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[quote=Anonymous][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]

And how would they deal with transportation? Special buses that pick up kids across wide areas where the kids will be required to mask? 
What about lunch? Will the school need to set up a separate room for them? What about group services? Will SLPs, etc., need to keep the masking cohort separate from the non-masking students? And how would you deal with the kids in those classes that ultimately wouldn't be willing or able to keep a mask on all day?

There's no way to do what the OP is asking that would be both practical and meaningfully effective.[/quote]

I would gladly drive my kid to a masked classroom if it would keep OP and all our kids healthier.  [/quote]

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