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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nbc12.com/2022/12/12/aclu-parents-virginia-settle-lawsuit-school-masking-accommodations/

Does this mean what I think it means? That schools can require students to mask as an accommodation for others? What happens when someone filed a counter request for an accommodation that their child has a disability that makes masking difficult (such as social or speech delays)?

Is there a certain illness metric that must be met, or is the school now required to enforce universal masking if one kid makes a claim that they need an accommodation. Why now when COVID numbers are low? Will this apply to fly, RSV, etc.?

This seems like a giant can of worms and I’m sure I’ll get skewered, but I don’t want my young kids back in masks. My almost-5 year old spent nearly half his life in one and hated it. He has delays and it was a nightmare for us to get him to wear it. We are vaxxed and boosted, and masked when mandated, so no, not crazy Trumpers. But I am concerned we are opening the door to this concept of making a whole class of kids be a part of a student’s accommodation.

And FWIW I also don’t think a whole class of kids should be disrupted because one student with an IEP is having a violent meltdown. In general I think accommodations should not extend to altering the behavior of other students in class. [/quote]

Tell me you hate kids with disabilities without saying you hate kids with disabilities. [/quote]

Please. There comes a point where you have to look and say that accommodating one kid is leading to too much disruption for the other kids and the one kid needs to move to a different environment. I think the kids who are violent and disruptive on a regular basis are a clear case of crossing that line because their behavior is hurting other kids physically or at the very least it endangers other kids. Not to mention the disruption that comes from having to evacuate classrooms.

Masking other kids to protect one kid is a different line. There are kids who need to read lips and who struggle to understand what people are saying with masks on. Hell, I have good hearing and I barely understand people wearing masks. Everything is muffled. Now kids are expected to have to learn sounds or listen to a lecture when it is harder to hear and understand? I have a kid who has been in speech for 6 years and you think that it is good for him to have to wear a mask or trying and learn how to pronounce sounds properly while listening to people wearing a mask?

I don’t know what we would do in that situation. It is nice to think that we would be all “cool, wear a mask” but the reality is my kid didn’t like wearing it and it hurt his speech. Do I need to get his IEP changed to read that he doesn’t have to mask because it hurts his speech? Or that he can’t be in a classroom with a Teacher wearing a mask because it is harder for him to hear properly pronounced sounds?

Bending over backwards to accommodate everyone is not possible. We have gone far beyond the idea of being reasonable. Where does the right of one kid infringe on another kids rights? Reasonable accommodations should not infringe on the entire classes ability to learn.  [/quote]

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