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Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and want to be mask free March 1. I hope they don’t continue to make us mask. They said no to the principals but some seem to think they mean “no masks until we reach our thresholds.”

Same here, but if you read the statement that PWCS’s superintendent put out, she explains why employees will continue to be required to mask. I assume FCPS will have to follow the same.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and want to be mask free March 1. I hope they don’t continue to make us mask. They said no to the principals but some seem to think they mean “no masks until we reach our thresholds.”

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and want to be mask free March 1. I hope they don’t continue to make us mask. They said no to the principals but some seem to think they mean “no masks until we reach our thresholds.”

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Anonymous wrote:I told my kids that they could take their masks off on 3/1. This update agrees with that. If something changes next week, cases drop significantly or rise significantly, the CDC announces that hospitalization rates are the new metric, something else, then maybe my kids will be able to take their masks off sooner or maybe they'll have to keep them on longer. But as of right now, that's the plan for our family.

I told mine to keep his on for as long as possible, unless it become weird and he feels like he's standing out. I'm caring for an immune-compromised person right now who needs life-saving treatments that he won't be able to get if he contracts covid. So "your choice" is the kind of thing that puts the life of my loved one at risk. I hope other parents decide to be a bit less careless than you.

+1000

You guys are rightfully concerned but don’t say we’re “careless” because we don’t see the value in requiring our kids to wear cloth masks that don’t really protect anyone anyway. Kids don’t need to bear the burden of your anxiety. I’m exhausted by this.

+1 at this point it’s basically dropping an ineffective mitigation. Remember all the extra “sanitizing” and “cleaning” that everyone was doing for awhile? We didn’t need to do all that, so we stopped. I feel the same way about masks.

I am not sure why you think covering your mouth - the orifice that sprays people with saliva droplets every time you speak — is ineffective mitigation. Sure, cheapo cloth masks don’t work as well as surgical or N95 masks, but they are something.

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Anonymous wrote:“Understand their legal obligation” to me means they understand they will have to comply. But they are hopeful that by March 1 transmission continues to decrease.

+1. It’s really not hard to understand. The problem is so many here have a vendetta against FCPS that they try to make everything a conspiracy or scandal.

Yeah, it says they "understand their legal" blah blah, but then directs parents to their existing FCPS off ramp plan. In other words, it refuses to recognize the passage of VA state law. Unbelievable.

yeah... I'm getting suspicious about FCPS again. At first I read it as begrudgingly accepting the finality of the new law. But, after reading the Wash Post article today, they (Post) seems to think FCPS is hedging. Apparently FCPS refused to answer a direct question about whether masking would be optional Mar. 1st.

It's SOOO stupid to dig their heels in at this point! We are down to about 12 new daily cases per 100k people! We are the best in the state (lowest number of cases per capita).

I think FCPS is expecting CDC to give new rules and then FCPS will send out a new announcement saying that they are following CDC. FCPS is being very bull-headed. Insisting that they are right in principle, yet ignoring the reality on the ground.

And that Va ACLU lawyer quoted in the Wash Post article -- wants to know what disabled kids who need universal masking are supposed to do. Ummm... madam atty, if a kid "needs universal masking" then they are not safe in a public setting. You can't expect the world to bubble-wrap themselves just because you are so fragile.

From the article:

The final plaintiff in the suit, Fairfax County Public Schools, whose roughly 179,000 students make it the largest district in the state, is still requiring masks for now — and it is not clear when the mask mandate will lift. In a message to families Friday, Superintendent Scott Brabrand did not directly say whether the district would comply with the law. ...
A Fairfax spokeswoman on Friday did not answer a question asking whether parents in the county will be allowed to opt out of masking on March 1. ...

In Arlington Public Schools, which enrolls about 27,000 students, officials presented a slide show to the school board Thursday night, writing in a footnote that masks will become optional March 1. ...

“APS will continue to require* masks inside our schools to keep schools as safe as possible,” it said. At the bottom of the slide in tiny italic print came the follow-up: “*Senate Bill 739 allows parents to elect for their child to opt out of wearing a mask at school beginning March 1.”

In a later slide, Arlington officials wrote that masking indoors is still recommended by the CDC and that “we have students and staff who have underlying health conditions, are immunocompromised, and are considered high risk.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/18/virginia-districts-relaxing-mask-rules/

I’m coming to dislike Miyares quite a bit, but am also pro-mask optional on March 1 (or anytime now). He’ll fight FCPS on this.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/attorney-general-expects-localities-to-comply-in-full-with-new-mask-law/article_66bc19d6-90c3-11ec-b461-3faa4806d3ae.html

Plus there is already a lawsuit against FCPS about the EO, Loudoun style, from some families that decided to unmask after the EO. It’s not what I would do, but there’s a chance that one ends the way Loudoun’s did - parents win, district loses.

I didn’t have an opinion on Miyares before this but he’s so right:

“ In his remarks to the radio station, Miyares said Democratic leaders in Virginia seem incapable of moving forward in working to balance concerns about COVID with other student-health issues.

“They’re kind of stuck in an ideological straitjacket they can’t get themselves out of, and our kids are suffering,”

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Anonymous wrote:“Understand their legal obligation” to me means they understand they will have to comply. But they are hopeful that by March 1 transmission continues to decrease.

+1. It’s really not hard to understand. The problem is so many here have a vendetta against FCPS that they try to make everything a conspiracy or scandal.

Yeah, it says they "understand their legal" blah blah, but then directs parents to their existing FCPS off ramp plan. In other words, it refuses to recognize the passage of VA state law. Unbelievable.

yeah... I'm getting suspicious about FCPS again. At first I read it as begrudgingly accepting the finality of the new law. But, after reading the Wash Post article today, they (Post) seems to think FCPS is hedging. Apparently FCPS refused to answer a direct question about whether masking would be optional Mar. 1st.

It's SOOO stupid to dig their heels in at this point! We are down to about 12 new daily cases per 100k people! We are the best in the state (lowest number of cases per capita).

I think FCPS is expecting CDC to give new rules and then FCPS will send out a new announcement saying that they are following CDC. FCPS is being very bull-headed. Insisting that they are right in principle, yet ignoring the reality on the ground.

And that Va ACLU lawyer quoted in the Wash Post article -- wants to know what disabled kids who need universal masking are supposed to do. Ummm... madam atty, if a kid "needs universal masking" then they are not safe in a public setting. You can't expect the world to bubble-wrap themselves just because you are so fragile.

From the article:

The final plaintiff in the suit, Fairfax County Public Schools, whose roughly 179,000 students make it the largest district in the state, is still requiring masks for now — and it is not clear when the mask mandate will lift. In a message to families Friday, Superintendent Scott Brabrand did not directly say whether the district would comply with the law. ...
A Fairfax spokeswoman on Friday did not answer a question asking whether parents in the county will be allowed to opt out of masking on March 1. ...

In Arlington Public Schools, which enrolls about 27,000 students, officials presented a slide show to the school board Thursday night, writing in a footnote that masks will become optional March 1. ...

“APS will continue to require* masks inside our schools to keep schools as safe as possible,” it said. At the bottom of the slide in tiny italic print came the follow-up: “*Senate Bill 739 allows parents to elect for their child to opt out of wearing a mask at school beginning March 1.”

In a later slide, Arlington officials wrote that masking indoors is still recommended by the CDC and that “we have students and staff who have underlying health conditions, are immunocompromised, and are considered high risk.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/18/virginia-districts-relaxing-mask-rules/

I’m coming to dislike Miyares quite a bit, but am also pro-mask optional on March 1 (or anytime now). He’ll fight FCPS on this.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/attorney-general-expects-localities-to-comply-in-full-with-new-mask-law/article_66bc19d6-90c3-11ec-b461-3faa4806d3ae.html

Plus there is already a lawsuit against FCPS about the EO, Loudoun style, from some families that decided to unmask after the EO. It’s not what I would do, but there’s a chance that one ends the way Loudoun’s did - parents win, district loses.

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Anonymous wrote:“Understand their legal obligation” to me means they understand they will have to comply. But they are hopeful that by March 1 transmission continues to decrease.

+1. It’s really not hard to understand. The problem is so many here have a vendetta against FCPS that they try to make everything a conspiracy or scandal.

Yeah, it says they "understand their legal" blah blah, but then directs parents to their existing FCPS off ramp plan. In other words, it refuses to recognize the passage of VA state law. Unbelievable.

yeah... I'm getting suspicious about FCPS again. At first I read it as begrudgingly accepting the finality of the new law. But, after reading the Wash Post article today, they (Post) seems to think FCPS is hedging. Apparently FCPS refused to answer a direct question about whether masking would be optional Mar. 1st.

It's SOOO stupid to dig their heels in at this point! We are down to about 12 new daily cases per 100k people! We are the best in the state (lowest number of cases per capita).

I think FCPS is expecting CDC to give new rules and then FCPS will send out a new announcement saying that they are following CDC. FCPS is being very bull-headed. Insisting that they are right in principle, yet ignoring the reality on the ground.

And that Va ACLU lawyer quoted in the Wash Post article -- wants to know what disabled kids who need universal masking are supposed to do. Ummm... madam atty, if a kid "needs universal masking" then they are not safe in a public setting. You can't expect the world to bubble-wrap themselves just because you are so fragile.

From the article:

The final plaintiff in the suit, Fairfax County Public Schools, whose roughly 179,000 students make it the largest district in the state, is still requiring masks for now — and it is not clear when the mask mandate will lift. In a message to families Friday, Superintendent Scott Brabrand did not directly say whether the district would comply with the law. ...
A Fairfax spokeswoman on Friday did not answer a question asking whether parents in the county will be allowed to opt out of masking on March 1. ...

In Arlington Public Schools, which enrolls about 27,000 students, officials presented a slide show to the school board Thursday night, writing in a footnote that masks will become optional March 1. ...

“APS will continue to require* masks inside our schools to keep schools as safe as possible,” it said. At the bottom of the slide in tiny italic print came the follow-up: “*Senate Bill 739 allows parents to elect for their child to opt out of wearing a mask at school beginning March 1.”

In a later slide, Arlington officials wrote that masking indoors is still recommended by the CDC and that “we have students and staff who have underlying health conditions, are immunocompromised, and are considered high risk.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/18/virginia-districts-relaxing-mask-rules/

I’m coming to dislike Miyares quite a bit, but am also pro-mask optional on March 1 (or anytime now). He’ll fight FCPS on this.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/attorney-general-expects-localities-to-comply-in-full-with-new-mask-law/article_66bc19d6-90c3-11ec-b461-3faa4806d3ae.html

Plus there is already a lawsuit against FCPS about the EO, Loudoun style, from some families that decided to unmask after the EO. It’s not what I would do, but there’s a chance that one ends the way Loudoun’s did - parents win, district loses.

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Anonymous wrote:“Understand their legal obligation” to me means they understand they will have to comply. But they are hopeful that by March 1 transmission continues to decrease.

+1. It’s really not hard to understand. The problem is so many here have a vendetta against FCPS that they try to make everything a conspiracy or scandal.

Yeah, it says they "understand their legal" blah blah, but then directs parents to their existing FCPS off ramp plan. In other words, it refuses to recognize the passage of VA state law. Unbelievable.

yeah... I'm getting suspicious about FCPS again. At first I read it as begrudgingly accepting the finality of the new law. But, after reading the Wash Post article today, they (Post) seems to think FCPS is hedging. Apparently FCPS refused to answer a direct question about whether masking would be optional Mar. 1st.

It's SOOO stupid to dig their heels in at this point! We are down to about 12 new daily cases per 100k people! We are the best in the state (lowest number of cases per capita).

I think FCPS is expecting CDC to give new rules and then FCPS will send out a new announcement saying that they are following CDC. FCPS is being very bull-headed. Insisting that they are right in principle, yet ignoring the reality on the ground.

And that Va ACLU lawyer quoted in the Wash Post article -- wants to know what disabled kids who need universal masking are supposed to do. Ummm... madam atty, if a kid "needs universal masking" then they are not safe in a public setting. You can't expect the world to bubble-wrap themselves just because you are so fragile.

From the article:

The final plaintiff in the suit, Fairfax County Public Schools, whose roughly 179,000 students make it the largest district in the state, is still requiring masks for now — and it is not clear when the mask mandate will lift. In a message to families Friday, Superintendent Scott Brabrand did not directly say whether the district would comply with the law. ...
A Fairfax spokeswoman on Friday did not answer a question asking whether parents in the county will be allowed to opt out of masking on March 1. ...

In Arlington Public Schools, which enrolls about 27,000 students, officials presented a slide show to the school board Thursday night, writing in a footnote that masks will become optional March 1. ...

“APS will continue to require* masks inside our schools to keep schools as safe as possible,” it said. At the bottom of the slide in tiny italic print came the follow-up: “*Senate Bill 739 allows parents to elect for their child to opt out of wearing a mask at school beginning March 1.”

In a later slide, Arlington officials wrote that masking indoors is still recommended by the CDC and that “we have students and staff who have underlying health conditions, are immunocompromised, and are considered high risk.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/18/virginia-districts-relaxing-mask-rules/

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever. Unmask your kid March 1. They will be a minority.

I.e., your opinion is that minority populations should be looked down upon and ostracized for being different.

I won’t look down upon them. But DCUM seems to think everyone will be unmasking and celebrating. The reality is it will be maybe be a couple of kids per class and many kids will feel uncomfortable sitting next to a kid unmasked who sneezes/coughs.

I agree. The Trumpkin multi-posters don’t represent a majority.

Unfortunately for you - it’s now a majority including Ds that think it’s time to allow optional mask.

But it isn’t a majority. Just look at Loudoun. Loudoun started unmasking this week and people are reporting 90 percent or higher of masked students. If Loudoun has that number, so will Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:“Understand their legal obligation” to me means they understand they will have to comply. But they are hopeful that by March 1 transmission continues to decrease.

+1. It’s really not hard to understand. The problem is so many here have a vendetta against FCPS that they try to make everything a conspiracy or scandal.

Yeah, it says they "understand their legal" blah blah, but then directs parents to their existing FCPS off ramp plan. In other words, it refuses to recognize the passage of VA state law. Unbelievable.