Anonymous wrote:It would bother me too, but if you don’t have other options for preschool and are planning to be there over the long term, I would probably drop it.

+1 It would bother me too but yeah if I were in your shoes I would probably not say anything. It doesn't sound like a threat to the children's safety or development (I don't think masks are ideal for development but I think they are most likely to negatively impact SN kids and it doesn't sound like you are worried). So it would really just be a personal choice if you want to put up with this annoyance or if you want to find another preschool. I doubt they will back down.

It would bother me too, but if you don’t have other options for preschool and are planning to be there over the long term, I would probably drop it.

Our 3 year old goes to a three morning a week preschool at our church. This is her first year and we've generally been happy with the program, though we are very low key about this stuff.
Masks have always been mandatory indoors and out. We have never said anything about it. Recently our county dropped the mask mandate. We were told by the school that the pre-k class would be dropping masks inside and out, but the preschool class (hers) would keep it. There was a long email that basically said "this is because pre-k parents want to drop the masks and preschool parents don't".

I emailed and said I was never surveyed and I just want to be sure I'm not missing emails. I never heard back from anyone, this was a month ago. While we don't get much opportunity to chat with other parents because of covid, enough was passed along amongst parents that we all realized no parents were asked about their mask preferences. One set of parents has taken the lede on discussions, and the director has repeatedly doubled down and said she spoke to me about my views and answered my emails. She also said she spoke to all parents and we have found out this isn't true and no one was consulted.

I really don't care about masks, if they want my 3 year old to wear a cloth mask whatever, that's their burden all day. But I am incredibly annoyed parents are being lied to and that she has said to other parents that I said one thing when she has never even asked us.

To complicate this, we go to church here, have two more kids that will attend this school and don't want to get into it with the board and our priest. Additionally, we think it may be that the priest is behind this because her grandson is in our DD's class and they are INCREDIBLY covid conscious. It seems like there is a different policy for the preschool class because of the grandson than the pre-k class, and they lied and said it was due to "parent opinions" and that's not the case

How angry should I be here? This is my first year as a mom with a kid in school and I am a conflict averse person by nature but I am frustrated to be lied to.

Thank you for perspectives.