Charters: When is yours dropping the outdoor mask mandate?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL the people in my neighborhood (speaking of my two blocks) all have their kids go to charter or OOB. Like, the people that have been here for 30 years don't send their kids to the neighborhood school. Gasp! It's also true that we have charters IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, so some of my neighbors attend our same charter.

I bring this up every time that dumb canard is mentioned. When our Black family moved to the neighborhood 15 years ago, the first thing the families who'd lived there forever said was that they'd give us the facts to get into a good school like all the other kids in a five block radius.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

I mean, even Leana Wen is unmasking her preschooler...

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

Because these are YOUR feelings, not facts. The science says that masks do filter and prevent some transmission. These kids are at risk (hospitalizations, death, etc.). The science of Pfizer augured for higher dosing - not dozing a six month old like 4.6 year old and Moderna has higher dosages, vaccines are pegged to particular strains, so vaccine is quite effective at Delta, less effective as to omicron, could be effective against deltacron -which is not yet here. PK3-4 are not required grades so if the antivax/mask crowd can home-school, etc. if they feel so strongly about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

Because these are YOUR feelings, not facts. The science says that masks do filter and prevent some transmission. These kids are at risk (hospitalizations, death, etc.). The science of Pfizer augured for higher dosing - not dozing a six month old like 4.6 year old and Moderna has higher dosages, vaccines are pegged to particular strains, so vaccine is quite effective at Delta, less effective as to omicron, could be effective against deltacron -which is not yet here. PK3-4 are not required grades so if the antivax/mask crowd can home-school, etc. if they feel so strongly about it.

The burden to stay home should be those who want to cower in fear over a result that is statistically zero.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

My kid is in K so even if we were at the same school I wouldn’t care, I guess. But wow, it is sad that so many people in Washington DC of all places are ignorant of science.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

My kid is in K so even if we were at the same school I wouldn’t care, I guess. But wow, it is sad that so many people in Washington DC of all places are ignorant of science.

The ignorance is astounding and they haven’t got a leg to stand on when they insult antivaxxers or anyone else.
Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

My kid is in K so even if we were at the same school I wouldn’t care, I guess. But wow, it is sad that so many people in Washington DC of all places are ignorant of science.

The ignorance is astounding and they haven’t got a leg to stand on when they insult antivaxxers or anyone else.
Ridiculous.

Nope. Insult antivaxxers - let them stay in their cults.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

Because these are YOUR feelings, not facts. The science says that masks do filter and prevent some transmission. These kids are at risk (hospitalizations, death, etc.). The science of Pfizer augured for higher dosing - not dozing a six month old like 4.6 year old and Moderna has higher dosages, vaccines are pegged to particular strains, so vaccine is quite effective at Delta, less effective as to omicron, could be effective against deltacron -which is not yet here. PK3-4 are not required grades so if the antivax/mask crowd can home-school, etc. if they feel so strongly about it.

Considering that you can’t put together a coherent sentence, I don’t think you are in any position to lecture anyone on “the science”…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

Because these are YOUR feelings, not facts. The science says that masks do filter and prevent some transmission. These kids are at risk (hospitalizations, death, etc.). The science of Pfizer augured for higher dosing - not dozing a six month old like 4.6 year old and Moderna has higher dosages, vaccines are pegged to particular strains, so vaccine is quite effective at Delta, less effective as to omicron, could be effective against deltacron -which is not yet here. PK3-4 are not required grades so if the antivax/mask crowd can home-school, etc. if they feel so strongly about it.

The burden to stay home should be those who want to cower in fear over a result that is statistically zero.

No kidding. Let those who want to go against CDC guidance keep their kids home. Thank god we’re not at a charter where parents and admins make public health policy.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they want to give a little time to see if the unmasking (combined with regular testing) leads to a lot of positives, which would keep a lot of kids out of school. What’s a couple weeks? Let the rest of DC experiment first.

You're saying that each individual charter leader is going to conduct a study that will quell the fears of the anxious parents in two weeks? Because charter leaders are epidemiologists or public health experts?

It gives those parents time to calm down. I am not one of them but I could have been.

Its not killing your kid to wear a mask for two more weeks. Also, its a charter. You are choosing to be there and now you are pissed they don't do what you say. Its not a private school. You can go IB but then gasp you will be around people in your neighborhood.

If national public health guidance, local public health guidance, the behavior of nearly all schools globally and nationally, and the behavior of most schools locally isn't enough to make them calm, what's two weeks going to do?

I wonder if there are parents that just believe that their charters will...uh....not lift the indoor mask mandates, particularly for 3-4 YOs. That's what parents in my charter are advocating for.

Parents at our charter do not seem to want PK3-4 to lift indoor mask mandates until a vaccine is available - which seems reasonable.

How is that reasonable when masks in that age group do approximately nothing, these kids are extremely low risk from Covid, we have no idea if the vaccine will be effective against transmission for more than a month? This is purely based on feelings.

Because these are YOUR feelings, not facts. The science says that masks do filter and prevent some transmission. These kids are at risk (hospitalizations, death, etc.). The science of Pfizer augured for higher dosing - not dozing a six month old like 4.6 year old and Moderna has higher dosages, vaccines are pegged to particular strains, so vaccine is quite effective at Delta, less effective as to omicron, could be effective against deltacron -which is not yet here. PK3-4 are not required grades so if the antivax/mask crowd can home-school, etc. if they feel so strongly about it.

Considering that you can’t put together a coherent sentence, I don’t think you are in any position to lecture anyone on “the science”…

Well, neither are you, tho.

[Anonymous]

OP ours was dropped this week. So great to see all the faces of many kids and parents.

[Anonymous]

Still waiting on any word about when we will drop indoor masking.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP ours was dropped this week. So great to see all the faces of many kids and parents.

Inside or outside or both? Can you say where?

Our school has said NOTHING to parents and I am sure they must be getting questions daily. It's time. A friend in a purple area of NC is chaperoning an unmasked field trip for her K kid today. I feel sad we still can't give our kids any normalcy. And now is the time to do it because numbers may spike again at any time.

[Anonymous]

LAMB just said maybe they'll talk about lifting the indoor mask mandate in the week of the 28th. Unsure if that's when they will TALK about it, or lift it.