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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school gave us a KN95 every day. I’m no longer teaching in person, but I wouldn’t work in a cloth mask or a surgical mask. The kids wear masks but not with fidelity, and they take them off to eat both breakfast and lunch (effectively negating any benefit from masking the rest of the day). Our building has no ventilation system at all (it’s over 100 years old) and windows only open a crack. It is not possible to stay distanced from the kids because they need help opening milks, managing spills, tying shoes, zippering coats, writing properly, etc. Wearing two masks while redirecting small children and delivering instruction for hours at a clip is totally unrealistic. People who talk a big game about the many layers of safety precautions in schools always reveal themselves to have exactly zero experience working in one. [/quote]

Not to mention that most of the students are wearing masks that are so poorly fitting that they are gaping open at the sides and constantly slipping below the nose, making them pretty much useless.  [/quote]
Yes. I teach third grade and the kids show up in adult masks that are constantly falling off, or that have a valve filter. Or one of the gaiter “masks”. It’s hilarious how parents say kids are so amazing at masking and then every morning watching them take their masks off to sneeze or talk. It requires constant monitoring and prompting. It’s unreasonable to expect that teachers can convince a class full of small children to successfully mask all day, especially since we aren’t allowed to discipline students for not complying in any way. [/quote]

Where in VA public schools are third graders going in person? [/quote]

The majority of VA public schools have at least hybrid learning going on:
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/health_medical/office/reopen-status.shtml[/quote]

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