APS mask policy

[Anonymous]

APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

[Anonymous]

BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

There’s no apparently to it. Details reported in the school board meeting last night. Students will be able to apply for virtual Virginia instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

There’s no apparently to it. Details reported in the school board meeting last night. Students will be able to apply for virtual Virginia instead.

Christian people? Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

It’s a taxpayer run school system and they need to make the smartest and most efficient choices with the money they have for the greater good. APS running their own home grown virtual option makes zero sense moving forward on any possible level. A virtual option will still be offered.

You sound entitled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

Cherish that memory. That's all the value it has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.

This. The pandemic is done when it’s done, not when we want it to be done. Your odds of surviving an individual case of COVID are pretty good. Your odds of surviving anything else when the hospitals are overloaded aren’t as great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.

This. The pandemic is done when it’s done, not when we want it to be done. Your odds of surviving an individual case of COVID are pretty good. Your odds of surviving anything else when the hospitals are overloaded aren’t as great.

How many times can you people make this argument. When in this area hospitals have never been overrrun and no such doomsday scenario has materialized here locally. But it seems the thought fills you with glee, so that’s odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.

This. The pandemic is done when it’s done, not when we want it to be done. Your odds of surviving an individual case of COVID are pretty good. Your odds of surviving anything else when the hospitals are overloaded aren’t as great.

Maybe if we all just stay home for two weeks to flatten the curve...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

LOL. This just shows how sadly uninformed people in Arlington are.

Virtual Virginia has existed since at least the mid 2000's. There was never any reason for APS to create a virtual program. My guess is someone old like you decided this was sooo cool! and so neat that you can use technology like this now! wow, we have to try that!

Please stop buying into that one guy in Arlington who is insisting that this program is needed. He just doesn't want to have to deal with his own personal situation so he wants the rest of APS to change for him. I can't believe people get sucked into believing him that there are no options, that everything will be terrible, and on and on an on an on and on.

[Anonymous]

Is the APS virtual school closing in 2 weeks or at the end of the school year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.

This. The pandemic is done when it’s done, not when we want it to be done. Your odds of surviving an individual case of COVID are pretty good. Your odds of surviving anything else when the hospitals are overloaded aren’t as great.

How many times can you people make this argument. When in this area hospitals have never been overrrun and no such doomsday scenario has materialized here locally. But it seems the thought fills you with glee, so that’s odd.

And why do you think that is? We’re a COVID-conservative people. Most of us do healthy things and it’s served us well. But we are fooling ourselves if we think this is “over” less than a month after the worst wave yet, and new variants keep evolving to avoid prior immunity, natural or vaccine. I’m not for masking forever, I want to get back to normal too, but I’m not ready to celebrate and throw caution to the wind, either. The burnout is real among the health care profession- it’s stupid to assume they will be back to “normal” in time for the next wave. (And there will be one- there’s a whole population of kids that can’t get a shot, along with kids whose parents won’t get the shot, and this virus is evolving at the speed of light).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

LOL. This just shows how sadly uninformed people in Arlington are.

Virtual Virginia has existed since at least the mid 2000's. There was never any reason for APS to create a virtual program. My guess is someone old like you decided this was sooo cool! and so neat that you can use technology like this now! wow, we have to try that!

Please stop buying into that one guy in Arlington who is insisting that this program is needed. He just doesn't want to have to deal with his own personal situation so he wants the rest of APS to change for him. I can't believe people get sucked into believing him that there are no options, that everything will be terrible, and on and on an on an on and on.

PP will now remember that, man.

[Anonymous]

They’ve put the masking off ramp in place. The timeline may have been forced, but it’s where we are at. We can make our own safety assessments. Just like choosing to wear a coat when it’s frigid, we can mask or not as we deem safe/unsafe.




Ours family is erring on the side of caution for now though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS also has apparently decided there will be no virtual learning program through Arlington next year. I don't know whether the state plans to continue its statewide virtual program.

The parents against universal masking have always said that if you don't feel safe, just keep your kids home with you. So do you have to homeschool to do that now? These parents' desires are now superceding the health issues of marginalized people in the community now. It's everybody for themselves rather than looking out for one another as I thought Christian people believed they should do.

Whatever, man. I will remember this, and I"m sure other parents will as well.

LOL. This just shows how sadly uninformed people in Arlington are.

Virtual Virginia has existed since at least the mid 2000's. There was never any reason for APS to create a virtual program. My guess is someone old like you decided this was sooo cool! and so neat that you can use technology like this now! wow, we have to try that!

Please stop buying into that one guy in Arlington who is insisting that this program is needed. He just doesn't want to have to deal with his own personal situation so he wants the rest of APS to change for him. I can't believe people get sucked into believing him that there are no options, that everything will be terrible, and on and on an on an on and on.

Did the presentation give any insight on to the main reason the kids in virtual virginia are in virtual va? I know they did once at the beginning of the year and I wonder if they have been keeping updated data on that.

I do feel like a lot of the folks in virtual va (at least the ones I have heard from) are doing it due to bullying/special need circumstances/school avoidance and not because of covid. I don't think APS ever created the program to be anything other than a temporary thing due to the unique circumstances presented by covid. I personally, don't understand the need to remain in an APS virtual system if the state has one (largely because I don't understand the benefit, other than maybe it looks better on a dipolma). I would assume the vast majority of virtual students aren't playing school sports or involved in school clubs (but could be wrong).

But if the main issue is that they don't want to lose out on school sports it would seem like some deal could be reached to work that out and provide the education from virtual virginia.