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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school will go back on Monday. Fingers crossed all goes well. Pray for us! I hope there is a push for higher quality masks, and consequences for kids who do not wear them correctly. So far, many kids get away with wearing them under their chins. [/quote]

Sorry, but I will be praying for a swift end to the mask mandate. The majority of the kids in our parish are already attending Sunday mass unmasked anyway, as endorsed by the diocese, so I don’t get the double standard. Not to mention that the cloth masks do little  to prevent the spread of omicron and they are regularly removing them for recess/PE/lunch anyway. It’s just theater to placate the paranoid parents at the expense of those of us who have children with speech issues, etc.[/quote]

As a teacher, living with my elderly, vaxxed, and boosted parents, I will think twice about approaching students wearing low quality, ill-fitting masks. I hope Johnny does not extra help with his shoe laces or opening his juice box. [/quote]

I hope you’re not teaching young elementary students.[/quote]

I hope you will send your kids with a proper fitting mask and also model good mask behavior at home. We all need to do our part. I have no issues helping little Johnny out, as long as he is wearing a good mask, over his nose and mouth. I wear one all day, and do most of the talking. I am sure you understand how miserable it is to talk in a mask, but guess what, we still do it.

Protecting my parents is my top priority: Honor your father and mother.  I am sorry, but my family comes first. If admins drop the mask requirement, many teachers will leave. Trust me, many Catholic School teachers are not in it for the money!  Hardly any of us are the main breadwinners!  We can get by without our salaries just fine. [/quote]

I genuinely appreciate and respect your desire to protect your elderly parents. I just question whether my child wearing a cloth mask during 2/3 of the school  day (omitting morning snack, recess, lunch/ mask breaks and Gym class) is really contributing in any meaningful way toward that goal (Especially given that in our case we regularly see her primary teacher and several of her classmates attending our fairly packed parish mass unmasked each Sunday ). At the same time I have seen a distinct impact on my daughter’s classroom participation/socialization as a result of masking. She is shy/soft spoken as it is and has a bit of a speech impediment and masking has made it harder for her to communicate with her teachers/classmates. As a result over the last 18 months she has become increasingly withdrawn and her classroom participation grades have declined.[/quote]

At our school, students wear masks to PE and recess. Cloth masks will not be enough thus time around. Double  masking (surgical + cloth) and KN95s are recommended now.

Yes, I have also seen people without masks at Sunday masses. It makes me very uncomfortable. Via social media, I saw mask-less people attending Christmas mass at my parish.  Parishioners do have the safe virtual mass option. There are choices for mass.  If schools go mask-less, there is no other 
“safer” choice.

I also understand how wearing masks affects learning and socializing. I am a “specials” teacher. I have a hard time getting to know all my students as it is. Masks make it so much worse. What would be worse is more teachers having to stay home, and students missing out on learning altogether. [/quote]

Kids are eating out, carpooling, having playdates, and  sleepovers all without masks.  Parents aren't that concerned.

It's been almost 2 years.  Just being in school isn't enough.  The kids are way behind.  And even the average students is sitting in the back, masked, not paying attention and browsing the internet on the computer. And, how are teachers suppose to engage them if t hey can't see their face.

They don't have to stay home anymore.  CDC says only a 5 day quarantine is needed.  Kids always missed school for illness in the past.  Remove the mask, stay home when you are sick.  Get back to your core mission.

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