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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the full settlement:  https://www.acluva.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/seaman_v._virginia_settlement_agreement_fully_executed.pdf

I can't cut and paste from it, but it makes clear that this is not some kind of right to reinstitute 100% masking based on an unsupported allegation that the child is "immunocompromised" or whatever.  Kids in Virginia still have rights NOT to mask - both under Virginia law and the ADA.  [/quote]

Thanks for posting! It's actually very narrow in saying that the plaintiffs can request masking as an accommodation (no guarantee it will be given) and explicitly says that [b]schools also have to accommodate kids who don't want to mask by providing an alternate placement[/b].[/quote]

Sorry - that's backwards. Why should everyone else have to seek alternative placement rather than the student "requiring" their peers be masked?  THAT's the one who needs to seek alternative placement. [/quote]

Also what happens if no one else in the grade wants their kids to have to mask and they all requests an alternative placement ?[/quote]

Students with disabilities have certain rights that don’t apply to non-disabled students.  A kid with a disability has a right to a reasonable accommodation for their disability.[/quote]

Asking a classroom of other students to do something they and their parents don't want them to is not a reasonable accommodation for the one student. [/quote]

Well according to some people almost anything is reasonable if it's for someone with a disability because THEY have a right to whatever they need to make there educational experience perfect for them.   Other kids?   Not so much.....they can just take the hits.      Anyone that doesn't see this as illogical and immoral is not thinking clearly.    People have taken things way too far in an attempt to help those with disabilities (which is a huge percentage of kids now ).     I don't think that is the spirit of the laws and I don't think it's possible with this mind set.   Special education will bankrupt schools/towns and the country if this continues.

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Says parent of a student who probably is failing and you need an excuse to explain why.  It's not the mask.  It's not the ADHD kid.  It's not the deaf kid.  Your kid might just be dumb.[/quote]

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