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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LAMB is unlikely to remove masking….like ever.  You have to consider what that means for your child learning basic subjects in a different language.

I would go DCPS at this point if immersion is your primary interest.[/quote]

Can you tell me what you're basing this on? We enrolled my DC for pk3, but seriously considering pulling out and staying at CBO because of this.  I've tried emailing admin, but haven't heard anything back yet so would love to hear from current parents about their expectations.  Hoping in the long run Covid will not be a huge issue for my not-yet-pk3's elementary school experience, and would love to be in Montessori if we can get through the next year, but this is seriously making me question if our IB would just be a better bet.[/quote]

I really think you would regret giving up LAMB over masking. My PK3er has done great with the language learning even with masks, and they weren’t accustomed to masks all day in their daycare.[/quote]

Thanks! FWIW, my DC had been masking for the last year in preschool with no problem.  I am by no means an anti-masker, and if cases rise and science warrants it, would fully support mandatory masking coming back, at least for adults/older kids.  But no where else in the world masks under 5s, and since being able to remove the mask, DC's teachers report she has opened up and become so much happier in ways we didn't foresee since she had been largely happy masked as well.  Now that we know what a difference giving up masks has made for her, it feels cruel to make her go back to masking when it's based solely on parents' fears or the desire to signal progressiveness or who knows what because there are no published guidelines on when masks can come off.  We were able to tour the building this weekend at an enrollment fair, but children - even masked - weren't allowed inside, when no one else was there.  The anti-science part of it makes me question if this is the environment where I want my child educated.  [/quote]

The masking is probably important for immersion and for young kids' development.  But what you are describing is alllllllll of the other stuff that really dampens the community of the school, and I have to imagine creates some stress for students.  It really would be one thing if it were just masks, but it isn't.[/quote]

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