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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Masks are not really appropriate for young children, it impedes phonics and learning to read.  My kid is in kindergarten and his teacher has point blank said this.  She said that they’ve had to really lower expectations this year because it’s much harder for her to tell “who knows what” since she can’t see their mouths during circle time.  It’s better than virtual school, but it’s far from ideal.  I think that if you want to keep masking outside of school, and if you want to mandate masks for older kids great.  But kids first grade and younger should not be masked.  [/quote]

If this is your position, please remember that children in 2nd and 3rd grade now were in K and 1st grade when covid started, and also missed in person or unmasked phonics instruction.  I have a 2nd grader and an older child and there is a big hole that some of these kids need to dig out of.  The difference in reading and phonics instruction/ability, the difference in what 2nd graders are working on now vs. 2 years ago, is stark. [/quote]

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