What face coverings are you putting on your Elementary kids for DCPS in-person hybrid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is in public school in another state, they've been open for some time and have run smoothly. We use child-sized Vistaprint masks with Vistaprint filters. As I've experimented with different masks they're less my favorite than they used to be, but they are now the only ones my child will wear, and that's important. I personally like the Beau Ties masks which are three-layer instead of two, and also come in a child size.

We dispose of the filter every day and carefully put the mask in the washing machine right away and then wash our hands.

My kid likes the Vistaprint masks and filters, too. I like that they fit her properly over the nose and under the chin. The adjustable ear loops are also good, and comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is kind of funny. Stop pretending you are concerned about spread of covid when you are sending your child to in-person school. The jig is up. You don't care.

OP here.
I kind of agree.
My kids are not going back into school buildings and of course I have been second-guessing myself a little. But this thread only validates my decision. From what I can read here, in-person students won't be appropriately masked for the amount of time they'll spend together indoors daily. This isn't "returning safely". A few steps up from security theater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is kind of funny. Stop pretending you are concerned about spread of covid when you are sending your child to in-person school. The jig is up. You don't care.

OP here.
I kind of agree.
My kids are not going back into school buildings and of course I have been second-guessing myself a little. But this thread only validates my decision. From what I can read here, in-person students won't be appropriately masked for the amount of time they'll spend together indoors daily. This isn't "returning safely". A few steps up from security theater.

How do you get from "not every kid will be wearing a mask I deem adequate" to "people sending their kids back are lying about being concerned about COVID"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is kind of funny. Stop pretending you are concerned about spread of covid when you are sending your child to in-person school. The jig is up. You don't care.

OP here.
I kind of agree.
My kids are not going back into school buildings and of course I have been second-guessing myself a little. But this thread only validates my decision. From what I can read here, in-person students won't be appropriately masked for the amount of time they'll spend together indoors daily. This isn't "returning safely". A few steps up from security theater.

It kills me the number of people who accept DCUM as a reliable source of actual data about anything. From what I read here, and from what I have witnessed IRL, people in my neighborhood, including kids, are doing an excellent job of complying with mask mandates, and I fully expect that the kids in school will all be wearing masks all day. It sounds like many will be wearing surgical masks or masks with filter inserts. Some may be double-masked. That sounds pretty good to me, particularly in conjunction with distancing, our school's modern HVAC system, and in-room HEPA air purifiers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A two-layer cloth mask with adjustable ear loops for proper fit and a filter pocket with a non-woven filter insert.

This is what we do for our young child. I also put a few of those disposable paper kids ones in the bag in case something happens to the mask. Get everything on Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not in DCPS, but I've happy with the way the happy masks stay on my elementary school kid (and the rest of the family), and the coverage they offer. They also come in sizes and some really cute prints.

Exactly this. Not in DC either, but my kids have been in hybrid since the fall and we have used these. They are comfortable for my kids for all-day wear, though I did jerry rig an elastic strap for my 6 yo so there was less slippage off the nose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you sound so paranoid with the OTT masks and gloves that I’m surprised your kids are going in person.

Agree. I’m not sending my kids because you pretty much have to be okay with getting sick and we can’t. But with the new highly transmissible strains, blue light glasses aren’t gonna cut it. I doubt masks that aren’t fitted by an expert are gonna cut it when they are only 6’ apart indoors for 7 hours. Good luck.

There may be problems but there also may not be. It is such a crapshoot. My son has been at an in-person preschool since last summer. They don't require masks in his classroom
for the students (though that is changing) and they are little so they are certainly all up on one another. He has not gotten sick nor have his fellow students. So, they may be fine with flimsy cloth masks and blue light glasses!

[Anonymous]

OP - a one layer cloth mask does mostly prevent passing covid on to another kid. The extra protection of more protective PPE is mostly for the wearer. Get your child good PPE if you are worried and worry less about the others. I would prefer that children all wear medical grade masks but DCPS would need to mandate that. I think that the responses are thoughtful with many opting for good protection and considering their childrens' confort as well. Good luck to everyone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is in public school in another state, they've been open for some time and have run smoothly. We use child-sized Vistaprint masks with Vistaprint filters. As I've experimented with different masks they're less my favorite than they used to be, but they are now the only ones my child will wear, and that's important. I personally like the Beau Ties masks which are three-layer instead of two, and also come in a child size.

We dispose of the filter every day and carefully put the mask in the washing machine right away and then wash our hands.

Vistaprintmasks fit very well. Highly recommnend

Rodmans also has kid size surgical masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is in public school in another state, they've been open for some time and have run smoothly. We use child-sized Vistaprint masks with Vistaprint filters. As I've experimented with different masks they're less my favorite than they used to be, but they are now the only ones my child will wear, and that's important. I personally like the Beau Ties masks which are three-layer instead of two, and also come in a child size.

We dispose of the filter every day and carefully put the mask in the washing machine right away and then wash our hands.

Vistaprintmasks fit very well. Highly recommnend

Rodmans also has kid size surgical masks.

In addition to Vistaprint, we have a few kid-sized masks from Starks (vacuum manufacturer that started making masks), with built-in filters. They have a folding nose bridge that's especially nice if you wear glasses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - a one layer cloth mask does mostly prevent passing covid on to another kid. The extra protection of more protective PPE is mostly for the wearer. Get your child good PPE if you are worried and worry less about the others. I would prefer that children all wear medical grade masks but DCPS would need to mandate that. I think that the responses are thoughtful with many opting for good protection and considering their childrens' confort as well. Good luck to everyone!

Your post to me sounds like a bunch of placating hooey.

Not sure why 'mostly protect' in one direction vs the other.

Anything helps, yes, one-layer cloth is better than nothing, sure.

But if you're talking about sitting in one room with 10 kids and one adult, a great merv filter in the building hvac and a comfortable cloth mask on each person will not stop spread. In those conditions, a mediocre mask on each face will reduce the viral load of those infected in the classroom. But it will make no difference to the viral load with which they infect their parents a few days later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - a one layer cloth mask does mostly prevent passing covid on to another kid. The extra protection of more protective PPE is mostly for the wearer. Get your child good PPE if you are worried and worry less about the others. I would prefer that children all wear medical grade masks but DCPS would need to mandate that. I think that the responses are thoughtful with many opting for good protection and considering their childrens' confort as well. Good luck to everyone!

Your post to me sounds like a bunch of placating hooey.

Not sure why 'mostly protect' in one direction vs the other.

Anything helps, yes, one-layer cloth is better than nothing, sure.

But if you're talking about sitting in one room with 10 kids and one adult, a great merv filter in the building hvac and a comfortable cloth mask on each person will not stop spread. In those conditions, a mediocre mask on each face will reduce the viral load of those infected in the classroom. But it will make no difference to the viral load with which they infect their parents a few days later.

First of all you don't know crap. Where's your study to back this up? Do you not know how many of us have been living through kids in person in classrooms for months now, myself included, at a private school, with no incidence or transmission?

Second of all - don't send your kid. Great - you have a choice - problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - a one layer cloth mask does mostly prevent passing covid on to another kid. The extra protection of more protective PPE is mostly for the wearer. Get your child good PPE if you are worried and worry less about the others. I would prefer that children all wear medical grade masks but DCPS would need to mandate that. I think that the responses are thoughtful with many opting for good protection and considering their childrens' confort as well. Good luck to everyone!

Your post to me sounds like a bunch of placating hooey.

Not sure why 'mostly protect' in one direction vs the other.

Anything helps, yes, one-layer cloth is better than nothing, sure.

But if you're talking about sitting in one room with 10 kids and one adult, a great merv filter in the building hvac and a comfortable cloth mask on each person will not stop spread. In those conditions, a mediocre mask on each face will reduce the viral load of those infected in the classroom. But it will make no difference to the viral load with which they infect their parents a few days later.

First of all you don't know crap. Where's your study to back this up? Do you not know how many of us have been living through kids in person in classrooms for months now, myself included, at a private school, with no incidence or transmission?

Second of all - don't send your kid. Great - you have a choice - problem solved.

FFS I didn't ask you for a study to support your truthy wishful BS.