Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s an online petition for parents who want the mask requirement reinstated by the Arlington Diocese. Please sign!

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-diocese-families-and-community-members-re-instate-the-mask-requirement-at-arlington-catholic-schools?fbclid=IwAR1Vt3-QtYKi8ZJP2UDDV-8gUnAOYQoDdEa7zHpUUoBw16cvSWiVV98RG8Y

I respect the concept, but I think if your community resorts to a petition, the communication/sense of community is broken.

I have gone to my child's principal with my thoughts. Got warm feedback, with no admonishment or endorsement.

My children were told they must mask up to protect their teachers (many of whom are in high risk groups-and have no say over what happens in their workplace). Also, to avoid have to quarantine, they did multiple times last year.

My child said they understood, and added that they don't want to play with the kids who won't wear masks.

Same he

My kids told me the same thing. Also had a death in the family from Covid.

[Anonymous]

I’ve directed my children to not treat any of the kids differently based on whether or not they have a mask on. I think it’s terrible any parent would encourage that behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve directed my children to not treat any of the kids differently based on whether or not they have a mask on. I think it’s terrible any parent would encourage that behavior.

Thank you! I have done the same!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those over 12 have been vaccinated for 7 months but still masked. That age group wants out. I’m not sure they will remain masked

How is a school different from adults required to mask - airport, grocery, etc.

Adults don't do those things for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. Its completely different!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those over 12 have been vaccinated for 7 months but still masked. That age group wants out. I’m not sure they will remain masked

How is a school different from adults required to mask - airport, grocery, etc.

Adults don't do those things for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. Its completely different!

Unmm, teachers do, and they are talking, not whispering, to the class. Yet still, most will continue to mask up, and would appreciate families who encourage their children to do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those over 12 have been vaccinated for 7 months but still masked. That age group wants out. I’m not sure they will remain masked

How is a school different from adults required to mask - airport, grocery, etc.

Adults don't do those things for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. Its completely different!

Unmm, teachers do, and they are talking, not whispering, to the class. Yet still, most will continue to mask up, and would appreciate families who encourage their children to do the same.

I encourage them to unmask if they would like.

[Anonymous]

This is such a silly conversation. As a volunteer at my kid’s school, I think I saw maybe 3 kids each day wearing their flimsy, cloth, I’ll-fitting masks properly. And they probably pushed their masks down a minute later.

So for all intents and purposes, kids have been “maskless” for months/years. This debate isn’t about health — it’s about virtue signaling and obedience and control and politics. Nothing more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those over 12 have been vaccinated for 7 months but still masked. That age group wants out. I’m not sure they will remain masked

How is a school different from adults required to mask - airport, grocery, etc.

Adults don't do those things for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. Its completely different!

What do you mean? So many adults do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a silly conversation. As a volunteer at my kid’s school, I think I saw maybe 3 kids each day wearing their flimsy, cloth, I’ll-fitting masks properly. And they probably pushed their masks down a minute later.

So for all intents and purposes, kids have been “maskless” for months/years. This debate isn’t about health — it’s about virtue signaling and obedience and control and politics. Nothing more.

So many kids at our school do a good job wearing masks. I suspect they will all continue to wear them. They are also vaccinated. All of these things go together. The parents who are jerks about masks obviously have kids who aren’t good about wearing masks. They follow their parents’ lead. And not shockingly, they also do not vaccinate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My children are so excited to go to school without masks and experience a step closer to a “normal” day for the first time in almost 2 years!

Smiling faces all around tonight at the news that they can stop wearing masks all day every day.

I know our Catholic school has taken this all very seriously. We might have one or two families like you in the whole school. I also know it will be sad for you kids because the other kids have had parents say to stay away from an unmasked child for their own safety. Think about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those over 12 have been vaccinated for 7 months but still masked. That age group wants out. I’m not sure they will remain masked

How is a school different from adults required to mask - airport, grocery, etc.

Adults don't do those things for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. Its completely different!

Nine hours in an office five days a week since summer of 2020. Masks that whole time. Since then more and more have returned to the office in all kinds of fields. We wear masks all day. It is a thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve directed my children to not treat any of the kids differently based on whether or not they have a mask on. I think it’s terrible any parent would encourage that behavior.

Thank you! I have done the same!

I am one of the PP whose children have said they intend to stay away from unmasked peers. I definitely told my children not to make remarks of any kind regarding mask usage or lack thereof. However, we always remind our children to remove themselves from situations/people that seem risky, dangerous, or make them uncomfortable. I see their intent to stay away from unmasked kids (which, by the way, was their/their friends' own idea - we definitely did not suggest that) as an extension of situational awareness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My children are so excited to go to school without masks and experience a step closer to a “normal” day for the first time in almost 2 years!

Smiling faces all around tonight at the news that they can stop wearing masks all day every day.

I know our Catholic school has taken this all very seriously. We might have one or two families like you in the whole school. I also know it will be sad for you kids because the other kids have had parents say to stay away from an unmasked child for their own safety. Think about that.

This is absolutely true. There are a few friends that we don't allow playdates with because they are unvaxxed. And their parents are loudly anti-mask so I assume that outside of school they are probably not utilizing masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My children are so excited to go to school without masks and experience a step closer to a “normal” day for the first time in almost 2 years!

Smiling faces all around tonight at the news that they can stop wearing masks all day every day.

Why would a parent encourage this child to be happy about being selfish and putting others in danger????

They are not sick; they are not putting anyone in danger; and the masks they’ve been wearing for a year and a half don’t do anything anyway. We’ve had so many COVID cases already—vaccinated and unvaccinated, all “fully masked”—and the CDC has already said that everybody is going to get COVID no matter what they do.

So why would you peddle this garbage about my healthy smiling children “putting others in danger????”

These masks really have become a little cloth security blanket for so many people. That’s ok we’ll move forward and help reset minds back to normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve directed my children to not treat any of the kids differently based on whether or not they have a mask on. I think it’s terrible any parent would encourage that behavior.

Thank you! I have done the same!

I am one of the PP whose children have said they intend to stay away from unmasked peers. I definitely told my children not to make remarks of any kind regarding mask usage or lack thereof. However, we always remind our children to remove themselves from situations/people that seem risky, dangerous, or make them uncomfortable. I see their intent to stay away from unmasked kids (which, by the way, was their/their friends' own idea - we definitely did not suggest that) as an extension of situational awareness.

+1

Stay away from crazies. The anti-masker families we know also happen to have bully kids. Shocker.