ACPS mask policy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?

Not really. Because there are quite a few parents like me and the other poster. We don't want our kids anywhere near you (or your kid if, God help us all, you are indeed a parent). Just like the hysterical unmaskers have something to say, so do those of us who would like a little more prudent behavior before the great unmasking of all of the rest of you. In case you didn't get the message, public schools need to respond to all stakeholders, not only the crazy ones like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?

Not really. Because there are quite a few parents like me and the other poster. We don't want our kids anywhere near you (or your kid if, God help us all, you are indeed a parent). Just like the hysterical unmaskers have something to say, so do those of us who would like a little more prudent behavior before the great unmasking of all of the rest of you. In case you didn't get the message, public schools need to respond to all stakeholders, not only the crazy ones like you.

Got it, you’re just whining. Too bad. They’re not going to segregate classes like that. It’s so logistically infeasible, it’s a non-starter. But you know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?

DP: while I have little faith in ACPS, I have a small hope they will do something to limit exposure of the mask wearing students to the students of the selfish parents allowing their children to be maskless. It is not whining. It is a justified statement of disdain towards the antimasker parents.

Not really. Because there are quite a few parents like me and the other poster. We don't want our kids anywhere near you (or your kid if, God help us all, you are indeed a parent). Just like the hysterical unmaskers have something to say, so do those of us who would like a little more prudent behavior before the great unmasking of all of the rest of you. In case you didn't get the message, public schools need to respond to all stakeholders, not only the crazy ones like you.

Got it, you’re just whining. Too bad. They’re not going to segregate classes like that. It’s so logistically infeasible, it’s a non-starter. But you know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

I can guarantee they will follow the law AND they would not do anything that might ever cause them to be accused of segregating students within a school on purpose and with intent. And if you didn’t know that, you haven’t paid attention.

If you are that fearful, homeschool. Seriously. To act as if some unmasked little kids will cause your masked child harm is the height of paranoia and you should embarrassed by your hysteria.

[Anonymous]

I feel bad for kids who are at risk of severe illness or who have family members who are. Can students switch to virtual in the middle of the new semester? Could students be requested to mask if in close proximity to an immunocompromised student? ACPS should put out some guidance or FAQs on this at the very least because these families need a compassionate alternative to homeschooling especially when registration deadlines for many programs have passed. While hospitalization rates are coming down, community transmission is still high and treatments are limited in supply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for kids who are at risk of severe illness or who have family members who are. Can students switch to virtual in the middle of the new semester? Could students be requested to mask if in close proximity to an immunocompromised student? ACPS should put out some guidance or FAQs on this at the very least because these families need a compassionate alternative to homeschooling especially when registration deadlines for many programs have passed. While hospitalization rates are coming down, community transmission is still high and treatments are limited in supply.

But the other child wearing a mask is not necessary to protect the immunocompromised who is wearing the mask. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/does-it-help-wear-mask-if-no-one-else/621177/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students. Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.

AMEN. I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks. Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?

Not really. Because there are quite a few parents like me and the other poster. We don't want our kids anywhere near you (or your kid if, God help us all, you are indeed a parent). Just like the hysterical unmaskers have something to say, so do those of us who would like a little more prudent behavior before the great unmasking of all of the rest of you. In case you didn't get the message, public schools need to respond to all stakeholders, not only the crazy ones like you.

Segregation and not legal. Separate but equal? You cannot separate the students this way. Please, be careful with your mindset here. You are advocating for some dangerous concepts (and please don't deflect with "but they should be masked, they're the ones that are dangerous, etc"). It doesn't matter my personal beliefs re masking, and it doesn't matter re yours either, but pushing for students who do not mask, within the confines of the law, to be separated into a different room with a different teacher is pretty straight forward segregation.

As a disabled person who was warehoused as a child by the public school system, this is a huge hot button. You cannot do this. I would except the ACLU to get involved in something like this, if they are actually still supportive of civil rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

I can guarantee they will follow the law AND they would not do anything that might ever cause them to be accused of segregating students within a school on purpose and with intent. And if you didn’t know that, you haven’t paid attention.

If you are that fearful, homeschool. Seriously. To act as if some unmasked little kids will cause your masked child harm is the height of paranoia and you should embarrassed by your hysteria.

You all love to accuse everyone of paranoia and hysteria. I was merely commenting from a legal perspective, no fear over here. You read way too much into my comments! My kids will continue attending school in person, but thanks for suggesting homeschooling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

I can guarantee they will follow the law AND they would not do anything that might ever cause them to be accused of segregating students within a school on purpose and with intent. And if you didn’t know that, you haven’t paid attention.

If you are that fearful, homeschool. Seriously. To act as if some unmasked little kids will cause your masked child harm is the height of paranoia and you should embarrassed by your hysteria.

You all love to accuse everyone of paranoia and hysteria. I was merely commenting from a legal perspective, no fear over here. You read way too much into my comments! My kids will continue attending school in person, but thanks for suggesting homeschooling.

Schools “segregate” students all the time according to characteristics they can legally do so (ie they cannot segregate on race, need to put disabled children in the least restrictive environment, etc.). I don’t think it is clear that there is anything stopping a school from “segregating” students at least to some extent based on whether there parents direct their children to put others at risk by not wearing a mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello. I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1. Has anyone else heard a date?

What PTA sent that? ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law.

Just because something was signed into law doesn’t mean it’s automatically enforceable and binding. Plenty of illegal laws on the books. Some of this regarding masking in schools is still playing out in the courts, including a challenge under federal ADA for students with disabilities.

I can guarantee they will follow the law AND they would not do anything that might ever cause them to be accused of segregating students within a school on purpose and with intent. And if you didn’t know that, you haven’t paid attention.

If you are that fearful, homeschool. Seriously. To act as if some unmasked little kids will cause your masked child harm is the height of paranoia and you should embarrassed by your hysteria.

You all love to accuse everyone of paranoia and hysteria. I was merely commenting from a legal perspective, no fear over here. You read way too much into my comments! My kids will continue attending school in person, but thanks for suggesting homeschooling.

Schools “segregate” students all the time according to characteristics they can legally do so (ie they cannot segregate on race, need to put disabled children in the least restrictive environment, etc.). I don’t think it is clear that there is anything stopping a school from “segregating” students at least to some extent based on whether there parents direct their children to put others at risk by not wearing a mask.

it doesn't work like that.