & act like an adult. A worldwide health crisis, with millions of deaths & you're concerned about wearing a mask? But yet your child was in the classroom all last year when so many weren't? WTF is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am anticipating masks in the fall. My hope is the schools will revisit the issue with their respective Dept of Health often. That ways decisions can be made in regards to the metrics in their specific area. The Diocese of Arlington is large and covers many counties (and health districts).

+1

My assumption is that things will be pretty much the same this year at our school as they were last year (although I'm hopeful they'll allow more mixing of the classes). I'll be really surprised if the whole school goes mask optional. I just don't see that happening considering how hard they worked to stay open last year.

I hope that year 2 our school focusing less on “staying open” and more on students emotional, social and academic kids needs. For every child that says they are fine with masks there is another that is quietly suffering in one way or another.

By being open and in-person they are focused on their emotional, social and academic needs! Much more so than a virtual education. My kids can continue to mask up at their catholic school to ensure they will once again be in-person.

YES!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were in school last year when the publics weren't. My kids are used to the mask. I don't understand what the big deal is...

because you're normal & sane. There seem to be many a whack job parents in the Arlington Diocesan's schools. & they claim to be prolife

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

Are you prolife? I'm assuming not....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

No we do not. We are pro-life and want to protect people. Masks are happening at our school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the love of God. If you want your kid masked, then go to Public school. Stop
trying to have your cake and eat it too. At Catholic schools, we want it optional. It’s the parents choice. They are children. Shame on any parent putting a mask on their innocent child. You’re a bad mom. There, I said it.

So Christian! I love it.

It's sick, right?