NBC4 reporting that ACPS will not require masks for students or staff for the fall
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Anonymous
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NBC4 is reporting that ACPS is not requiring masks for students or staff. Can someone point me to an official announcement that this is the plan for the fall?
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/dc-area-school-districts-deciding-whether-to-require-masks-this-fall/2745901/ |
Anonymous
| Sorry but the CDC guidance now says ALL schools must have ALL staff and students wear masks. CDC also says DC is has a high rate of transmission. |
Anonymous
| My kids has to miss two weeks of camp because of covid exposure. What’s the plan if this happens at school? |
Anonymous
CDC has exactly zero power to impose the restriction |
Anonymous
| Given that Arlington, DCPS, Montgomery County, and Prince George's are following CDC's guidance, I am hard pressed to think this is accurate reporting. Hope it is not. |
Anonymous
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At the bottom of this article, it says masks for K to 6th grade in ACPS. I can’t find a recent statement on the ACPS site to confirm though.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/07/montgomery-co-to-require-masks-in-schools/ |
Anonymous
The article was written just before the CDC announcement. I'm guessing more to come... |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| I hope all the anti-maskers in my district move there. |
Anonymous
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The article was updated to say that ACPS doesn't have a mask policy yet. Just sloppy reporting.
But, everyone will be fully masked at ACPS regardless of what the CDC is saying now or what they say a month from now. |
Anonymous
ACPS has been eerily quiet about fall plans despite despite being less than a month before classes start. |
Anonymous
| Yeah - ACPS will definitely require masks now - they have been extremely safety conscious with all things COVID: I would be super surprised if they didn't require masks like other surrounding school districts. |
Anonymous
| Masks are a moving target. |
Anonymous
| ACPS has been super cautious. My guess is that they will have everyone wear masks in and outside the building. I don't care what I have to do if it means my kids will be back in school. Honestly, masks are not the hill I die on. I think it's a bit silly for vaccinated staff and students to have to wear masks and I don't think you should have to wear masks outdoors, but I'm fine with masks in the classroom. I hope ACPS figures out a plan for encore and lunch. Maybe eating outside in tents like the private schools all have outside their buildings when it is nice out? |
Anonymous
| That NBC link must have been updated. It says ACPS hasn't made a decision yet. Seems odd that it's so late in the decision process. |