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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this sounds horrible but I would be [b]devastated[/b] and not really onboard if I were asked to mask my kindergartener. 5 year olds don't mask very well, it would be super distracting for the teacher to enforce, and this age is such a critical time in kids' social development. We had a really bad experience with masking our child when she was 2. She is older now but has been through a lot. [/quote]

It doesn’t sound horrible, it sounds ridiculous. “DEVASTATED.” You have trauma from
this. You should deal with that trauma instead of pointing it at other people.[/quote]

DP. I wouldn't use the term "devastated", but I'd be angry, concerned, and frustrated if my child ended up in a classroom there they tried to institute a masking requirement.[/quote]

OP isn't asking for anyone's kid to "end up" in a classroom with a mask requirement.  She's asking that the county identify a group of children who have documented medical reasons to mask, and whose parents choose to have them wear masks consistently, and to place those kids in the same classroom, presumably including allowing kids to transfer schools to make this happen.

Kids frequently transfer schools for disability related reasons.  This would be one more reason a child might transfer schools.  [/quote]

In general, given the size of MCPS, there are "clusters" of self-contained classrooms. So MCPS would need to believe there is an entire grade level in each "cluster" who wants and needs this accommodation in order to move forward, but once they do they are on the hook for transportation.

I think this idea is a nonstarter, given that immunosuppressed kids attended MCPS before, during, and after COVID-19.

But, if this were being given serious consideration, I'd focus on the following questions:

1) How would those kids integrate with the rest of the school? Most classes have "specials" with other classes, at least some of the time.

2) What about lunch and recess (including indoor recess when classes are combined)

3) What lifestyle expectations would there be for the famlies? Every family is different, and has different professional responsibilities and sibling activities, at the very least. Masking means very little if your family is crammed into a crowded gymnasium twice a week for the older child's basketball games.

4) What lifestyle expectations would be in place for the teacher? Teachers have their own lives and responsibilities. Would you tell the teacher that she had to quit the church choir to teach that class?

5) Finally, which ES in MCPS has SIX additional unused classrooms, one for each grade level. Certainly not any of the schools near OP. [/quote]

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