Masking policy Arlington Diocesan Schools

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Look my kid is wearing a mask. But putting masked kids on one side and unmasked on the other claiming it's a "change to the seating chart" is bullying, You may not like the change, and I don't either, but do you really want teachers and admin bullying kids at the school for any reason. You can't know why every kid has chosen to unmask.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

So you agree there isn’t really a way for schools to enforce “parent choice” once the kids are inside the buildings? Which suggests the whole executive order is completely meaningless and the idea was used as a cover for unmasking generally.

It’s parents’ choice to send their kid to school with a mask or not. If you want your kid to wear his blue turtles Etsy mask instead of his green dinosaur Etsy mask, then that’s between you and your kid. My kids will be going to school without a mask and breathing fresh air unobstructed; they aren’t sick and no one is going to die.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Look my kid is wearing a mask. But putting masked kids on one side and unmasked on the other claiming it's a "change to the seating chart" is bullying, You may not like the change, and I don't either, but do you really want teachers and admin bullying kids at the school for any reason. You can't know why every kid has chosen to unmask.

It is not bullying. Please. That word has lost all meaning. I don’t really care why someone has chosen to unmask. I just care that my kids are at a higher risk by the decision. Luckily, our school is keeping the kids who unmask together.

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Mass formation psychosis. It’s okay. We will help you through it. It’s going to be fine. By this time next year, COVID will still be with us and everyone will have accepted that universal masking is not necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Look my kid is wearing a mask. But putting masked kids on one side and unmasked on the other claiming it's a "change to the seating chart" is bullying, You may not like the change, and I don't either, but do you really want teachers and admin bullying kids at the school for any reason. You can't know why every kid has chosen to unmask.

Dramatic much? It’s not bullying, it’s logistics. Being unmasked affects the quarantine rules for unvaccinated kids who get exposed to a positive case. Why should kids wearing a mask be subject to longer quarantines because of your choices? Isn’t that what this whole thing is about? Parental choice? Choices have consequences. The reason for not masking doesn’t matter one bit. The outcome is the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Mass formation psychosis. It’s okay. We will help you through it. It’s going to be fine. By this time next year, COVID will still be with us and everyone will have accepted that universal masking is not necessary.

Fauci IS the science! Now bow down and pay homage to your masters. LOL

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Every choice has a consequence. Having freedom to choose doesn't mean having freedom from consequence. People that have the ability to unmask are exercising their freedom to make that choice but could have perceived consequences of their child's seat being moved. Not that big of a deal. You would think that a parent who is anti mask would think that would be not a big deal because their kid doesn't have to have an evil mask on their face and people can see them smile and they can breathe (even though they have been breathing just fine for a year and half in school).

People who are more COVID conscious have consequences for their choices too. They miss out on things but that is their choice to do.

You can't have your cake and eat it too people.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Unmasking is so much better for their mental health, development, confidence, and self esteem. My kids (and every student down in the states like Florida, where they've been unmasked for OVER A YEAR with sometimes LOWER case counts than here) couldn't be happier unmasked and will flourish. Data-deniers are sad and just make us all laugh.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Look my kid is wearing a mask. But putting masked kids on one side and unmasked on the other claiming it's a "change to the seating chart" is bullying, You may not like the change, and I don't either, but do you really want teachers and admin bullying kids at the school for any reason. You can't know why every kid has chosen to unmask.

Dramatic much? It’s not bullying, it’s logistics. Being unmasked affects the quarantine rules for unvaccinated kids who get exposed to a positive case. Why should kids wearing a mask be subject to longer quarantines because of your choices? Isn’t that what this whole thing is about? Parental choice? Choices have consequences. The reason for not masking doesn’t matter one bit. The outcome is the same.

Perhaps the unvaccinated should be separated! Their choice not to vaccinate effects the quarantine rules If everyone was vaccinated they wouldn’t have to space people 6 feet apart

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

Of course they are going to be segregated. The masked kids don’t want to sit near your kids or work on projects with them. Especially if they have a parent or grandparent with health issues at home.

They will be segregated because they still have to try and follow the CDC guidelines as dictated by state law to what extent they can. They will be distanced further from the rest of the kids. This is actually the diocese policy.

The maskless parents are not thinking this through and if there kids are unvaccinated they will be quarantined and kicked out at any in class exposures, because that is what the guidance says as well.

Our school wants them all to be masked. And thankfully the early reports are only a handful of kids are not wearing masks. We have teachers with health issues, etc. These maskless kids are the same ones that jumped into our school when public school was all virtual because they needed in person. Now these same families are trying to cause outbreaks in our schools with their stupidity, and then we will have to shut down. We have had ZERO spread in our school and have been in person all of last year. The safety procedures have been amazing. Now we have these knuckleheads going to ruin it.

At our school its the opposite. The more seasoned parents want masks off. They know what kids are missing.

Where are you located? We are in Arlington and I feel like our population is fully of very liberal/highly educated types who want masks because we fear outbreaks sending us to virtual. I spoke to the admin and very few kids opted out of masks (under ten total for the school).

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

Of course they are going to be segregated. The masked kids don’t want to sit near your kids or work on projects with them. Especially if they have a parent or grandparent with health issues at home.

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At our school its the opposite. The more seasoned parents want masks off. They know what kids are missing.

Serious question -- WHAT are they missing? My kids only were virtual in the Spring of 2020. Then they have been in school, doing sports, CYO, etc. They are happy and safe. So what are they missing?

I feel like all these - what are they missing statements are coming from work at home people that don't think covid is a thing. That masks are unduly burdensome. That it doesn't effect kids, etc. If you go to Catholic school you are supposed to be working towards the greater good (we are supposed to look out for our librarian who just got over cancer) so wearing a mask is not a huge lift. Kids don't even notice. And funny enough the only kids that seem to have "issues" with masks are those with parents that project their own issues on them.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

What is this obsession with the cool kids? This is your second post about it. So weird that you are so invested in the social hierarchy at your kid’s school. Do you have some unresolved issues about that from your own childhood? I could easily see the “cool kids” of a different class or school making the choice to keep their mask on and others following. Super weird that you think unmasking is somehow cooler. Very immature and says a lot about how you’re raising your kids. It’s like your cognitive development stopped at high school age.

Also, changing a seating chart is not segregation. Teachers change seating charts all the time for various reasons. Kids not wearing masks are not victims.

Look my kid is wearing a mask. But putting masked kids on one side and unmasked on the other claiming it's a "change to the seating chart" is bullying, You may not like the change, and I don't either, but do you really want teachers and admin bullying kids at the school for any reason. You can't know why every kid has chosen to unmask.

STFU. Not Bullying. Seriously. Can we stop using that term for things that we don't like or behavior that we don't care for/or is slightly mean?

Bullying - seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Separating non-masked from masked is not intended to harm anyone. It is following health guidelines and try to prevent the spread of a virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mass formation psychosis. It’s okay. We will help you through it. It’s going to be fine. By this time next year, COVID will still be with us and everyone will have accepted that universal masking is not necessary.

I am not disagreeing with you. I would like a phased out approach to masks. I think when transmission is low and positivity rates are below 8% and vaccination rates are high then unmask. Right now the positivity rate is at 20% (but dropping from 35%) and hospitalizations are up. If in two months the rates drop, take off masks and REQUIRE vaccinations for child enrollment (that will be next).

I do not think that this month is the time. Also an etsy mask provides some protection. Not great, but better than nothing. Since I bet the current kids going maskless are also the unvaccinated I will bite my tongue on the intelligent choices being made by those families.

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Anonymous wrote:A number of kids were removing their masks during the day, I’m told. I witnessed the 6-8 graders putting their masks back on as they left school to catch their rides home. I was mortified.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of this. Presumably those kids’ parents are expecting them to wear masks throughout the day and haven’t opted out. How are schools and teachers going to enforce it and keep track of who is supposed to mask and who isn’t?

Wow, you really don't understand kids! (hint: they are all going to do this!)

They can't though. They have to opt out (at least in our school) which requires paperwork. If they don't opt out they must wear a mask because they have to be distanced more, etc

You also don't know how classrooms work. Teachers have said they aren't "tracking" paperwork and don't have the bandwidth to be on this all day. The cool kids were the first to take them off, as they are more confident. Over the next few days they'll all be down or off.
Also, segregating the class is going against the direction the diocese gave in writing that no student would be treated differently. When parents find out their maskless child has been segregated from the class they should contact the diocese immediately, etc.

Of course they are going to be segregated. The masked kids don’t want to sit near your kids or work on projects with them. Especially if they have a parent or grandparent with health issues at home.

They will be segregated because they still have to try and follow the CDC guidelines as dictated by state law to what extent they can. They will be distanced further from the rest of the kids. This is actually the diocese policy.

The maskless parents are not thinking this through and if there kids are unvaccinated they will be quarantined and kicked out at any in class exposures, because that is what the guidance says as well.

Our school wants them all to be masked. And thankfully the early reports are only a handful of kids are not wearing masks. We have teachers with health issues, etc. These maskless kids are the same ones that jumped into our school when public school was all virtual because they needed in person. Now these same families are trying to cause outbreaks in our schools with their stupidity, and then we will have to shut down. We have had ZERO spread in our school and have been in person all of last year. The safety procedures have been amazing. Now we have these knuckleheads going to ruin it.

At our school its the opposite. The more seasoned parents want masks off. They know what kids are missing.

Where are you located? We are in Arlington and I feel like our population is fully of very liberal/highly educated types who want masks because we fear outbreaks sending us to virtual. I spoke to the admin and very few kids opted out of masks (under ten total for the school).

And there it is: "very liberal/highly educated types" who are so much more virtuous than those dirty conservatives at your kid's school, right? A fairly repugnant attitude on your part.