Anonymous wrote:If this is all about parents' rights, what about my rights as a parent who wants students masked in schools? Do I have a right to demand that my child is not around unmasked children (absent actual medical issues that interfere with masking)? Or do only Youngkins supporters have rights when it comes to their kids' education?

I get that this is rhetorical because Youngkin said on inauguration day that he would govern in the interests of ALL VIRGINIANS not just those who voted for him. You have a right to not have the bulk of the air that unmasked students breath out breathed in by your masked student (because much more will transmit from someone with no mask to someone with a mask vs. from masked to masked, especially if it a KN95/KF94 on both ends). You have a right to sue the school district for not maintaining safety standards aligned with with CDC and local health department recommendations. And if your school district plans to offer an opt-out, you probably can demand that unmasked students be segregated together with unmasked teachers within a school building.

Anonymous wrote:Look this is easy. The vast majority of Arlington parents and staff want masks. Arlington spent a ton of money on their virtual learning program. Any student who refuses to mask can be transferred to the virtual program. They can still come into the school - they just all sit in the gym or cafeteria all day and learn virtually in a room together. The 3 teachers who refuse to mask can watch them.

Everyone wins!

Nah. Don’t they use the gym for PE all day when it’s rainy? Cafeteria is used for lunch at least 2 hrs. of the day. Easiest solution is no mask, do virtual from home.

Anonymous wrote:I am very worried. I know my son's 2nd grade teacher is a an anti-masker. I found her on FB and she posts about it all the time. Do you think we can ask the school to change teachers?

I would absolutely demand to change teachers.

Anonymous wrote:I am very worried. I know my son's 2nd grade teacher is a an anti-masker. I found her on FB and she posts about it all the time. Do you think we can ask the school to change teachers?

If your son is in one of the school districts that have announced they will not be complying with the executive order, you will not need to worry. If the teacher does show up without a mask, you should be able to ask the school principal to intervene. If your kid has a medical condition that makes them medically vulnerable, do a free consult with an attorney who specializes in one of these areas: disability/civil rights, education (plaintiff/student side not defense/school district side, or workplace/employment law to get an idea what your options are.

If this is all about parents' rights, what about my rights as a parent who wants students masked in schools? Do I have a right to demand that my child is not around unmasked children (absent actual medical issues that interfere with masking)? Or do only Youngkins supporters have rights when it comes to their kids' education?

He will only have been office for two years by 2024. Maybe he's gunning to be a VP pick but he won't be a top contender in the GOP field - he does not currently have the full state legislature until 2023 and that is only if the state senate flips. As for the U.S. Senate, I don't see ousting Tim Kaine for his seat either.

Not sure what he can do to compel school districts. He could withhold appropriations but the state senate is Dem controlled and a court will likely issue a TRO so various school districts do not need to comply. All the school districts in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince Williams, Fauquier, and Richmond have announced they will maintain their mask mandates. Stafford has tentatively announced it will keep requiring masks for all and cited SB 1303 but did note it's school board makes the call. Not sure what Loudoun is doing - probably figuring out how to respond to the executive order specific to that school district. Together, these districts can pool together legal resources to weather this.

I am very worried. I know my son's 2nd grade teacher is a an anti-masker. I found her on FB and she posts about it all the time. Do you think we can ask the school to change teachers?

Anonymous wrote:Look this is easy. The vast majority of Arlington parents and staff want masks. Arlington spent a ton of money on their virtual learning program. Any student who refuses to mask can be transferred to the virtual program. They can still come into the school - they just all sit in the gym or cafeteria all day and learn virtually in a room together. The 3 teachers who refuse to mask can watch them.

Everyone wins!

No. Those kids can stay home if they can’t follow the rules.

Anonymous wrote:Look this is easy. The vast majority of Arlington parents and staff want masks. Arlington spent a ton of money on their virtual learning program. Any student who refuses to mask can be transferred to the virtual program. They can still come into the school - they just all sit in the gym or cafeteria all day and learn virtually in a room together. The 3 teachers who refuse to mask can watch them.

Everyone wins!

This.

Look this is easy. The vast majority of Arlington parents and staff want masks. Arlington spent a ton of money on their virtual learning program. Any student who refuses to mask can be transferred to the virtual program. They can still come into the school - they just all sit in the gym or cafeteria all day and learn virtually in a room together. The 3 teachers who refuse to mask can watch them.

Everyone wins!

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin can be recalled with 10% of the vote.

You know he’s made a lot of us really happy, though. We are educated and your friends and neighbors. Silently listening to your rants.

You’re not as educated as you think.

Please keep up calling anyone who voted R uneducated, etc. You are helping us and will continue to help in the next election. - your smiling, silent neighbor

You have taken the wrong lesson from November.

But go on electing delegates who want our kids to learn about the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. I mean, Douglass is a guy who did great things and is getting more and more recognition, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin can be recalled with 10% of the vote.

You know he’s made a lot of us really happy, though. We are educated and your friends and neighbors. Silently listening to your rants.

Democrats in northern virginia got him elected. Mask obsessed and covid 4eva people seem to forget that.

Youngkin lost northern Virginia, so this is a pretty weak argument.

This. It was basically rural idiots voting against CRT even though it’s not a thing.

rural? what about all the suburban moms freaking out about here in NoVa?

None of the ones I know freaking out are from here. Just visiting for a while for a spouses job or something.

Stupid speech by young kin since he made unmasking schools his major platform and won on that issue, he can take the fact that Arlington and Fairfax voted overwhelming against him to mean that the parents of APS already were listened to and decided they wanted masks.

That is the thing. These people are thriving on vitriol and obstinance. They could care less about wearing the masks it is all just their own theater and drama so they can feel powerful. It doesn't even matter WHAT would help the greater good or if it was a horrendous evil, if Democrats are for it, the anti-mask/anti-vax crowd will lobby against it.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin can be recalled with 10% of the vote.

You know he’s made a lot of us really happy, though. We are educated and your friends and neighbors. Silently listening to your rants.

You’re not as educated as you think.

Please keep up calling anyone who voted R uneducated, etc. You are helping us and will continue to help in the next election. - your smiling, silent neighbor

You were played. If you think he gives two sh*ts about your child’s education without a mask or admission to TJ, I have a bridge to,sell you. And if you want to enact the Handmaid’s Tale and strip away safety and climate regulations, then why don’t you just go move to Alabama with your own kind.

But you have to hand it to the man, his executive orders are all about making his base (especially the hysterical anti CRT and my poor kids have to wear masks parents) happy right now. Even if some of these orders are completely meaningless.