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Anonymous wrote:So basically, with the opt out in the EO about masks, the Governor has set a precedent under which families can now say, “I don’t have to follow the rules”. It seems that more and more frequent with the R party. The self proclaimed “Party of Law and Order”.

The following was posted to social media:

Dear Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin,

Have you ever been in a classroom when a teacher invites a child over for small group time and the child responds, “my mom said I don’t have to listen to you!”?

Have you ever been in a classroom when a teacher asks a student to put their phone away and they say, “my mom said I could keep it out.”

Or what about when a teacher assigns homework and the student says, “my mom said it was a dumb assignment so I didn’t need to do it.”

I completely understand that parents have different opinions about masks and a zillion other things - but when a governor announces “schools can set policies, but parents can choose not to follow them,” we are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.

For that matter, why does my daughter ever have to follow dress code again? Why does my son have to wear shoes? Heck, why do I need to worry about the attendance policy?

What if a parent tells a kid they can bring a weapon to school for personal protection? Or, like in Michigan, a parent refuses to follow school policy and our children are murdered because of it.

I 100% support parents making the best choices for their students, but that’s why homeschool and private school exist. When we send our kids to their school (or to a restaurant, a public library, or dentist, or…) part of choosing to send them there means we have to follow their rules. That’s something we learn in our citizenship units.

Sincerely,

A mom, educator, and citizen

The rule now is, masks are optional.

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Anonymous wrote:When will Youngkin bring back Lee-Jackson day? You know his supporters want that to happen.

I'm just glad Northam had the foresight to transfer ownership of Richmond's confederate statutes to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, to limit Youngkin's ability to restore them.

Restore? He can order new statues to be built.

Sure, if he wants any future political career to be dead in the water. It’s one thing to preserve what already exists. It’s a different matter entirely to go out of your way to commission new statues to celebrate the confederacy. He would immediately become the pro-slavery governor.

Anonymous wrote:I’m shocked the Youngkin kids don’t attend mask optional schools.

Anonymous wrote:LOL, he is about to meet NoVA. Lil' Trumpkin thinks he's king.

Anonymous wrote:So basically, with the opt out in the EO about masks, the Governor has set a precedent under which families can now say, “I don’t have to follow the rules”. It seems that more and more frequent with the R party. The self proclaimed “Party of Law and Order”.

The following was posted to social media:

Dear Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin,

Have you ever been in a classroom when a teacher invites a child over for small group time and the child responds, “my mom said I don’t have to listen to you!”?

Have you ever been in a classroom when a teacher asks a student to put their phone away and they say, “my mom said I could keep it out.”

Or what about when a teacher assigns homework and the student says, “my mom said it was a dumb assignment so I didn’t need to do it.”

I completely understand that parents have different opinions about masks and a zillion other things - but when a governor announces “schools can set policies, but parents can choose not to follow them,” we are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.

For that matter, why does my daughter ever have to follow dress code again? Why does my son have to wear shoes? Heck, why do I need to worry about the attendance policy?

What if a parent tells a kid they can bring a weapon to school for personal protection? Or, like in Michigan, a parent refuses to follow school policy and our children are murdered because of it.

I 100% support parents making the best choices for their students, but that’s why homeschool and private school exist. When we send our kids to their school (or to a restaurant, a public library, or dentist, or…) part of choosing to send them there means we have to follow their rules. That’s something we learn in our citizenship units.

Sincerely,

A mom, educator, and citizen

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin says that parents need to have a say in curriculum. Does that include if some parents want a white supremacy curriculum? What about parents who want the school to teach the Holocaust from a "neutral" standpoint?

If no, then WHO gets to decide that THOSE parents are wrong?

Please, Republicans, answer this question. If all parents get to have the final say about the curriculum in their kids' schools, what happens when you have opposing viewpoints at the same school? Who gets to decide which parents' views win?

And what if I, as a parent, want CRT in my kids’ curriculum? Don’t my rights matter too?

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin says that parents need to have a say in curriculum. Does that include if some parents want a white supremacy curriculum? What about parents who want the school to teach the Holocaust from a "neutral" standpoint?

If no, then WHO gets to decide that THOSE parents are wrong?

Please, Republicans, answer this question. If all parents get to have the final say about the curriculum in their kids' schools, what happens when you have opposing viewpoints at the same school? Who gets to decide which parents' views win?

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Anonymous wrote:When will Youngkin bring back Lee-Jackson day? You know his supporters want that to happen.

I'm just glad Northam had the foresight to transfer ownership of Richmond's confederate statutes to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, to limit Youngkin's ability to restore them.

Restore? He can order new statues to be built.

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Will he do anything about the teacher/nurse/bus driver shortage?


He’ll make it worse by removing mask mandates and increasing covid rates.

FCPS put out a statement yesterday saying that they will continue to follow the CDC guidelines and require that masks be worn. They said they are "reviewing" the EO that Youngkin put out in the meantime. Read the EO. There are plenty of holes in it. We shall see. So far I think the EOs are just red meat for his base.

FCPS is trying like heck to avoid a shut down. Youngkin is making a shut down more likely.

How many parents are going to send their kids to public school without masks? Don't you trust your fellow Fairfax County resident?

I don’t know about FCPS, but I actually expect there will be few issues in APS; FCPS may not be much different. 87% of Arlington voters voted for McAuliffe, leaving a pretty small number of APS parents who supported Youngkin. Of those, plenty probably want to get rid of masks, but a substantial number of those won’t want to make their kids bear the brunt of it by having them go into then school building without a mask, be part of a battle over whether they get to stay in the building, and then if they do, knowing their teachers likely resent them and their kids’ friends’ parents may exclude the kid socially. That’s leaves a very small number of parents who oppose masking and feel strongly enough about it that they will put their kids through it, despite the repercussions for their children.

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Anonymous wrote:When will Youngkin bring back Lee-Jackson day? You know his supporters want that to happen.

I'm just glad Northam had the foresight to transfer ownership of Richmond's confederate statutes to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, to limit Youngkin's ability to restore them.

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Anonymous wrote:
Will he do anything about the teacher/nurse/bus driver shortage?


He’ll make it worse by removing mask mandates and increasing covid rates.

FCPS put out a statement yesterday saying that they will continue to follow the CDC guidelines and require that masks be worn. They said they are "reviewing" the EO that Youngkin put out in the meantime. Read the EO. There are plenty of holes in it. We shall see. So far I think the EOs are just red meat for his base.

FCPS is trying like heck to avoid a shut down. Youngkin is making a shut down more likely.

How many parents are going to send their kids to public school without masks? Don't you trust your fellow Fairfax County resident?

If FCPS says we are mask optional, my kids aren't wearing masks once this omicron surge is over.

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I feel so bad for the teachers. I have a friend who is pregnant who is a teacher in VA. She’s been fighting like hell to teach her kids over the past two years. And she’s really tired and now has to deal with this unnecessary additional level of risk to her own baby as well as the kids she teaches? So sad.
They are going to lose even more teachers.


If she is vaccinated then she has no reason to be fearful. The vaccines are real.


It's hard for me to believe that we cannot wear masks even if it's just to help each other feel more comfortable with all of this. Are masks that big of a deal? I substitute teach and wear one all day. No big deal. The kids wear them and don't mind at all. I would rather err on the side of caution, wouldn't you? And believe me, teaching is stressful enough on a good day.


Lots of kids mind wearing them.