Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

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Anonymous wrote:If low IQ parents saw how their little snowflake improperly wore and fidgeted with their mask all day they would realize that masks are nothing more than virtue signalling at this point. Turn off CNN and all your irrational fears go away.

You are doing this wrong. I recommend: How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue is why Arlington Diocese blindly follows public school closure while not even offering virtual. Worst of all worlds. If they’re going to be private , then make your own weather closure decisions!!!

Our K-8 in Arlington didn't close - 2 hour delay. Making lunches now!

Which school? Kudos to your Pastor and Principal!

Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria.

Really? Then why does St. Mary's follow ACPS? It doesn't make sense this year given that ACPS is doing online during snow days - their decision making framework isn't the same.

Because Blessed Sacrament has a different pastor and principal who don’t cater to neurotic Old Town families.

Very few of the families at St Marys live in Old Town so the snark is misplaced. Those kids would have the easiest time getting to school anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue is why Arlington Diocese blindly follows public school closure while not even offering virtual. Worst of all worlds. If they’re going to be private , then make your own weather closure decisions!!!

Our K-8 in Arlington didn't close - 2 hour delay. Making lunches now!

Which school? Kudos to your Pastor and Principal!

Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria.

Really? Then why does St. Mary's follow ACPS? It doesn't make sense this year given that ACPS is doing online during snow days - their decision making framework isn't the same.

Because Blessed Sacrament has a different pastor and principal who don’t cater to neurotic Old Town families.

PP - so what’s your the theory as you why they blindly follow ACPS’s stupid decisions? While a nearby similarly situated school doesn’t?

Very few of the families at St Marys live in Old Town so the snark is misplaced. Those kids would have the easiest time getting to school anyway.

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PP - so what’s your the theory as you why they blindly follow ACPS’s stupid decisions? While a nearby similarly situated school doesn’t?

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Anonymous wrote:Masks are required per the governor.

Now they are not. What will the Bishop do? Last summer he left it up to schools. Never took a stance. Until he told all schools they had to follow governors orders?

Oh it’s more than that. Masks are not just “no longer required” — per Governor Youngkin’s new executive order, schools (public and private) are FORBIDDEN from excluding students whose parents choose not to mask them.

Finally! Common sense prevails!

Come January 24th every school in this state will be asking for a lawsuit if it dares try to prevent a student from attending because she isn’t wearing a mask. And more than a lawsuit I want to see the Virginia National Guard open the doors at the point of a bayonet to enforce the law.

No more mandates forcing stupid pointless masks on our children.

Any word from the Diocese? Richmond Diocese is following the order. What does the Arlington Diocese say? In August, the Arlington diocese said all schools must follow the Governor EO? Do they have the same position now?

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I can see a lot of teachers quitting if masks become optional. I can think of one amazing teacher who will most likely do so. She lives in a beautiful house and has no need to earn the pitiful salary she is paid as a Catholic school teacher. My daughter is her student and is adored by all in the community.

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You can make a lot more money teaching in public schools, and they need teachers right now. And, if you don't need the money, you don't need to subject yourself to Covid exposure.

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Teachers threatening to quit is not a valid reason to defy the governors order.

The arlington diocese will be making a political statement if they defy if.

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Anonymous wrote:PP - so what’s your the theory as you why they blindly follow ACPS’s stupid decisions? While a nearby similarly situated school doesn’t?

This is the way it's always been, principal recently communicated that they would continue to follow ACPS for weather-related closings but that they are working on determining an alternate policy. I don't know what's been communicated at Blessed Sacrament. Perhaps they already had advised parents they would not follow ACPS and that they should lookout for alternate communication. I do know that it was a long time between when ACPS called it and when BSSM called it. Usually it's minutes, last night it was probably an hour. I'm guessing there was some debate about it, or maybe someone was just out of pocket.

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Anonymous wrote:PP - so what’s your the theory as you why they blindly follow ACPS’s stupid decisions? While a nearby similarly situated school doesn’t?

PP, what did you want the Pastor to do? I am assuming you are the same poster who keeps saying “stupid” “blindly following ACPS” and “sham”. You obviously feel passionate about this - what was the outcome you desired here?

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers threatening to quit is not a valid reason to defy the governors order.

The arlington diocese will be making a political statement if they defy if.

I don’t know think you understand the legal issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers threatening to quit is not a valid reason to defy the governors order.

The arlington diocese will be making a political statement if they defy if.

How will they be making a political statement? At the diocesan CYO basketball games masks are required at all practices and games and that runs under the Diocese. If anything they would be consistent when it comes to children and youth in the Arlington Diocese.

The EO is being reviewed by the Diocese in all aspects, this is not political, this is not defiance. This is a school system doing its due diligence.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers threatening to quit is not a valid reason to defy the governors order.

The arlington diocese will be making a political statement if they defy if.

How will they be making a political statement? At the diocesan CYO basketball games masks are required at all practices and games and that runs under the Diocese. If anything they would be consistent when it comes to children and youth in the Arlington Diocese.

The EO is being reviewed by the Diocese in all aspects, this is not political, this is not defiance. This is a school system doing its due diligence.

Masks optional. Bad decision. This is going to be incredibly divisive.

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Our school also going with masks optional. Teachers will still wear them. Not sure the logic behind that, but there it is.

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It is the Diocese itself that is going mask optional. All schools.