Silent lunch - happening at other schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

Its not paranoia. Its the fact that you must miss school for 5-10 days if you are the one of the unlucky ones who test positive. I don't want my kid missing school for 1-2 weeks--its too hard to catch up. Is it a coincidence that so many kids tested positive the week after masks were lifted. I don't think so. Whatever the belief on masks, I certainly hope people are pro having kids in school and not zooming in. Masks at least allowed that to happen for the past 8 months. Now we are back to zoomerang. so lovely.

We've kept our kids in virtual and its been fine. However, we are all sick now and its been in our house for over three weeks now cycling between all of us. Selfish people suck.

How do you think you got it if your kids are virtual? Why not send them to school if you all got sick anyway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

Its not paranoia. Its the fact that you must miss school for 5-10 days if you are the one of the unlucky ones who test positive. I don't want my kid missing school for 1-2 weeks--its too hard to catch up. Is it a coincidence that so many kids tested positive the week after masks were lifted. I don't think so. Whatever the belief on masks, I certainly hope people are pro having kids in school and not zooming in. Masks at least allowed that to happen for the past 8 months. Now we are back to zoomerang. so lovely.

We've kept our kids in virtual and its been fine. However, we are all sick now and its been in our house for over three weeks now cycling between all of us. Selfish people suck.

How did you get sick if your kids were in virtual?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Is your child's school still doing this? Ours are outside when possible (which has been quite a lot this year, and is a different concern) but when inside they must remain silent while eating. This is a K-8 environment with most kids vaccinated.

In addition, the school has reinstated masks, is still doing desk wipes at the end of each class, hand sanitizer several times a day, and limiting interactions by grade level (indoors and out). It feels to me like this school is in last place when it comes to post-COVID return to "normal." My kids are tired of this, and I am worried about it.

The F? I’d pull my kids ASAP. Abusive.

Thanks for letting us know you don’t know what “abusive” means.

If you’re ok with forcing kids to eat in silence then good luck to your kids.

Some schools did this pre-COVID too. It's not new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

+1 the commitment to permanently damaging kids needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gds Pk-8 has had no talking silent lunches for 15 months+ now.

Ummmmmm no not for the past couple months

I'm a parent of a child in GDS pk-8, and my child is still doing silent lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish our private still had masks. They lifted the mask mandate and limited the testing and bam--multiple kids with covid and now kids are missing class again for 5-10 days at a time.

They should have just kept the mask going for the final two months--and the ongoing testing.

Did it really save us anything? Summer is coming soon enough and all will be mask free and outside.

The kids could have coped with another 8 weeks and we would have avoided a lot of covid cases and missed classtime.

lunch can easily be outside. I have no idea why they can't talk at your school- that seems weird.

What is the issue with Covid cases for kids? They have no real risk. Life is one big risk. Don't take the joy out of it with your paranoia.

Its not paranoia. Its the fact that you must miss school for 5-10 days if you are the one of the unlucky ones who test positive. I don't want my kid missing school for 1-2 weeks--its too hard to catch up. Is it a coincidence that so many kids tested positive the week after masks were lifted. I don't think so. Whatever the belief on masks, I certainly hope people are pro having kids in school and not zooming in. Masks at least allowed that to happen for the past 8 months. Now we are back to zoomerang. so lovely.

We've kept our kids in virtual and its been fine. However, we are all sick now and its been in our house for over three weeks now cycling between all of us. Selfish people suck.

People get sick. Stop blaming others for your lack of an immune system. You need to be exposed to stuff to build it up. We stopped washing our hands and using sanitizer long ago. My kids got a few bugs, but haven't had covid yet. Stopped wearing masks long ago too. We're all vaccinated too, but if I had young children not yet vaccinated, at this stage I would not bother. The variant out there is harmless.

You stopped washing your hands? Are you saying that you didn't wash your hands until Covid? There's being exposed to stuff and then there's just being nasty.

[Anonymous]

Hoping that this COVID safety theater for COVIDians who have 0 perspective on risk have stopped by the time we apply for the elite privates. It's really nuts at this point.

Meanwhile, bars, restaurants and stadiums are packed with high risk people while kids have more risk with the flu than they do with COVID unvaccinated (see CDC data on estimated flu deaths prior to 2020 vs. CDC data on the few COVID deaths in kids under 18).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your child's school still doing this? Ours are outside when possible (which has been quite a lot this year, and is a different concern) but when inside they must remain silent while eating. This is a K-8 environment with most kids vaccinated.

In addition, the school has reinstated masks, is still doing desk wipes at the end of each class, hand sanitizer several times a day, and limiting interactions by grade level (indoors and out). It feels to me like this school is in last place when it comes to post-COVID return to "normal." My kids are tired of this, and I am worried about it.

The F? I’d pull my kids ASAP. Abusive.

Thanks for letting us know you don’t know what “abusive” means.

If you’re ok with forcing kids to eat in silence then good luck to your kids.

Some schools did this pre-COVID too. It's not new.

The only place I have seen this pre-COVID is Catholic school as a punishment for the entire class. And that's exactly what it is, and anyone who thinks this is OK as a way to prevent COVID spread is a sick f**k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Masks are for losers! get over this. Especially for healthy kids.

Are you 7? What adult talks like this?

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of silent lunch. Mindfulness, gets kids to actually eat the meal. They can socialize during recess, which is usually for 45-60 minutes all in.

[Anonymous]

I think Lafayette ES does this but they have over 800 students so it makes sense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gds Pk-8 has had no talking silent lunches for 15 months+ now.

Ummmmmm no not for the past couple months

I'm a parent of a child in GDS pk-8, and my child is still doing silent lunches.

hmm well them there is a lack of consistency b/c our childs isn't silent

[Anonymous]

I was at a sports tournament in West Virginia over the weekend. There were hundreds probably thousands of people there and only a handful wore masks.
Some of you DCUM’s would be right at home up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was at a sports tournament in West Virginia over the weekend. There were hundreds probably thousands of people there and only a handful wore masks.
Some of you DCUM’s would be right at home up there.

Can you report back if this turned into a super spreader event? In the meantime, can you provide data on where these thousands of people were from? You seem to have traveled for the tournament. Do you think others did as well? Did you wear a mask? Why are you involved in a sport where so few people wear masks? What is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your child's school still doing this? Ours are outside when possible (which has been quite a lot this year, and is a different concern) but when inside they must remain silent while eating. This is a K-8 environment with most kids vaccinated.

In addition, the school has reinstated masks, is still doing desk wipes at the end of each class, hand sanitizer several times a day, and limiting interactions by grade level (indoors and out). It feels to me like this school is in last place when it comes to post-COVID return to "normal." My kids are tired of this, and I am worried about it.

This is just good sense. Why would you not want them to clean tables and hands?