Anonymous wrote:Did the long time lines make sense based on other information in the email? Like, it gives unvaccinated students time to change their minds or something?

Anyway, I just bought a new batch of kn95s. No point in making my kid wear a mask I know doesn't work and no point in thinking there will be change before we run out.

Where are you where you don't think there will be a change?

Did the long time lines make sense based on other information in the email? Like, it gives unvaccinated students time to change their minds or something?

Anyway, I just bought a new batch of kn95s. No point in making my kid wear a mask I know doesn't work and no point in thinking there will be change before we run out.

Update for Lee. I won’t paste the essay-long email.

Grades 1-6. March 16, masks optional outdoors
Grades 1-6. March 28, masks optional everywhere

PK3-K. March 21, masks optional outdoors
PK3-K. April 25, masks optional everywhere


“As we move through these changes it is possible that students and staff will be required to wear a mask at some point this school year and beyond. We will make the decision on reinstating masking based on COVID transmission in our schools (defined by DC Health Guidelines), and the level of COVID transmission in DC. (The two most important factors according to family and staff responses to our survey). Per DC policy, the School Nurse will also ask any child exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 while at school to wear a mask.”

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Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

Lol acting like following CDC guidance is some huge issue. Particularly when implementing CDC guidance means REMOVING something. There are no new signs to make. Just say, "hey masks are optional now and you can choose to wear one or not." This isn't a huge lift here.

Yes. And by polling parents or presenting plans to stakeholders, you're just creating more work for yourself. Just do the thing that all the public health people are telling you it's safe to do. And tell us that next year you'll continue doing that.

Agree, but I think they feel the need to do that because otherwise there will be hell to pay dealing with the outcry of the entitled parents who think they should have a say in whether the school is allowed to follow public health guidance rather than catering to their fears.

It's also funny to me that charter leaders are pretending to make a show of caring what parents think or want. They don't. Last year showed that.

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Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

Lol acting like following CDC guidance is some huge issue. Particularly when implementing CDC guidance means REMOVING something. There are no new signs to make. Just say, "hey masks are optional now and you can choose to wear one or not." This isn't a huge lift here.

Yes. And by polling parents or presenting plans to stakeholders, you're just creating more work for yourself. Just do the thing that all the public health people are telling you it's safe to do. And tell us that next year you'll continue doing that.

Agree, but I think they feel the need to do that because otherwise there will be hell to pay dealing with the outcry of the entitled parents who think they should have a say in whether the school is allowed to follow public health guidance rather than catering to their fears.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

Lol acting like following CDC guidance is some huge issue. Particularly when implementing CDC guidance means REMOVING something. There are no new signs to make. Just say, "hey masks are optional now and you can choose to wear one or not." This isn't a huge lift here.

Yes. And by polling parents or presenting plans to stakeholders, you're just creating more work for yourself. Just do the thing that all the public health people are telling you it's safe to do. And tell us that next year you'll continue doing that.

Anonymous wrote:This chat thread has been really entertaining to read. Thank you for all of this gold.

It has, no thanks to you.

This chat thread has been really entertaining to read. Thank you for all of this gold.

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Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

Lol acting like following CDC guidance is some huge issue. Particularly when implementing CDC guidance means REMOVING something. There are no new signs to make. Just say, "hey masks are optional now and you can choose to wear one or not." This isn't a huge lift here.

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Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

I don't have kids at a charter so have no stake in this, but I'll be watching with interest. Let's revisit this next week to see if you owe the skeptics an apology.

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Anonymous wrote:Checking back in: have any charters adopted DCPS’s timeframe for lifting the mask mandate?

No. LAMB hasn’t announced a date or scheduled the parent chat to talk about it. Pretty frustrating.

I'm getting concerned.

Give them a day or two to make the decision. Jeez. Have you never worked in a bureaucracy?

+1

but in the me and right now culture DCUM moms live in, it will never be enough

to the mom who said "never". Do you really believe your child's charter will be having masks next year? Or do you live in drama 24/7?

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Anonymous wrote:I have wonderful news for many people on this thread. You can, literally at any moment, move your child to your local DCPS. For free! Without penalty! I promise! Give it a shot, if you are so distraught over covid precautions at your charter. We won't miss you.

There are charters that would have lost students if they'd been upfront at the beginning of the school year about how divorced their policies were going to be from everything. But they weren't. They probably weren't aware of it themselves, because they were being purely reactive. Obviously parents are not pulling their kids out in March.

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Then STFU and leave at the end of the school year.

Or stop endlessly complaining about your free preschool if your kids are in ps or pk.

Don't you people ever get tired of complaining? I feel so sorry for charter leaders. What a pain to deal with entitled parents.

The poor charter leaders who are refusing to follow the example of the rest of the entire world.

And what a hassle to deal with the "entitlement" of parents asking them to follow CDC guidance!

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Anonymous wrote:I have wonderful news for many people on this thread. You can, literally at any moment, move your child to your local DCPS. For free! Without penalty! I promise! Give it a shot, if you are so distraught over covid precautions at your charter. We won't miss you.

There are charters that would have lost students if they'd been upfront at the beginning of the school year about how divorced their policies were going to be from everything. But they weren't. They probably weren't aware of it themselves, because they were being purely reactive. Obviously parents are not pulling their kids out in March.

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Then STFU and leave at the end of the school year.

Or stop endlessly complaining about your free preschool if your kids are in ps or pk.

Don't you people ever get tired of complaining? I feel so sorry for charter leaders. What a pain to deal with entitled parents.

The poor charter leaders who are refusing to follow the example of the rest of the entire world.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have wonderful news for many people on this thread. You can, literally at any moment, move your child to your local DCPS. For free! Without penalty! I promise! Give it a shot, if you are so distraught over covid precautions at your charter. We won't miss you.

There are charters that would have lost students if they'd been upfront at the beginning of the school year about how divorced their policies were going to be from everything. But they weren't. They probably weren't aware of it themselves, because they were being purely reactive. Obviously parents are not pulling their kids out in March.

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Then STFU and leave at the end of the school year.

Or stop endlessly complaining about your free preschool if your kids are in ps or pk.

Don't you people ever get tired of complaining? I feel so sorry for charter leaders. What a pain to deal with entitled parents.

You do? LOL. What a weird group to have affinity with. You feel sorry for the like 100 people in the city who are being asked to follow CDC guidance? Yes, truly they are put upon, with these unreasonable demands.

Yes! Just do the obvious thing that everyone else is doing! And you definitely don't have to worry about students leaving in response because there's no place to go because no one else is doing this.

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Anonymous wrote:I have wonderful news for many people on this thread. You can, literally at any moment, move your child to your local DCPS. For free! Without penalty! I promise! Give it a shot, if you are so distraught over covid precautions at your charter. We won't miss you.

There are charters that would have lost students if they'd been upfront at the beginning of the school year about how divorced their policies were going to be from everything. But they weren't. They probably weren't aware of it themselves, because they were being purely reactive. Obviously parents are not pulling their kids out in March.

.

Then STFU and leave at the end of the school year.

Or stop endlessly complaining about your free preschool if your kids are in ps or pk.

Don't you people ever get tired of complaining? I feel so sorry for charter leaders. What a pain to deal with entitled parents.

You do? LOL. What a weird group to have affinity with. You feel sorry for the like 100 people in the city who are being asked to follow CDC guidance? Yes, truly they are put upon, with these unreasonable demands.