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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]mom and teacher here.  masks are NBD.  at all.  the people who care so much about masks are not the kids at school.[/quote]

Masks are big deals for kids that are in speech therapy and need to see mouth and tongue placement. [/quote]

Masks are needed for immunocompromised individuals that can't be vaccinated. So your child can't see someone's mouth and tongue and has trouble speaking, while my child can die because of covid. Some of you are so selfish.[/quote]

Then immunocompromised individuals, whether they are vaccinated or not, should have access to the best possible masks. I fully support making sure your child has access to a KN95 or N95 mask and any other necessary accommodation to ensure they can safely attend school.

There is a lot of evidence that masks protect the wearer, even if no one else is wearing a mask. And this is particularly true if the person is wearing a well fitting medical grade mask. I think we should make sure the small number of kids with this kind of vulnerability have access to such masks, and I think they should be provided by the school district and schools should make sure these children also have access to safe places to eat.

However, right now if you child is in a DCPS classroom, they are surrounded by kids wearing ill-fitting masks, often cotton or surgical masks that are unlikely to provide much protection beyond a short period even when worn perfectly. And kids aren't wearing them perfectly. And as this thread has shown, teachers have given up trying to make them wear them perfectly because they are trying to teach. The status quo is NOT protecting your child. PLUS it's negatively impacting not only kids in need of speech therapy, but all kids who who are struggling to communicate and connect socially with teachers and peers. The current situation benefits no one. It is truly Covid safety theater, burdening many to benefit no one.

Let's get your kid in a really good mask and and stop pretending that the bad masks the other kids are wearing are doing anything but inhibiting learning and socializing.

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