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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are charters required to follow DCPS or could they start rolling back masking guidance to be in line with CDC? [/quote]

Lol I wish our charter would lead the charge and drop it. Lee will be one of the last to drop… ugh [/quote]

Not just Lee .. many of them will be right there with you having their 10 day quarantines, full school PCRs, cohorting, and masks until at least next fall.

To answer the question .. [b]they CAN but they will not[/b].[/quote]

This is not true. The rules on masking in schools in DC are from the DC Department of Health. They aren't from the DC PCSB nor are they from individual charter school boards. Charters have to follow the DC Department of Health. Same for DCPS, privates, parochials, etc within DC.

DC Health Guidance for Schools updated January 31, 2022 - https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/COVID-19_DC_Health_Guidance_For_Schools_01-31-22.pdf 
 .       [i]"Schools [u]must[/u] implement these elements in their COVID-19 prevention strategy:
 .            o Universal indoor masking regardless of vaccination status"[/I]

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Yes. I didn't mean that charters were free from public health regulations. I meant that charters were not bound to follow DCPS. Right now our charter has quarantine regulations, cohorting, and testing that is not in sync with DC Dept of Health. So, the idea that our school (the only one I know much about) would lead in relaxing guidelines is hard to imagine. Just like last year when DCPS opened months before our school attempted to serve any students, including high risk ones.[/quote]

You have experience at one charter and yet that doesn’t stop you from making blanket idiotic statements that are false? You do know that charters are run independently, right? There is also variation between each DCPS, and even more variation among charters. [/quote]

Find me in my post a blanket statement, an idiotic statement, or one that if false.  :D

Your reply suggests some strange and deep seeded issues that have nothing to do with this conversation but -- for what its worth -- my work involves fund raising for charter schools so I do know they are independent and quite a bit about how they are run. However, my children attend only one. 
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