How many schools still have indoor mask requirements?

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Anonymous wrote:I would be extremely terrified of the science instruction at any of these schools. It's like sending your child to a school the denies climate change.

We are so glad your kids are happily ensconced in Quince Orchard -wherever-the-bumble-f@@@. Why do you post in this forum? Is your life so very boring and sad in the hinterlands?

What are you talking about? DCPS has no masked mandate.

Good lord, read the thread. About the charters where the mask mandate hasn't been lifted.

Good lord. Read the thread. This was a response to someone saying that you must be in the suburbs to oppose the mask mandate.

That's not how I read it, but whatever. The person is correct that there are still schools in DC that haven't lifted the mask mandate, and that at this point it is problematic to send your kid to a school with such an anti-science belief system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB

I think Yu Ying.

I think LAMB wants parents and teachers to vote on it. Whenever LAMB says it "prioritizes equity" that's code for "we're going to ignore the science because we dont want to do what the experts advise."

"Prioritizing equity" is Charis's not-so-subtle way of inferring that anyone who opposes her decisions is racist (and this coming from a white woman who runs a bilingual school who is not actually bilingual herself). It's basically a form of bullying.

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Anonymous wrote:Plus, you know, wanting to follow CDC and DC Health guidance doesn't make you a bad person. It's ok to want your school leaders to follow the public health experts on public health.

Our school health leaders only follow public health guidance when it confirms what they already want to do. Otherwise they ignore it or pretend the science is murkier than it is.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB

I think Yu Ying.

I think LAMB wants parents and teachers to vote on it. Whenever LAMB says it "prioritizes equity" that's code for "we're going to ignore the science because we dont want to do what the experts advise."

"Prioritizing equity" is Charis's not-so-subtle way of inferring that anyone who opposes her decisions is racist (and this coming from a white woman who runs a bilingual school who is not actually bilingual herself). It's basically a form of bullying.

It's pretty toxic for long-term relationships at the school. To say that following public health guidance is being racist is to take a stance that -- in this highly Dem-voting environment -- you cannot listen to experts but instead must do whatever the church leader tells you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB

I think Yu Ying.

I think LAMB wants parents and teachers to vote on it. Whenever LAMB says it "prioritizes equity" that's code for "we're going to ignore the science because we dont want to do what the experts advise."

"Prioritizing equity" is Charis's not-so-subtle way of inferring that anyone who opposes her decisions is racist (and this coming from a white woman who runs a bilingual school who is not actually bilingual herself). It's basically a form of bullying.

Also what are the results of the survey supposed to do? Decide policy? Or tell us that XX% of the school doesn't agree with you -- therefore leading to discomfort with the school no matter what you believe?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be extremely terrified of the science instruction at any of these schools. It's like sending your child to a school the denies climate change.

We are so glad your kids are happily ensconced in Quince Orchard -wherever-the-bumble-f@@@. Why do you post in this forum? Is your life so very boring and sad in the hinterlands?

What are you talking about? DCPS has no masked mandate.

Good lord, read the thread. About the charters where the mask mandate hasn't been lifted.

I think you misread the PP's comment. She is pointing out the fact that you don't have to live in "the hinterlands" to be at a school with no masks. This isn't a red state position anymore, it's following the science.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be extremely terrified of the science instruction at any of these schools. It's like sending your child to a school the denies climate change.

We are so glad your kids are happily ensconced in Quince Orchard -wherever-the-bumble-f@@@. Why do you post in this forum? Is your life so very boring and sad in the hinterlands?

What are you talking about? DCPS has no masked mandate.

Good lord, read the thread. About the charters where the mask mandate hasn't been lifted.

I think you misread the PP's comment. She is pointing out the fact that you don't have to live in "the hinterlands" to be at a school with no masks. This isn't a red state position anymore, it's following the science.

Exactly. Hinterlands PP is trying to cope with note following the science.

[Anonymous]

We are in a DCPS where of course the mandate is lifted, but most people are still wearing masks. We'd be sending our 1st grader without a mask (she's vaccinated), but all of her friends are still wearing masks, as is the teacher, and when we asked her what she thought about it, she was very definitive in wanting to wear a mask until other choose to take it off. We didn't want to have an argument with her about it, so we dropped it. They even continue to wear them outside. Sigh.

I was of the mindset that everyone could choose for themselves and just be tolerant and it would be fine, but now I see that if the majority choose masking in a school environment, it's actually kind of hard to go against the grain. Especially for these younger kids -- they just want/need to be told what to do and it feels weird to them to take off their masks if others are not.

I am hoping things change a bit over spring break. We might even talk to DD a bit more over the break, about what the experts say about masking and why we don't mask outside or mask as often inside anymore. I also think much will be dictated by whether there is a big surge from BA.2, though indicators at the moment seem to be in favor of a significantly smaller surge than we saw with Omicron.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in a DCPS where of course the mandate is lifted, but most people are still wearing masks. We'd be sending our 1st grader without a mask (she's vaccinated), but all of her friends are still wearing masks, as is the teacher, and when we asked her what she thought about it, she was very definitive in wanting to wear a mask until other choose to take it off. We didn't want to have an argument with her about it, so we dropped it. They even continue to wear them outside. Sigh.

I was of the mindset that everyone could choose for themselves and just be tolerant and it would be fine, but now I see that if the majority choose masking in a school environment, it's actually kind of hard to go against the grain. Especially for these younger kids -- they just want/need to be told what to do and it feels weird to them to take off their masks if others are not.

I am hoping things change a bit over spring break. We might even talk to DD a bit more over the break, about what the experts say about masking and why we don't mask outside or mask as often inside anymore. I also think much will be dictated by whether there is a big surge from BA.2, though indicators at the moment seem to be in favor of a significantly smaller surge than we saw with Omicron.

It sounds like you are surprised that everyone didn’t chose your choice.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in a DCPS where of course the mandate is lifted, but most people are still wearing masks. We'd be sending our 1st grader without a mask (she's vaccinated), but all of her friends are still wearing masks, as is the teacher, and when we asked her what she thought about it, she was very definitive in wanting to wear a mask until other choose to take it off. We didn't want to have an argument with her about it, so we dropped it. They even continue to wear them outside. Sigh.

I was of the mindset that everyone could choose for themselves and just be tolerant and it would be fine, but now I see that if the majority choose masking in a school environment, it's actually kind of hard to go against the grain. Especially for these younger kids -- they just want/need to be told what to do and it feels weird to them to take off their masks if others are not.

I am hoping things change a bit over spring break. We might even talk to DD a bit more over the break, about what the experts say about masking and why we don't mask outside or mask as often inside anymore. I also think much will be dictated by whether there is a big surge from BA.2, though indicators at the moment seem to be in favor of a significantly smaller surge than we saw with Omicron.

May I ask where this school is in DC? The vast majority of kids are unmasked at our Upper NW elementary school.

I actually heard that the peer pressure is much worse at the middle/high school level, I'm assuming because older kids are more aware of the politics of masking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are in a DCPS where of course the mandate is lifted, but most people are still wearing masks. We'd be sending our 1st grader without a mask (she's vaccinated), but all of her friends are still wearing masks, as is the teacher, and when we asked her what she thought about it, she was very definitive in wanting to wear a mask until other choose to take it off. We didn't want to have an argument with her about it, so we dropped it. They even continue to wear them outside. Sigh.

I was of the mindset that everyone could choose for themselves and just be tolerant and it would be fine, but now I see that if the majority choose masking in a school environment, it's actually kind of hard to go against the grain. Especially for these younger kids -- they just want/need to be told what to do and it feels weird to them to take off their masks if others are not.

I am hoping things change a bit over spring break. We might even talk to DD a bit more over the break, about what the experts say about masking and why we don't mask outside or mask as often inside anymore. I also think much will be dictated by whether there is a big surge from BA.2, though indicators at the moment seem to be in favor of a significantly smaller surge than we saw with Omicron.

It sounds like you are surprised that everyone didn’t chose your choice.

She has good reason to be surprised. The vast majority of kids don't have good reason to keep masking.

[Anonymous]

Kids in public schools don't have to wear masks? But kids in charter schools do? Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:Kids in public schools don't have to wear masks? But kids in charter schools do? Why is that?

Because coronavirus works for the teachers union and it hates charters...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids in public schools don't have to wear masks? But kids in charter schools do? Why is that?

Because the mayor decided to empower individual charter school administrators to make their own public health policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids in public schools don't have to wear masks? But kids in charter schools do? Why is that?

Minor quibble, since you don't seem from here: The charters that we are talking about are public.