Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

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Anonymous wrote:I am thoroughly disgusted with the Diocese. No consideration for public health, especially those of teachers or children with underlying conditions. They bent to their conservative members.

My kid’s NoVa Catholic has a 25% vaccination rate, and come Mon kids are free to withhold from masking. During a surge. Outrageous.

What happened to Christian values of thinking of others, being part of a community that supports all of its members? The second my child graduates I am not giving one more penny to the Catholic Church.

I'm done as well. No more donations at all. Total lack of regard and Christian values. Such a lack of thought and leadership.

You weren’t donating anyway lol - nice try though.

This is such a weird comment. But I have come to understand that so many families are total weirdos.

I agree. It’s very weird to say you’re finished and done with supporting your parish Church because you disagree with the masking protocol implemented by the Diocese’s schools. It’s downright bizarre.

Why? It is all one organization. I am not giving either any money beyond tuition.

[Anonymous]

Ours hasn’t - the school and the Diocese have no information about my children’s vaccine status. They may ask, but I don’t think the Diocese allows them to require it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am thoroughly disgusted with the Diocese. No consideration for public health, especially those of teachers or children with underlying conditions. They bent to their conservative members.

My kid’s NoVa Catholic has a 25% vaccination rate, and come Mon kids are free to withhold from masking. During a surge. Outrageous.

What happened to Christian values of thinking of others, being part of a community that supports all of its members? The second my child graduates I am not giving one more penny to the Catholic Church.

Just curious how you know your school’s vaccination rate? I didn’t think those could legally be put out there by the diocese?

Why would that be? bI just shared its 92 percent vaccination rate

[Anonymous]

Our schools asks families to please let the nurse know if students are vaxxed. We emailed vax cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school just put out their response to this and they are not starting for a few weeks so they can restructure how school runs. They also are keeping a list of who will be wearing a mask and who will not because quarantining will be different as will social distancing. I could see lunches going to back to being in the classroom as opposed to the lunch room, recesses being more segregated again, parents being 100% kept out of schools and mass being 100% virtual instead of one grade at a time getting to go. So sad that politics has gotten in the way of science. Masks are so not a big deal. Kids don't have an issue with them, just adults.

Smart. The tricky issue is going to be unmasked, unvaxxed kids who then test positive because quarantine rules are different for them. Also vaxxed kids who test positive will still need to mask upon returning to school. This is much more logistically complicated for schools to manage. The best solution would have been to require proof of vaccination to go maskless. Crazy that the church is allowing the state to tell it what to do (outside it’s permissible expanded powers during an emergency).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids haven’t work their masks above their nose for more than 10 seconds since June 2020 and have rarely been corrected (likely bc everyone knows masks are just for show anyway). So I don’t care — they’ll continue to “wear” their masks just to avoid all this BS and controversy and maintain eligibility for laxer quarantine rules, but it won’t matter.

Why haven’t your kids figured out how to properly wear a mask by now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am thoroughly disgusted with the Diocese. No consideration for public health, especially those of teachers or children with underlying conditions. They bent to their conservative members.

My kid’s NoVa Catholic has a 25% vaccination rate, and come Mon kids are free to withhold from masking. During a surge. Outrageous.

What happened to Christian values of thinking of others, being part of a community that supports all of its members? The second my child graduates I am not giving one more penny to the Catholic Church.

I'm done as well. No more donations at all. Total lack of regard and Christian values. Such a lack of thought and leadership.

You weren’t donating anyway lol - nice try though.

This is such a weird comment. But I have come to understand that so many families are total weirdos.

I agree. It’s very weird to say you’re finished and done with supporting your parish Church because you disagree with the masking protocol implemented by the Diocese’s schools. It’s downright bizarre.

Well, with all the unmasked people at church during thr omicron surge, we also have not been going, so no donations from is either. Now with the Bishop’s decision, I am even less inclined to attend.

We’ve done “couch church” (watching mass online) since the pandemic started. I am less worried about us than I am about infecting others around us. It worked out in the fall, when my dd fell sick on a Monday and tested positive for Covid on Tuesday. Had we been at mass on the Sunday when she was infectious, who knows how many people she may have impacted? I’m hopeful things will settle down this spring when the omicron wave is over. I’m very disappointed in this decision coming at this time, as schools are navigating the omicron wave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I am thoroughly disgusted with the Diocese. No consideration for public health, especially those of teachers or children with underlying conditions. They bent to their conservative members.

My kid’s NoVa Catholic has a 25% vaccination rate, and come Mon kids are free to withhold from masking. During a surge. Outrageous.

What happened to Christian values of thinking of others, being part of a community that supports all of its members? The second my child graduates I am not giving one more penny to the Catholic Church.

Just curious how you know your school’s vaccination rate? I didn’t think those could legally be put out there by the diocese?

They are just blowing smoke — schools in the Arlington Diocese have not asked parents to submit vaccine status information for their children.

Ours has.

Ours has offered that parents can submit them to avoid quarantine if the student is identified as a close contact but has not otherwise formally requested vaccine records.

[Anonymous]

I am sure administrators are not pleased they will have to “pivot” once again. More work added to their loads once more. I wish parents will try to be supportive and not be so focused on their FREEDOM! Schools are communities. If you want your child to learn, please do your best to abide by all the new guidance set in place. Sometimes it just takes one disgruntled parent to ruin a good school community. Schools will do what they can under these difficult conditions. Parents, please do not expect perfection. Nobody will get exactly what they think they deserve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am thoroughly disgusted with the Diocese. No consideration for public health, especially those of teachers or children with underlying conditions. They bent to their conservative members.

My kid’s NoVa Catholic has a 25% vaccination rate, and come Mon kids are free to withhold from masking. During a surge. Outrageous.

What happened to Christian values of thinking of others, being part of a community that supports all of its members? The second my child graduates I am not giving one more penny to the Catholic Church.

Just curious how you know your school’s vaccination rate? I didn’t think those could legally be put out there by the diocese?

They are just blowing smoke — schools in the Arlington Diocese have not asked parents to submit vaccine status information for their children.

Uh, yes they have. The two in my area have and have shared the data with families. Don’t say things you can’t possibly be an authority in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school just put out their response to this and they are not starting for a few weeks so they can restructure how school runs. They also are keeping a list of who will be wearing a mask and who will not because quarantining will be different as will social distancing. I could see lunches going to back to being in the classroom as opposed to the lunch room, recesses being more segregated again, parents being 100% kept out of schools and mass being 100% virtual instead of one grade at a time getting to go. So sad that politics has gotten in the way of science. Masks are so not a big deal. Kids don't have an issue with them, just adults.

Smart. The tricky issue is going to be unmasked, unvaxxed kids who then test positive because quarantine rules are different for them. Also vaxxed kids who test positive will still need to mask upon returning to school. This is much more logistically complicated for schools to manage. The best solution would have been to require proof of vaccination to go maskless. Crazy that the church is allowing the state to tell it what to do (outside it’s permissible expanded powers during an emergency).

The best course of action would have been to go mask optional and requiring kids to quarentine. This would have been far less work for the schools. And no one group would feel targeted.

And the fact is unvaxxed, vaxxed snd boosted are all getting and spreading.

There is no reason to quarrying one group and not another.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here…. Well, looks like my lessons will have to be pretty silent from now on: no fun singing, games, just a bunch of online quiet activities for my students. Thanks Youngkin! Yep, elections do have consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here…. Well, looks like my lessons will have to be pretty silent from now on: no fun singing, games, just a bunch of online quiet activities for my students. Thanks Youngkin! Yep, elections do have consequences.

If you pull that “online” crap in class you’ll hear from parents like me and the principal pretty quickly. You aren’t being paid to sit them in front of a computer all day.

But of course, you aren’t a Catholic school teacher anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why we would get rid of masks during a huge surge and increase the chance of children being quarantined? Nobody wants to wear masks— get through the next 6 weeks or so and then make it mask optional.

There is zero scientific consensus that masks do anything to stop or slow the spread of COVID; there’s just some cherry-picked politically-motivated garbage that even The Atlantic had debunked:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

Our children have been masked long enough. This is stupid. And I am concerned about the mental health and long-term socialization effects of this nearly two years of hiding our faces behind pointless cloth rags. Enough already. Let these kids live life normally; they are not at risk.

Please explain how a mask contributes to depression and suicide. I’d love to read more about this. No, OAN and Mike Lindell do not count as legitimate sources.

[Anonymous]

Great, my DD’s favorite teacher is now taking a week off to decide if she will retire rather than continue. Way to go Arlington Diocese for worsening my child’s educational experience