Here I go again....the lone holdout

[Anonymous]

Okay, I'm just about the most laid back on these things (I wear a mask and sometimes gloves when I'm out, but my family socializes with a small subset of "trusted" friends...), and I say HELL NO. Absolutely not.

[Anonymous]

If you want to be on the news, go for it. Your kid can be one of the news items where they talk about how all these people ignored the information being put out there and then were shocked to get the virus and end up in the hospital. You can keep the newspaper clippings in your scrap book.

[Anonymous]

I know a kid who was at that Westchester high school graduation ceremony where everyone was hugging and selfie-ing. They were on the news because that ceremony was the cause of a local outbreak.

So... no.

And please, for the love of all things, report this to the local health department and get them shut down. It's literally a matter of life and death, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I know a kid who was at that Westchester high school graduation ceremony where everyone was hugging and selfie-ing. They were on the news because that ceremony was the cause of a local outbreak.

So... no.

And please, for the love of all things, report this to the local health department and get them shut down. It's literally a matter of life and death, OP.

This. I cannot believe how irresponsible the hosts are. I would have no problem snitching knowing that it could potentially prevent an outbreak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in NJ for reference. My son's friends (15) are all going to a spring formal that has been rescheduled multiple times. Now it is July 23. It will be inside a fire house. Approx. 150 people. No masks required. Hand sanitizer available (haha). There will be food (not Sit down, but buffet), music, dancing, etc.

I'm the only parent of his friend group that isn't happy about this. I was hoping they would put it off longer so he would eventually get to go. All of his friends are going. Why is this allowed if indoor dining isn't allowed, if swim teams are cancelled, etc.? Is it even legal? I don't think it is as I've looked at some websites that say under 100 people indoors in my state.

Would anyone here be comfortable sending their kid to this? I'm so sick of having to be the bad guy here!

Ridiculous.

Maybe we will get it through our thick heads the second time around.

[Anonymous]

Who is dumb enough to throw this party -- the school itself or did some parents take it upon themselves to privately throw the kids a formal??

I can't imagine a school being dumb enough to risk this. A buffet dinner?? Sure great idea to share serving utensils during a pandemic and then someone eats a few bites, puts down their plate and goes to get a drink, someone else thinks it's their plate and grabs a few chicken fingers off of it -- oopps that wasn't my plate, haha NBD. To say nothing of tables of 10-15 kids each eating while talking -- spit/aerosols flying everywhere. Hard pass.

Rat this out. Seriously. Not to the school but to the county or state. Murphy will not take kindly to this -- he has been doing a great job and they have shut down private parties and if it's a school/org throwing it, yeah they'll face fines etc.

[Anonymous]

Already worrying about this because DD’s high school graduation is scheduled for August. How do you tell a kid they can’t go to their high school graduation? (Of course I have a backbone and I will!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Already worrying about this because DD’s high school graduation is scheduled for August. How do you tell a kid they can’t go to their high school graduation? (Of course I have a backbone and I will!)

Is it inside? Outside?

I wouldn't do this party OP is talking about. But I would find a safe way to have my child attend their own graduation.

Any decent parent would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in NJ for reference. My son's friends (15) are all going to a spring formal that has been rescheduled multiple times. Now it is July 23. It will be inside a fire house. Approx. 150 people. No masks required. Hand sanitizer available (haha). There will be food (not Sit down, but buffet), music, dancing, etc.

I'm the only parent of his friend group that isn't happy about this. I was hoping they would put it off longer so he would eventually get to go. All of his friends are going. Why is this allowed if indoor dining isn't allowed, if swim teams are cancelled, etc.? Is it even legal? I don't think it is as I've looked at some websites that say under 100 people indoors in my state.

Would anyone here be comfortable sending their kid to this? I'm so sick of having to be the bad guy here!

Yes, I would be totally comfortable with it. I wish my teen had the opportunity to go to something like this. N

[Anonymous]

No. It's like the parents who throw parties with alcohol for their teenage kids. It's illegal and idiotic yet some people are ok with it. You'd say no to that. Say no to this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Already worrying about this because DD’s high school graduation is scheduled for August. How do you tell a kid they can’t go to their high school graduation? (Of course I have a backbone and I will!)

Is it inside? Outside?

I wouldn't do this party OP is talking about. But I would find a safe way to have my child attend their own graduation.

Any decent parent would.

Its outside but there are 400+ kids in the grade, in a stadium. And kids all taking selfies afterwards. Huge crowds trying to enter the narrow gates to the stadium. I think it will be cancelled anyway.

[Anonymous]

Where in NJ?

FTR, my initial reaction is "h377 no!". But NJ does have areas where the virus is basically fully contained...so even though I would probably still end up saying no, for my kid's sake I'd research the situation near me with as open of a mind as I could muster.

[Anonymous]

The buffet alone would be the killer for me- very unsanitary. And then 150 kids inside! Yikes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Already worrying about this because DD’s high school graduation is scheduled for August. How do you tell a kid they can’t go to their high school graduation? (Of course I have a backbone and I will!)

Is it inside? Outside?

I wouldn't do this party OP is talking about. But I would find a safe way to have my child attend their own graduation.

Any decent parent would.

Its outside but there are 400+ kids in the grade, in a stadium. And kids all taking selfies afterwards. Huge crowds trying to enter the narrow gates to the stadium. I think it will be cancelled anyway.

Schools in our area did this. It was very controlled and a ton of socially distancing.

My son is a senior and his graduation is in august. It it is outside we will be there.

[Anonymous]

Hell no!!

Is that legal??