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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]She said the perception of masks making us safer was all that matters[/b]. That makes no sense and is worthy of ridicule.[/quote]

No, that is not what she said.  This is what she said:

“The last thing I want is for schools to be a source of anxiety for our students and it feels like making masks optional because of all the messaging, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, that my mask not only protects me, it protects my community,” O’Looney said at the meeting. “… That’s still a lingering sentiment. Regardless of what data says, perception is reality for students and families. I’m really afraid that if we get rid of the mask mandate, it’s going to cause a lot of fear for our students and families.”[/quote]

I feel like what she said is so important in terms of shining a light on what we have done to kids during this pandemic.  Of course there will be fear among some students to remove their masks- but why is that?  It comes from the messaging from adults and parents passing on this extreme anxiety to their kids.  My kindergartener comes home with stories about another kid in her class that make me really sad- the girl was kept out for the month of January and when she returned was afraid to take off her mask to eat lunch and started crying and saying her parents said it wasn't safe to have her mask off inside because the other kids might have Covid.  We know the family, they don't have any risk factors, they are just extremely invested in not getting Covid.  One of the parents is always bombarding the principal during town halls about air quality, etc.  It makes me wonder why they sent their kids in-person this year in the first place.[/quote]

This exactly.  Any anxiety kids have is learned from parents/caregivers.[/quote]

Well we better harass and bully and name-call all those "stupid" anxious parents, amirite?  And it's just fine to say "worthy of ridicule" about a student member of the BOE?  Right?

No.

You want to  make things better for kids and families as we transition out of this pandemic?  Work on coming together as a community with open hearts and minds and try to help everyone transition through this very difficult time.  The fact is this was difficult for everyone no matter how cautious or not cautious you were.  The fact that people are anxious at this point SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISING.  Despite what some people on this site say, you couldn't KNOW with certainty what to do at many points in this pandemic, because the information was always changing and wasn't always easy to parse. Decisions were fraught for many people.  People have been doing the best they can for two years.  Expecting everyone to turn on a dime now is unreasonable.  We are just coming out of the omicron wave.  That set many people back after the place we had reached last fall.

Frankly the crazy anti-mask groups have not been helpful.  Their tactics are not going to help anxious people transition.  We need a lot of understanding and patience with each other right now.  But most people are just straight b**chy and rude like the first PP on this thread.

None of you know it all.  None of you had or have all the answers.  The way forward is together and that won't happen with all the bickering and petty BS.  And absolutely no tolerance for these parents who use harassment to try and get their way.[/quote]

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