Reply to Grass Roots Mask Advocacy

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Grass Roots Mask Advocacy "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My medically vulnerable 7 year old child who was privileged to be shielded for nearly a year will be back at school this fall. Many of us are in that boat. I tried searching through posts to find if this had already been posted. Have other parents living in places where the local government has made mask requirements in schools unlawful figured out ways to advocate or ‘encourage’ masks in any way in their children’s schools if you are in a district where without the law the schools would almost for sure follow CDC rules and require masking? Writing to administrators? Reaching out to parents? Just curious if there’s any grass roots ways to help encourage masks within a neighborhood elementary. Perhaps that’s better than trying to go district wide (though this is of course about the ENTIRE community not just our neighborhood school). My son has underlying health conditions and did remote all last year but that’s not an option this year and I’m considering reaching out to his teacher and maybe trying to email parents to talk about masks, wouldn’t help us make friends but perhaps appeal to parents who need to understand the particular danger this is placing on vulnerable children. It feels like we are walking a tightrope at the moment. I don’t know how I can channel my nervous energy to do everything I can to try to improve the public health guidance in a state that has wiped its hands of Covid safety tools. 
[/quote]

Good luck but I suspect that you will not find too many who agree to wear masks if masks are not required. DS wears a mask because it is required but really does not appreciate wearing a mask. They fog us his glasses, no matter what we have tried. He ate Sunbutter and Jelly sandwiches this year, because lunch was in the classroom and there is a nut allergy in his class so no peanut butter. He was hopeful that lunch next year was back in the cafeteria so that he could bring PBJ again. He understands why he couldn't have PB but he was not exactly thrilled. I want to believe that he would understand why he needed to wear a mask but he wouldn't be thrilled.

Toss in the fact that other classes will be mask free in the school and on the playground. I am not sure how effective masks in one classroom will be if the kids coming and going from the cafeteria, library, gym and other spaces are not wearing a mask.

Did your Doctor tell you that he shouldn't be in school without masks until there was a vaccine? If that is the case, then your child should be eligible for virtual school this year.

Not to be awful, but I would not count on people vaccinating their kids when the vaccine is available. There is a lot of conversation about the risks for younger kids catching COVID vs the likelihood of the kid having a known reaction to the vaccine. There are some stats out there that there is a higher chance of a child being affected by the vaccine negatively then a child getting COVID. If those numbers really are accurate, then I can see lots of parents choosing not to vaccinate their younger kids.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics