Charters: What covid precautions has your school announced for the upcoming year?

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Anonymous wrote:Capital City will still require indoor masking...smh

Capital City is a joke. Such a sad decline for what was once a great school.

Didn't they also close in Jan., 2022, and have to be forced to reopen by OSSE?

I think that was CMI. Or maybe both of them. Unacceptable.

Stokes too. They were forced to reopen.

They wanted to remain closed in January and OSSE forced them to reopen.

This is misleading. OSSE specifically allowed any school to close for up to 2 weeks in January to deal with surge related staffing shortages. Stokes took advantage of that policy and reopened when the 2 weeks were up. I was critical of Stokes' decision, but to say they were forced to reopen is quite a stretch.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand some parents are frustrated or confused by continued masking policies, but please note that charters have fewer resources to ensure there is equitable access for students with disabilities, many of whom are high risk of severe outcomes from covid. Community spread continues to be high. Please read this guidance from DOE.

School districts, schools, early childhood centers and homes, and classrooms may still choose to implement masking requirements at any COVID-19 Community Level depending on their community’s needs – and especially keeping in mind those for whom these prevention strategies provide critical protection for in-person learning. Implementing layered prevention strategies (using multiple prevention strategies together) in schools can protect the rights of students with disabilities by ensuring their continued access to safe in-person learning.

Schools must continue to take action to preserve safe in-person learning opportunities for students with disabilities, including those at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. To comply with their Federal non-discrimination obligations under Section 504, school districts must make reasonable modifications when necessary to ensure equal access for their students with disabilities, absent a showing that the modifications would constitute a fundamental alteration or undue administrative burden to the program.

https://www2.ed.gov/documents/coronavirus/letter-to-educators-and-parents-regarding-new-cdc-recommendations-03-24-2022.pdf

Equity now being weaponized for anyone to make up whatever policy they want. Expect to see more of this.

Equity = because reasons

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When your anxiety manifests as white saviorism.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed schools and making are harmful to kids. It is difficult to breathe in masks, for soft voices to be heard or for kids or adults who are hearing impaired to follow the discussion. Virtual school was a disaster for poor kids and kids with learning disabilities, many of whom if not most will never get back on track. Schools must be open and kids must be free to unmask. It is very sad to see some sick parents send their kids to school in masks and faces shields, as we had at our school. This borders on abuse and should be investigated by cps, or at very least be banned from schools since they impede learning and social development.

Sorry. But this is as silly and sick as the schools still requiring masks. At this point, we should be supporting choice. If a parent has reason to think mitigation comes above all else, trust them. If a parent is ready to drop mitigation and accept some risk, trust them.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand some parents are frustrated or confused by continued masking policies, but please note that charters have fewer resources to ensure there is equitable access for students with disabilities, many of whom are high risk of severe outcomes from covid. Community spread continues to be high. Please read this guidance from DOE.

School districts, schools, early childhood centers and homes, and classrooms may still choose to implement masking requirements at any COVID-19 Community Level depending on their community’s needs – and especially keeping in mind those for whom these prevention strategies provide critical protection for in-person learning. Implementing layered prevention strategies (using multiple prevention strategies together) in schools can protect the rights of students with disabilities by ensuring their continued access to safe in-person learning.

Schools must continue to take action to preserve safe in-person learning opportunities for students with disabilities, including those at high risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. To comply with their Federal non-discrimination obligations under Section 504, school districts must make reasonable modifications when necessary to ensure equal access for their students with disabilities, absent a showing that the modifications would constitute a fundamental alteration or undue administrative burden to the program.

https://www2.ed.gov/documents/coronavirus/letter-to-educators-and-parents-regarding-new-cdc-recommendations-03-24-2022.pdf

Lol at equity.

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And what about those kids with disabilities that are worsened by masking and social distancing? Maybe we should outright ban masking to ensure equity for them? No?

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ITDS hasn't given us their policy for this school year but I am really hoping for mask optional. I have been a big supporter of masks in the past but everyone who wants to be is now fully vaccinated and I do feel like further masking is going to take a social and educational toll.

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Anonymous wrote:MV is requesting that people still mask I doors. I can’t believe it. These kids are going to be the last in America forced to mask at school.

What does requesting mean?

It is pretty far out and crazy. I felt a level of comfort with my kids masked. At the same time, I assumed teachers were tired of it.

Then I spend this summer in New England. Liberal New England (RI and CT towns). Kids aren't masking at all. It's just over. I think only my friends in San Fran can commiserate at this point.

Yup, same here. I've been saying for months just look outside DC at just about any other "blue" areas, and you'll hardly see anyone wearing a mask anywhere ever. To think about requiring masks on school kids in teh fall is utterly laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:MV is requesting that people still mask I doors. I can’t believe it. These kids are going to be the last in America forced to mask at school.

What does requesting mean?

It is pretty far out and crazy. I felt a level of comfort with my kids masked. At the same time, I assumed teachers were tired of it.

Then I spend this summer in New England. Liberal New England (RI and CT towns). Kids aren't masking at all. It's just over. I think only my friends in San Fran can commiserate at this point.

Yup, same here. I've been saying for months just look outside DC at just about any other "blue" areas, and you'll hardly see anyone wearing a mask anywhere ever. To think about requiring masks on school kids in teh fall is utterly laughable.

Same for me. You have to leave the DMV to realize how anomalous these policies really are. It's like we've gotten into a self-perpetuating anxiety loop and can't get off. COVID isn't going anywhere and I highly doubt the treatments and vaccines will be markedly better in a year from now. Unless the plan is to mask forever, schools need to stop sending out surveys and just define an off-ramp to get kids back to normalcy. This is YEARS of their childhoods at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MV is requesting that people still mask I doors. I can’t believe it. These kids are going to be the last in America forced to mask at school.

What does requesting mean?

It is pretty far out and crazy. I felt a level of comfort with my kids masked. At the same time, I assumed teachers were tired of it.

Then I spend this summer in New England. Liberal New England (RI and CT towns). Kids aren't masking at all. It's just over. I think only my friends in San Fran can commiserate at this point.

Yup, same here. I've been saying for months just look outside DC at just about any other "blue" areas, and you'll hardly see anyone wearing a mask anywhere ever. To think about requiring masks on school kids in teh fall is utterly laughable.

Definitely what I saw in Boston last Spring. I wish the educators here realized just how far outside they mainstream they are. Truly a joke.

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KIPP and Washington Global are mask optional.

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Anonymous wrote:ITDS hasn't given us their policy for this school year but I am really hoping for mask optional. I have been a big supporter of masks in the past but everyone who wants to be is now fully vaccinated and I do feel like further masking is going to take a social and educational toll.

We are high on the waitlist and I am hoping they announce one way or another before we get a spot (if we do) because it will be a determinative factor for us. We are in a DCPS and intend to send DC without a mask this year (masked all last year, even after they lifted the mandate, because it was clear the teacher would have been uncomfortable with it). We'd like to move to ITDS within the next few years, but if they do a mask mandate this year, it's not hard enough to get into for us to opt in. We have a few years and the stats for mid-elementary waitlists are favorable to us.

Also do not want our child to start a new school in a mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MV is requesting that people still mask I doors. I can’t believe it. These kids are going to be the last in America forced to mask at school.

What does requesting mean?

It is pretty far out and crazy. I felt a level of comfort with my kids masked. At the same time, I assumed teachers were tired of it.

Then I spend this summer in New England. Liberal New England (RI and CT towns). Kids aren't masking at all. It's just over. I think only my friends in San Fran can commiserate at this point.

Yup, same here. I've been saying for months just look outside DC at just about any other "blue" areas, and you'll hardly see anyone wearing a mask anywhere ever. To think about requiring masks on school kids in teh fall is utterly laughable.

Definitely what I saw in Boston last Spring. I wish the educators here realized just how far outside they mainstream they are. Truly a joke.

Truly ridiculous. Like SNL-skit/VEEP-episode/Portlandia ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:ITDS hasn't given us their policy for this school year but I am really hoping for mask optional. I have been a big supporter of masks in the past but everyone who wants to be is now fully vaccinated and I do feel like further masking is going to take a social and educational toll.

We are high on the waitlist and I am hoping they announce one way or another before we get a spot (if we do) because it will be a determinative factor for us. We are in a DCPS and intend to send DC without a mask this year (masked all last year, even after they lifted the mandate, because it was clear the teacher would have been uncomfortable with it). We'd like to move to ITDS within the next few years, but if they do a mask mandate this year, it's not hard enough to get into for us to opt in. We have a few years and the stats for mid-elementary waitlists are favorable to us.

Also do not want our child to start a new school in a mask.

I agree and wish they would all just announce. People are now making decisions based on this. Many of us don't want to be in a mask mandated environment any longer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ITDS hasn't given us their policy for this school year but I am really hoping for mask optional. I have been a big supporter of masks in the past but everyone who wants to be is now fully vaccinated and I do feel like further masking is going to take a social and educational toll.

We are high on the waitlist and I am hoping they announce one way or another before we get a spot (if we do) because it will be a determinative factor for us. We are in a DCPS and intend to send DC without a mask this year (masked all last year, even after they lifted the mandate, because it was clear the teacher would have been uncomfortable with it). We'd like to move to ITDS within the next few years, but if they do a mask mandate this year, it's not hard enough to get into for us to opt in. We have a few years and the stats for mid-elementary waitlists are favorable to us.

Also do not want our child to start a new school in a mask.

I agree and wish they would all just announce. People are now making decisions based on this. Many of us don't want to be in a mask mandated environment any longer.

Welcome to the charter system in DC. They have a waitlist and do not care a bit about whether you take the seat or not. Your leverage is exactly zero.