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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello.  I just read a PTA email that said masks would be optional starting March 1.  Has anyone else heard a date?[/quote]

What PTA sent that?  ACPS school board hasn’t even voted on the issue yet.[/quote]

What do they need to vote on? The ability to opt out of wearing a mask is now the law. [/quote]

I would hope ACPS will consider some limitations on how unmasked student interact with masked students.  Let the unmasked kids give each other Covid if their parents want that.[/quote]

AMEN.  I really don't want my kids in classrooms with a bunch of kids who are unvaccinated and who aren't wearing masks.  Put all the unmasked kids in a room with an unmasked teacher and let the rest of our kids keep on doing what they were doing.[/quote]

Is this just message board whining given you know that's not going to happen?[/quote]

Not really.  Because there are quite a few parents like me and the other poster.  We don't want our kids anywhere near you (or your kid if, God help us all, you are indeed a parent).  Just like the hysterical unmaskers have something to say, so do those of us who would like a little more prudent behavior before the great unmasking of all of the rest of you.  In case you didn't get the message, public schools need to respond to all stakeholders, not only the crazy ones like you.[/quote]

Segregation and not legal. Separate but equal?  You cannot separate the students this way. Please, be careful with your mindset here. You are advocating for some dangerous concepts (and please don't deflect with "but they should be masked, they're the ones that are dangerous, etc"). It doesn't matter my personal beliefs re masking, and it doesn't matter re yours either, but pushing for students who do not mask, within the confines of the law, to be separated into a different room with a different teacher is pretty straight forward segregation.

As a disabled person who was warehoused as a child by the public school system, this is a huge hot button. You cannot do this. I would except the ACLU to get involved in something like this, if they are actually still supportive of civil rights.[/quote]

There is a difference when the children being separated pose a physical danger to the rest of the population.  Children who are unmasked and unvaccinated pose a significant risk to the rest of the school population.  Either they go virtual or they get separated so that they don't harm the greater community.  Even the ACLU understands basic concepts like that.[/quote]

Again, that’s not how it works. And what do you a physical danger of the magnitude to warrant segregation?  Listen to yourself. Seriously, take a few minutes, pause and reflect where this argument is headed.

A child not wearing a mask is such a physical danger to warrant denying it his/her civil rights. This is what you’re proposing. Do you know the legal standard of what is required to segregate students?  It’s not your opinion. It’s not a mask. You’re throwing words and concepts around that are just incredible.

Have you always been so passionate about protecting disability rights? You have any idea what the Capitol Crawl is? You’ve been supportive of inclusive classrooms right? You’ve seen the recent film Forget Me Not, right?  Or did you just jump on this bandwagon now when you think it finally affected you?

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I am unsure from reading your post(s) whether your confusion about the topics is purposeful to be hyperbolic and derail the discussion OR if you truly just don't understand the topics being discussed.  Regardless, you are completely conflating and confusing topics:  wearing masks or not wearing masks has NOTHING to do with racial segregation or physical segregation of people with disabilities.  Wearing masks or not wearing masks has everything to do with public health and safety during a pandemic.  Until you understand that there really isn't anything more to discuss with you.[/quote]

Oh well. Masks haven't been required in Virginia since last May and now no longer in schools. Classrooms won't be broken up to address your paranoia. So moving on...[/quote]

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