Spotsylvania and Culpeper Schools lift mask mandates!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Spotsylvania the one that had board members who wanted to ban books? I would expect nothing less from such an ignorant area.

Some books with explicit content should be banned, just as should an R rated movie be banned from school movie day. I hate how over politicized EVERYTHING is.

They pulled books from the shelves before even going through their own review process. They skipped the district's review process that is in place for challenges.

They recently appointed to board chair one of the board members who called for the burning of books. He completely threw out the published agenda for the meeting (which is unlawful) and entered into impromptu closed door meetings (unlawful). During one of the closed door meetings the board (which is basically split 5-3) fired the superintendent without cause. He was escorted from the meeting. 3 of the board members tried to point out the wrongdoing and even stated they were setting themselves up for lawsuits, but the board chair, who really has no interest in Robert's Rules of Order, completely went off rail.

[Anonymous]

How long before schools there get closed because there aren’t enough teachers available due to rising infections?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

*Northam**. GD autocorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

*Northam**. GD autocorrect.

Northam’s order was different because it was during a public health emergency. Not the case now, so it reverts back to the general proposition that the Virginia constitution allows school boards to make decisions about local schools. There are a bunch of court cases specifically dealing with school safety issues that confirm the school board has the authority to make safety-related decisions. The order was overreach because it violates the state constitution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

*Northam**. GD autocorrect.

Northam’s order was different because it was during a public health emergency. Not the case now, so it reverts back to the general proposition that the Virginia constitution allows school boards to make decisions about local schools. There are a bunch of court cases specifically dealing with school safety issues that confirm the school board has the authority to make safety-related decisions. The order was overreach because it violates the state constitution.

People just can’t seem to get their heads around this. If there’s a public health emergency, the state has broad powers to take protective measures, such as requiring masks. Legally speaking, the other side of public health isn’t parent’s rights, or whatever Northam is claiming to use state powers to interfere with local school boards, private schools, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

No. You missed my point. I prefer local control either way under any governor. I didn't say I was in favor of Northam's EO. I'm saying it's dangerous to say that a locality can set a policy but if you don't agree with it you don't have to follow it.

[Anonymous]

Spotsylvania currently has a 46 percent positivity rate and Mary Washington Hospital has a Covid field hospital in its parking lot. But, yeah, nothing to see here.

“Do you understand what the current rate of transmission in our area is,” Cole asked School Board Chair Kirk Twigg. “What’s your point?” Twigg responded.


https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-spotsylvania-parents-clash-and-cry-foul-as-school-board-follows-youngkins-order-making-masks-in-schools-optional/65-2198d72e-3da3-4501-aed1-36982c0a554e

[Anonymous]

Here is the good news. If you believe that Etsy cloth mask is going to save your kid from Covid, no one is banning them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

*Northam**. GD autocorrect.

Northam’s order was different because it was during a public health emergency. Not the case now, so it reverts back to the general proposition that the Virginia constitution allows school boards to make decisions about local schools. There are a bunch of court cases specifically dealing with school safety issues that confirm the school board has the authority to make safety-related decisions. The order was overreach because it violates the state constitution.

People just can’t seem to get their heads around this. If there’s a public health emergency, the state has broad powers to take protective measures, such as requiring masks. Legally speaking, the other side of public health isn’t parent’s rights, or whatever Northam is claiming to use state powers to interfere with local school boards, private schools, etc.

I meant Youngkin, not Northam. Northam used state powers to impose public health measures during an emergency. Youngkin is abusing his powers, shrouding them as a nod to “parent’s rights,” to prevent localities and private entities from making their own decisions.

[Anonymous]

LCPS decided, on advice of counsel, to maintain the mask mandate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Spotsylvania the one that had board members who wanted to ban books? I would expect nothing less from such an ignorant area.

Exactly! Yikes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spotsylvania currently has a 46 percent positivity rate and Mary Washington Hospital has a Covid field hospital in its parking lot. But, yeah, nothing to see here.

“Do you understand what the current rate of transmission in our area is,” Cole asked School Board Chair Kirk Twigg. “What’s your point?” Twigg responded.


https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-spotsylvania-parents-clash-and-cry-foul-as-school-board-follows-youngkins-order-making-masks-in-schools-optional/65-2198d72e-3da3-4501-aed1-36982c0a554e

Crazy is as crazy does

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean do people really not even think these days. I totally get why these more spread out communities and semi-rural areas are lifting these mandates and why masking was always much lower.

The slowest day at the Target near my house is their busiest day. Those places just don’t have the same volume of people in close in spaces. I would personally still wear a mask but I very well understand why mask mandates just weren’t as popular and are easily dropped in those areas. It doesn’t mean people are dumb either. It just reflects a different community’s need. They have the luxury to go to a store at times and be one of a handful of people in the entire store. When there is all of 20 people in a grocery store, it does make you think is the mask necessary in this situation.

I think I would have been somewhat ok if the governor would have stopped at letting the localities decide, but he didn't. His executive order basically says that local school boards can set the policy but if parents don't like it they don't have to follow it. That's the part with which I take issue.

You were fine with Northampton making the decision for the whole state, but now the shoe is on the other foot and suddenly you’ve discovered the virtues of local control.

Too late. Sauce for the goose, you made your bed, time to lie in it, etc. Etc.

Oh my.... please stop with the ignorance. We are in a PANDEMIC!!! Stop with the left right BS. Think about others-it won't hurt I promise.