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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

DP. Virginia did away with the ban on teachers unions earlier this year. Collective bargaining starts May 1.

Yes. And? That is several months away.

That doesn’t mean they won’t start soon. AEA isn’t going to give up anything now while they wait, they’ll encourage their members to hold every line possible. And APS knows that every move they make is will also affect contract negotiations that start in May, so they have to be aware of it now as well. Do you not know how negotiations work? The strategy doesn’t start only once you’re sitting at the table.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know when 3rd graders will be back in hybrid model? My 3rd grader asks on a daily basis!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

It is very easy to expand the measures. The fact that the school system has NOT done so already, especially in the face of so many requests by parents and teachers to do so, is alarming. The reason I am so adamant about it is because I think the school system will back down the first time they try to administer a consequence to a maskless kid and that kid's parents demand that the kid be allowed to be maskless. I don't think the school system will set up adequate rules, they won't enforce the limited rules that they do have, and there will be a few idiot parents who will want their kids to be maskless. Just think about when school is in session regularly and there is always the one parent who thinks their kid should be allowed to go to the bathroom 20 times a day no matter how disruptive their kid is in making the "request."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

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10 months into this pandemic, my kids are well aware of how to keep their distance from others and properly wear masks. I bet any kids that don't properly wear their face masks will actually be corrected by their peers at this point. let's give the benefit of the doubt here - we can make this work. We just need to stop finding every excuse in the book to avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Do YOU really want your kid in a room with some bozo who won't wear his mask? Especially with the new mutations and strains of the virus I am becoming more and more concerned about the soundness of this plan to reopen school buildings for inperson learning. No way do we want our kids in classrooms where some kids think it is fun or funny to not wear their masks, not wear their masks appropriately, and not social distance.

As a parent I have many of the same questions, concerns and requirements as do the teachers. I support and applaud the teachers for demanding accountability and transparency. I back them 100%.

You really don't think that disciplinary measures and actions will be expanded to encompass compliance with mask wearing?? Come on.

And, my three and six year old kids who have been in various group settings for a number of months now both know how to wear their masks appropriately for the duration of a day and comply with the rules. The catastrophizing is really unhelpful.

It is very easy to expand the measures. The fact that the school system has NOT done so already, especially in the face of so many requests by parents and teachers to do so, is alarming. The reason I am so adamant about it is because I think the school system will back down the first time they try to administer a consequence to a maskless kid and that kid's parents demand that the kid be allowed to be maskless. I don't think the school system will set up adequate rules, they won't enforce the limited rules that they do have, and there will be a few idiot parents who will want their kids to be maskless. Just think about when school is in session regularly and there is always the one parent who thinks their kid should be allowed to go to the bathroom 20 times a day no matter how disruptive their kid is in making the "request."

My child has an accommodation allowing them to go to the bathroom whenever they want b/c of a medical condition. I'm sorry that's upsetting to you as@@t. My child also wears a mask with no problem. This is total hysterical spin that somehow APS isn't requiring masks. Point to one document that suggests that wearing masks is in any sense optional.

[Anonymous]

There is at least one elementary school which has not had any distributions of books etc b/c the principal has been unwilling to require teachers to come to the building and prepare materials for their students. I strongly suspect that some of these teachers who claim to be to afraid to come to the building for any reason have left the area. There are also a load of teachers who are threatening to quit if they are forced to come in. This is why Duran has to insist that teachers start teaching from the building. If everyone could be trusted to report to work when told, it would be less of an issue- this lets him deal with the problem cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

This. Also, one of the classrooms in my daycare had a covid outbreak— 1 child in five hours at school (who was not symptomatic at the time) got ten other kids sick. Wearing masks and social distancing. You have been lucky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Oh, you mean the flimsy polyester mask they gave us? Ha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

DP. Virginia did away with the ban on teachers unions earlier this year. Collective bargaining starts May 1.

Yes. And? That is several months away.

That doesn’t mean they won’t start soon. AEA isn’t going to give up anything now while they wait, they’ll encourage their members to hold every line possible. And APS knows that every move they make is will also affect contract negotiations that start in May, so they have to be aware of it now as well. Do you not know how negotiations work? The strategy doesn’t start only once you’re sitting at the table.

Sure. But "pushing parents to the brink with union protests" is completely false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

DP. Virginia did away with the ban on teachers unions earlier this year. Collective bargaining starts May 1.

Yes. And? That is several months away.

That doesn’t mean they won’t start soon. AEA isn’t going to give up anything now while they wait, they’ll encourage their members to hold every line possible. And APS knows that every move they make is will also affect contract negotiations that start in May, so they have to be aware of it now as well. Do you not know how negotiations work? The strategy doesn’t start only once you’re sitting at the table.

Sure. But "pushing parents to the brink with union protests" is completely false.

Not really. If you just substitute “union protests” for “collective teacher protests,” pp’s point stands. You may not like it, but splitting hairs on terminology doesn’t change the substantive point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

+1. My biggest concern with returning is the lack of accountability for those students who choose to be maskless. When we ask, we can't get clear answers.

Aren't teachers going to have extra safety measures - meaning masks and face shields? Why focus on the extreme rare case here?

Oh, you mean the flimsy polyester mask they gave us? Ha.

You are actually going to blame the mask provided? Do you not have adequate masks you use on a daily basis?