DCPS: Required face masks for all students, staff, and visitors next year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My larger concern is that the only mitigation measure that is required is masks, while all the others are optional. How will this be handled in an overcrowded middle school situation when at least most 6th graders will not be vax eligible, and we know that none of these "recommended" mitigation measures are feasible? Will there be testing? Will there be opportunities for kids who test positive for covid or who are living with people positive with covid to learn from home (if not, this is a strong disincentive to testing or reporting)? Or are we all just rolling the dice?

This is huge. There will already been parents who send their sick kids anyway because society has DW ided the free child care aspect of public school is a right rather than a side perk. If there’s no way for kids to learn at home for 10 days, even those who don’t need free childcare will send their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My larger concern is that the only mitigation measure that is required is masks, while all the others are optional. How will this be handled in an overcrowded middle school situation when at least most 6th graders will not be vax eligible, and we know that none of these "recommended" mitigation measures are feasible? Will there be testing? Will there be opportunities for kids who test positive for covid or who are living with people positive with covid to learn from home (if not, this is a strong disincentive to testing or reporting)? Or are we all just rolling the dice?

This is huge. There will already been parents who send their sick kids anyway because society has DW ided the free child care aspect of public school is a right rather than a side perk. If there’s no way for kids to learn at home for 10 days, even those who don’t need free childcare will send their kids.

Ugh, a "free childcare" person. That argument is so 2020. Stop being a malicious troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My larger concern is that the only mitigation measure that is required is masks, while all the others are optional. How will this be handled in an overcrowded middle school situation when at least most 6th graders will not be vax eligible, and we know that none of these "recommended" mitigation measures are feasible? Will there be testing? Will there be opportunities for kids who test positive for covid or who are living with people positive with covid to learn from home (if not, this is a strong disincentive to testing or reporting)? Or are we all just rolling the dice?

This is huge. There will already been parents who send their sick kids anyway because society has DW ided the free child care aspect of public school is a right rather than a side perk. If there’s no way for kids to learn at home for 10 days, even those who don’t need free childcare will send their kids.

Ugh, a "free childcare" person. That argument is so 2020. Stop being a malicious troll.

It's also like, welcome to the fn first world, Janet, childcare is important and is subsidized like in the majority of OECD countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My larger concern is that the only mitigation measure that is required is masks, while all the others are optional. How will this be handled in an overcrowded middle school situation when at least most 6th graders will not be vax eligible, and we know that none of these "recommended" mitigation measures are feasible? Will there be testing? Will there be opportunities for kids who test positive for covid or who are living with people positive with covid to learn from home (if not, this is a strong disincentive to testing or reporting)? Or are we all just rolling the dice?

This is huge. There will already been parents who send their sick kids anyway because society has DW ided the free child care aspect of public school is a right rather than a side perk. If there’s no way for kids to learn at home for 10 days, even those who don’t need free childcare will send their kids.

This is the argument for universal masking. If people won’t/can’t test or will send their kid with symptoms, everyone is better protected because everyone is wearing a mask.

I wish DCPS would do something about lunch, but that’s a pipe dream

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet Wilson has more than 50% vaccination among all individuals who will be in the building. I’m super annoyed that there is no nuance in the instructions for vaccination rate in the building. They need to be gathering this information and making appropriate allowances.

+1 It's crazy to make blanket recommendations for pre-k to HS.