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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my classroom everyone will be wearing a mask.  If a student does not want to wear a mask then that student will work in the office or in the hallway.[/quote]

If you teach in VA you might want to transfer to another school system bc it was emphatically stated multiple times by the governor that students are not required to wear masks. [/quote]

A student who will not wear a mask in my classroom will work in the office or the hallway.  No one will enter my classroom without a mask on.  [/quote]

Again, you don’t get to decide that. If you refuse to work around students without masks on, you can quit. You do not have the authority to require a mask in “your” classroom. Sorry.[/quote]

Actually teachers DO get to decide what happens in their classrooms.  And I am a parent who will make sure that our principal and school superintendent knows that I support teachers on this.  All children and adults in a school should wear masks and maintain social distancing, and it is a deal-breaker for me if not everyone is wearing a mask.  The reason:  I think parents who don't want masks are lax about safety protocols and I don't want any of them near me or my kids.[/quote]

Actually you’re wrong. I’m sorry. I support students wearing masks in school and think they should. But if you teach in a public school and masks are not required for students by law you legally CANNOT require them in your classroom. You are free to resign but you cannot go above the governor. I am in administration and currently dealing with this issue and how fall will look in schools. You simply do not have the authority. [/quote]

Since you are in administration, you know full well you will allow the teacher to do what s/he wants in the classroom because you fear the PR backlash if you even deign to consider disciplining the teacher for imposing such a requirement. So drop the bravado.[/quote]

No, sorry, your thinking is wrong on this one, unfortunately. As an administrator, I cannot back up a teacher who is illegally kicking a student out of class for something that is not against either the law or a schoolwide rule/policy. If a teacher continued to do so, his/her job would absolutely be in jeopardy. You cannot force students to do/wear something they are not legally or by school policy required to do. The only PR backlash would be against the teacher trying to rise above the law.

I was a teacher for many years and I get the frustration, but no, you do not have much power in “your” classroom.[/quote]

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