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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]from talking to a friend who is a preschool administrator- the problem is that the group of parents who want universal masking feel VERY strongly about it.  And are saying things like 'if masks are not mandated, they will instruct their child not to play with an unmasked child, to refuse to sit by an unmasked child, etc.'   Given that preschool is really all about learning how to get along- to have parents telling their kids to refuse to play with some children is an untenable situation for a preschool.   [/quote]
The simple solution would be to ask those parents to take their business elsewhere.[/quote]

+1.  I'm tired of catering to these parents, and I really question why they think masking is effective in a daycare situation anyway, for all the reasons already discussed.

I know school-aged kids can be vaccinated, but there are a fair number of parents like this at our ES too.  Yet MCPS is set to remove the mandate anyway.  Placating anxious parents who are going to push exclusionary behavior on their kids is still not a good reason to mandate universal masking.[/quote]

As sad as it is to say, I think that if the masks stay mandatory for more than the next week or two, our beloved little faith-based preschool won't survive to see another school year. A small group of parents have completely hijacked the issue and the director is terrified to anger them (plus I think her own Covid fears add to the issue). Even though the majority of us have made it very clear to her that we are ready for masks to be optional, she keeps saying that by keeping them mandatory everyone is safer and we need to respect the comfort levels of this small group of very vocal families. From conversation at drop-off this morning, it looks like most people who aren't aging out this year are actively looking for new programs for next year, based on how this has all be handled, especially in the last couple of weeks. So unless things change, I think this group of masks-forever parents are going to find themselves winning the battle but losing the war when they don't have a school for their kids in a few months. [/quote]

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