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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents need to start suing these charters. [/quote]

For what exactly?  :oops: [/quote]

Well, you can probably find individual cases of children that can demonstrate that they are harmed by having to mask for two years of their development.  For example, kids with speech delays whose speech therapists can  document that the mask hinders progress.  Particularly when the CDC and DC Health don't support the school's bizarre public health measures.[/quote]

Demonstrating injury for legal purposes is most unlikely, particularly given there is no science that supports your theory of harm. [/quote]

It's not worth debating the point of science supporting the theory of harm. Every expert would have said that it does harm prior to March 2020.

But the threat of litigation would very likely pave the way for doing mask optional.

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Hahhaha. Obliviously not a lawyer. [/quote]

IANAL and I am not PP, but everyone here who so confidently and sophisticatedly dismissed the idea of a lawsuit last time with the Catholic schools was incorrect. Threats of litigation can matter - even if the probability of success is low. [/quote]

I dunno, it seems like there could be an equal protection claim made on the basis that public school kids in DCPS are under one regime, while public school kids in the charter sector are forced to take several medical tests a week to attend school, can't receive unmasked speech therapy, and get excluded from school for 7-10 days because they travelled outside the local area -- all because of the whims of school leaders and contradicting public health officials??[/quote]

But none of your facts stated here are true...[/quote]

Yes they are.  Some charters require covid tests every week, some charters maintain an indoor mask mandate (thus denying unmasked speech therapy), and some charters still have those damn travel restrictions.[/quote]

All schools should be testing weekly, nutter. That is a good thing for students/community. Going on record as being anti-testing shows your  crazy colors. At this point all charters are test to stay. I don’t know what you are talking about re: speech therapy. Everyone I know at a charter does this privately off campus. [/quote]

Actually, the CDC now says that screening testing of students (not sure if you know the difference between that and test-to-stay) is unnecessary in communities with low transmission, which applies to DC:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#screening-testing

But keep trying to insult perfectly reasonable people as "nutters" to make yourself feel better.[/quote]

(Oh, and I was not the PP you responded to.)[/quote]

"Forced to take several tests a week to attend school" is absolute nuttery, but fly the dim flag high. First, all schools have opt-out. Second, there is no evidence that testing harms students. Third, the CDC also says: "n K-12 schools, screening testing can help promptly identify and isolate cases, initiate quarantine, and identify clusters to help reduce the risk to in-person education. Decisions regarding screening testing may be made at the state or local level." I guess learn to read?  :roll: [/quote]

All schools do not have opt-out. Maybe this isn't your topic. [/quote]

Name the schools that do not have the opt-out, because according to the DCPCSB they do. [/quote]

Sela. Is there someone specific at DCPSCSB who is unaware of this? It was in the health and safety plan they filed at the beginning of the year, and they weren't the only one, so that would be surprising.[/quote]

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