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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a high school teacher and hope masks are not required in the fall at the secondary level. Anyone who wanted a vaccine by then could have gotten one at my school. We can’t mask forever because some people do not want it or can’t get it for medical reasons. I understand it’s different in elementary school.  If the cases or community spread rises then it can be reevaluated but cases are low right now. [/quote]

Amen.  Our family is pro-public health, believes in science, and did everything we have been asked to do since March 2020--masks, distancing, locked down at home, no travel, etc.  But we believe in the vaccines, and we are taking off our masks. Truly hope our HS students can go without this fall.  No problem showing proof of vaccination- we already have to do that for MMR, TDap, etc. 
Why the opposition to this? Is it a fear that the vaccines don't actually work, so everyone needs to remain masked?  Honestly trying to understand, not be provocative.  For everyone who said they were going to follow the science, the data for the vaccines is....really really strong.  It's what we were all waiting for.  Numbers are way down, and all HS aged kids are vax eligible.  What is the end point here?[/quote]

The point is that teachers won't know which teachers have been vaccinated and which haven't.  That's a problem I can get behind.  I don't want my vaccinated kid in a room with unvaccinated and unmasked kids.  If teachers make this a line in the sand (all kids must show proof of vaccination) then it is a line our family will get behind.  We'll support teachers all the way in this.

I am getting the feeling from reading some of the posts that there are people masquerading as teachers (you know, the "we don't care if people wear masks" people).  The teachers I know who work for APS and ACPS care deeply and are resolute in their determination that unvaccinated kids need to wear masks AND that all unmasked time, including meals, needs to be done someplace other than the classroom.  Again, issues that we support as parents.[/quote]

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