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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in a DCPS where of course the mandate is lifted, but most people are still wearing masks. We'd be sending our 1st grader without a mask (she's vaccinated), but all of her friends are still wearing masks, as is the teacher, and when we asked her what she thought about it, she was very definitive in wanting to wear a mask until other choose to take it off. We didn't want to have an argument with her about it, so we dropped it.  They even continue to wear them outside. Sigh.

I was of the mindset that everyone could choose for themselves and just be tolerant and it would be fine, but now I see that if the majority choose masking in a school environment, it's actually kind of hard to go against the grain. Especially for these younger kids -- they just want/need to be told what to do and it feels weird to them to take off their masks if others are not.

I am hoping things change a bit over spring break. We might even talk to DD a bit more over the break, about what the experts say about masking and why we don't mask outside or mask as often inside anymore. I also think much will be dictated by whether there is a big surge from BA.2, though indicators at the moment seem to be in favor of a significantly smaller surge than we saw with Omicron.[/quote]

May I ask where this school is in DC? The vast majority of kids are unmasked at our Upper NW elementary school.

I actually heard that the peer pressure is much worse at the middle/high school level, I'm assuming because older kids are more aware of the politics of masking.[/quote]

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