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Post by teddyw on Aug 15, 2020 2:31:48 GMT
My youngest is in college so she has to wear a mask if any of her classes even remain in person.
My middle child is a teacher. They haven’t gone back yet. She just recovered from Covid. She’s wearing a mask and a face shield to school.
If they were still in regular school I’d buy boxes of masks and face shields for them. My kids were germophobes before this even happened.
I think a guest on maybe the Today Show suggested kids wear the mask while playing video games to get used to it.
I suspect districts that do go back will get shut down due to outbreaks.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 15, 2020 2:39:28 GMT
first time, we give them one, second time they Re sent home. Third time they are enrolled in online learning and may no longer be on campus I can guarantee that won’t be allowed to happen in Texas. Schools will not be allowed to enforce mask requirements up to the point to removing a child from in-person instruction. and yet spaghetti straps and bare middles can be policed. Smh |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 15, 2020 2:42:32 GMT
My youngest is in college so she has to wear a mask if any of her classes even remain in person. My middle child is a teacher. They haven’t gone back yet. She just recovered from Covid. She’s wearing a mask and a face shield to school. If they were still in regular school I’d buy boxes of masks and face shields for them. My kids were germophobes before this even happened. I think a guest on maybe the Today Show suggested kids wear the mask while playing video games to get used to it. I suspect districts that do go back will get shut down due to outbreaks. I'm hoping we can stay open and be mostly safe. It has done my heart so much good to be in my school and be somewhat normal. I know it is wishful thinking, but man it would be nice. But that doesn't mean I want bigger districts back in person. I think there is a huge difference between rural schools and urban ones. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 15, 2020 2:48:53 GMT
Major point of concern for many teachers here. We have so many anti-maskers who will send their kids to school ready to find any way possible to be non compliant. Yep. Which is why I’m totally ok doing distance learning this year. Same! |
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Post by purplebee on Aug 15, 2020 2:49:33 GMT
I am a lunch lady. I worked 8 hour shifts in June and July working the summer feeding program. We all wore cloth masks and talked quite a bit while working. I did not notice my mask getting wet.
I go back to work in a week with a good portion of our primary school enrollment onsite. Our kids will be required to wear masks, and I worry about those coming from anti-mask families. There is pretty strong support for trump where I live so I can see it being a problem. Many businesses here are not enforcing the state mask mandate, in fact, one popular local restaurant is proudly advertising that if you tell them you have a medical issue, they won’t make you wear one. SMDH
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Aug 15, 2020 4:08:49 GMT
I suspect districts that do go back will get shut down due to outbreaks. And if the first week in our district is any predictor, it will be the inability to find subs for teacher absences due to teacher exposure and mandatory 14-day quarantine that will send schools to remote learning. We don't start in-person classes till the 17th, but the football team had a couple positive players, which sent not just the whole team home for 14 days (so they'll miss the first week+ of school), but the entire coaching staff. Additionally, their families are also in quarantine, and a couple coaches' wives are teachers (and, of course, coaches teach classes at the high school). No news yet if anyone other than the initial positives are also positive. The social studies teachers, who were wearing masks and distancing during their SINGLE in-person meeting prior to school opening, somehow managed to end up with five teachers positive for C19. Yes, it's possible it had nothing to do with their meeting. We're in a small town and people can be exposed to the same group of infected people. Church? Book group? Kroger's? Who knows. The point is, we haven't even started classes and we might have to push back the opening of at least the high school due to both actual cases and mandated quarantines of STAFF. Not students, staff. We're going to run out of teachers and subs long before we run out of students. |
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 15, 2020 4:16:43 GMT
My local Florida schools opened yesterday and masks are not mandatory Only 22% of registered kids opted for on line learning so the schools are pretty full.
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Post by sam9 on Aug 15, 2020 12:52:47 GMT
Mea culpa. The report I read was worded very badly. Students will only be required to wear masks in hallways, etc., not inside a classroom. Which I find almost worse because now you have them taking a potentially contaminated mask off, stuffing it in a pocket and then pulling it out again for later use.
I appreciate everyone’s comments about their masks never getting wet or damp, but mine certainly do. And my experience has absolutely been that people think they have magical immunity deposed on them when wearing a mask. Before masks were mandatory, I never even saw children in grocery stores and now whole families are back to shopping together, zipping around and completely not paying attention to distances, but all safely masked up. The last time I was shopping, two older women were behind me in the checkout line. I was behind my cart, on my dot, and I felt their cart scraping my heels. 🙄 One woman was behind their cart, and the other one was in front of it, standing right next to me. I asked them to move back and they did. I later heard hacking cigarette voice coughing coming from one of them.
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Post by sam9 on Aug 15, 2020 12:59:27 GMT
So in schools where distancing is not possible due to lack of space, and hand washing facilities are limited, we should just ... give up and go with it? Rather than requiring a mask? No, absolutely not. I just posted that I read the report wrong and masks will not be required inside our classrooms, where desks will be distanced. They are required in hallways and other spaces that are tight. If proper distancing is not possible inside a classroom, then I would suggest that F2F should not be an option. In my province F2F is mandatory. There is no virtual option except for kids that are medically compromised. And doctors have indicated that they will not be giving out notes to everyone, stating, in fact, that they are reluctant to give notes to anyone. |
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Aug 15, 2020 13:31:41 GMT
Masks are required here for age 6 and above. We will have to send in 2 masks each day. They start back in 2 weeks
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Post by Merge on Aug 15, 2020 13:42:55 GMT
So in schools where distancing is not possible due to lack of space, and hand washing facilities are limited, we should just ... give up and go with it? Rather than requiring a mask? No, absolutely not. I just posted that I read the report wrong and masks will not be required inside our classrooms, where desks will be distanced. They are required in hallways and other spaces that are tight. If proper distancing is not possible inside a classroom, then I would suggest that F2F should not be an option. In my province F2F is mandatory. There is no virtual option except for kids that are medically compromised. And doctors have indicated that they will not be giving out notes to everyone, stating, in fact, that they are reluctant to give notes to anyone. Are your classrooms large enough to put six feet (or two metres, since you’re Canadian) of distance between all desks? |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 15, 2020 13:44:36 GMT
Our Superintendent said this week, that regardless of age, every child in our schools will wear a mask. From pre-school to high school. He told parents “if you don’t agree then your child can learn remotely and I’m fine if you want to take me to court over it. If I could applauded on Zoom I would have. He told parents “if your kids don’t like wearing masks, have them start practicing now” Did he address kids with special needs, immuno compromised, cognitive delays? Will they get all of the same services at home? They aren't addressing this in my district. 
I'm glad they've shortened classes the first two weeks because there is no air conditioning in the schools and temperatures are typically 80's-90's.
He’s been addressing that population all along. Right now, kids on IEP/504 plans will be at school 4 days a week. If their parent wants their child on the hybrid plan, they will deliver services while they’re at school and when they can’t, what can be done remotely will be done remotely. My DS is on an IEP plan so I expect some type of communication this week. My DS is in mostly inclusion classes and I’d like to keep that model even if it means he’s in the hybrid model. |
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Post by cade387 on Aug 15, 2020 13:52:04 GMT
My kids are not snowflakes - they are more than able to wear a mask. They wear catcher masks in 40°, hockey masks, goalie masks, heavy sports padding with no problems. That is not the issue. Masks have been shown to be totally ineffective when they’re wet. One change at lunch time is not going to accomplish anything, except to give a false sense of security and possibly make social distancing less of a priority. I am not happy with the situation and would prefer a no mask policy and more social distancing and hand washing. I’ve seen the way people behave when they’re wearing masks - as though they are suddenly magically protected. Our school will not enforce masks but encourage us to have them bring 4-5 a day. My problem is that if they aren’t enforcing it, are they going to remind my 6yo to change his? |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 15, 2020 14:00:48 GMT
My kids are not snowflakes - they are more than able to wear a mask. They wear catcher masks in 40°, hockey masks, goalie masks, heavy sports padding with no problems. That is not the issue. Masks have been shown to be totally ineffective when they’re wet. One change at lunch time is not going to accomplish anything, except to give a false sense of security and possibly make social distancing less of a priority. I am not happy with the situation and would prefer a no mask policy and more social distancing and hand washing. I’ve seen the way people behave when they’re wearing masks - as though they are suddenly magically protected. Our school will not enforce masks but encourage us to have them bring 4-5 a day. My problem is that if they aren’t enforcing it, are they going to remind my 6yo to change his? Our school is enforcing masks (what’s the point otherwise?). If you child isn’t wearing a mask they will be sent home. I’m loving how seriously our superintendent is taking this. He doesn’t live in my town but his wife is a teacher here and his daughter goes to school here. We currently have 1 active case in my town. HOWEVER, the Northern Trust golf tournament is at TPC Boston Aug 20-23. TPC Boston is in my town. I was driving by yesterday and they’re marking all the parking lots and I was thinking ‘well, this will be a cluster f*ck’. However I drove by this morning and they’re setting up a testing site. All these testing tents and lines roped off. I don’t know what the testing protocol is.....players only? Spectators? Optional testing? At some point I’ll see if I can find info on line because I’m curios more than anything. |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 15, 2020 14:10:47 GMT
So in schools where distancing is not possible due to lack of space, and hand washing facilities are limited, we should just ... give up and go with it? Rather than requiring a mask? No, absolutely not. I just posted that I read the report wrong and masks will not be required inside our classrooms, where desks will be distanced. They are required in hallways and other spaces that are tight. If proper distancing is not possible inside a classroom, then I would suggest that F2F should not be an option. In my province F2F is mandatory. There is no virtual option except for kids that are medically compromised. And doctors have indicated that they will not be giving out notes to everyone, stating, in fact, that they are reluctant to give notes to anyone. Ours read that way somewhat as well. It says "common area." In our case, common areas include classrooms where they can't be socially distanced which is 90% of our rooms. The teachers in those rooms can still mandate masks. In my room there is zero chance of getting the kids 3 feet apart and even if there was, I will still mandate them |
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Post by myshelly on Aug 15, 2020 14:17:25 GMT
Major point of concern for many teachers here. We have so many anti-maskers who will send their kids to school ready to find any way possible to be non compliant. first time, we give them one, second time they Re sent home. Third time they are enrolled in online learning and may no longer be on campus I wish. Part of our district’s COVID training was a 30 minute meeting on how we can’t make kids wear masks. Refusing to wear a mask is not a disciplinary issue. Students cannot be sent to the office, miss any class time, or receive any consequences for not wearing a mask. We literally cannot do anything about it if a kid doesn’t wear a mask. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 15, 2020 15:36:06 GMT
Mea culpa. The report I read was worded very badly. Students will only be required to wear masks in hallways, etc., not inside a classroom. Which I find almost worse because now you have them taking a potentially contaminated mask off, stuffing it in a pocket and then pulling it out again for later use. I appreciate everyone’s comments about their masks never getting wet or damp, but mine certainly do. And my experience has absolutely been that people think they have magical immunity deposed on them when wearing a mask. Before masks were mandatory, I never even saw children in grocery stores and now whole families are back to shopping together, zipping around and completely not paying attention to distances, but all safely masked up. The last time I was shopping, two older women were behind me in the checkout line. I was behind my cart, on my dot, and I felt their cart scraping my heels. 🙄 One woman was behind their cart, and the other one was in front of it, standing right next to me. I asked them to move back and they did. I later heard hacking cigarette voice coughing coming from one of them. Could part of the reason for this be that more people have been called back to work compared to in March when everything was shut down so not as many people are at home to watch the kids? It is for me. Back then, I was staying home with DD mostly covering distance learning monitoring and DH was doing the grocery runs on his way home from work since he was already out (which he normally wouldn’t do pre-C19), and he already had masks and gloves in his truck for work. Since then he has been swamped with work and has been almost fully booked out for the last two months solid, which means I’m back on grocery duty. If I just need to make a quick Target run, I don’t have a problem leaving my 10yo at home for an hour if I’m ten minutes away. But if I have to go to Costco, she has to come with me because it’s further away from our house and it takes longer to shop. |
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Post by sam9 on Aug 15, 2020 16:58:26 GMT
No, absolutely not. I just posted that I read the report wrong and masks will not be required inside our classrooms, where desks will be distanced. They are required in hallways and other spaces that are tight. If proper distancing is not possible inside a classroom, then I would suggest that F2F should not be an option. In my province F2F is mandatory. There is no virtual option except for kids that are medically compromised. And doctors have indicated that they will not be giving out notes to everyone, stating, in fact, that they are reluctant to give notes to anyone. Are your classrooms large enough to put six feet (or two metres, since you’re Canadian) of distance between all desks? I don't think they are, but I'm not sure. The ones I've been in lately are not tiny little cupboards but probably not large enough for adequate spacing. At first the plan was to create bubbles of six within classrooms, with each bubble appropriately distanced from each other, kind of like Russian roulette. In their revised plans this week the government admitted that this was not feasible, so instead each classroom will become its own bubble. Homeschooling in Québec is legal, but there are so many hoops to jump through. I just don't feel up to the task otherwise I would quit my job and do that. I've also missed the cut off date of announcing my intentions - it was July 1. I'm hoping in person goes well because the back up plan is a farce, 15 hours of online a week with teachers possibly available for questions at certain times. I cannot bear to think of my children lazing around unmotivated and uninspired to learn for a whole year. Our province did return to classes in the spring in areas that had not been greatly affected by Covid and that went really well, so I'm choosing to stay optimistic. |
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Aug 15, 2020 17:26:26 GMT
Major point of concern for many teachers here. We have so many anti-maskers who will send their kids to school ready to find any way possible to be non compliant. Our district is requiring a doctor's note. Non-compliant, for any reason, students will get a warning, I'd imagine 2 and then be enrolled in remote learning. Sounds great, but we will see if it is followed through district wide. |
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Post by maryland on Aug 15, 2020 17:42:32 GMT
My youngest is in college so she has to wear a mask if any of her classes even remain in person. My middle child is a teacher. They haven’t gone back yet. She just recovered from Covid. She’s wearing a mask and a face shield to school. If they were still in regular school I’d buy boxes of masks and face shields for them. My kids were germophobes before this even happened. I think a guest on maybe the Today Show suggested kids wear the mask while playing video games to get used to it. I suspect districts that do go back will get shut down due to outbreaks. My family all took guesses for when our high school will shut down. It doesn't look like masks will be required once students are seated at desks 6 ft. apart. Not happy about that, we want masks to be worn at all times. So we think it's just going to be a short time before they have to close schools.
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Post by maryland on Aug 15, 2020 17:49:27 GMT
I am a lunch lady. I worked 8 hour shifts in June and July working the summer feeding program. We all wore cloth masks and talked quite a bit while working. I did not notice my mask getting wet. I go back to work in a week with a good portion of our primary school enrollment onsite. Our kids will be required to wear masks, and I worry about those coming from anti-mask families. There is pretty strong support for trump where I live so I can see it being a problem. Many businesses here are not enforcing the state mask mandate, in fact, one popular local restaurant is proudly advertising that if you tell them you have a medical issue, they won’t make you wear one. SMDH I too worry about kids coming from anti-mask families (and those kids that continue to party) going to school with my kid. At least our district has the option for remote learning for anti mask families (that won't mask their kid for school). Masks are required in hallways and when kids aren't spaced apart in classrooms. But they don't have to wear them in class when spaced apart.
I have a list going of businesses that I will not support after seeing their employees without masks in stores (they wear their business shirts as it's the beginning of the workday). |
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Post by shescrafty on Aug 15, 2020 19:00:44 GMT
I am a lunch lady. I worked 8 hour shifts in June and July working the summer feeding program. We all wore cloth masks and talked quite a bit while working. I did not notice my mask getting wet. I go back to work in a week with a good portion of our primary school enrollment onsite. Our kids will be required to wear masks, and I worry about those coming from anti-mask families. There is pretty strong support for trump where I live so I can see it being a problem. Many businesses here are not enforcing the state mask mandate, in fact, one popular local restaurant is proudly advertising that if you tell them you have a medical issue, they won’t make you wear one. SMDH I too worry about kids coming from anti-mask families (and those kids that continue to party) going to school with my kid. At least our district has the option for remote learning for anti mask families (that won't mask their kid for school). Masks are required in hallways and when kids aren't spaced apart in classrooms. But they don't have to wear them in class when spaced apart.
I have a list going of businesses that I will not support after seeing their employees without masks in stores (they wear their business shirts as it's the beginning of the workday). I can’t remember if you are still in Maryland or not. If so-what county has the option and not requirement? I just saw a list of AACO restaurants that have been cited due to non-compliance. One is no shock to me b/c the owner is vocally anti-mask. One place I will NEVER go to again even after this is over. |
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Post by maryland on Aug 15, 2020 21:30:23 GMT
I too worry about kids coming from anti-mask families (and those kids that continue to party) going to school with my kid. At least our district has the option for remote learning for anti mask families (that won't mask their kid for school). Masks are required in hallways and when kids aren't spaced apart in classrooms. But they don't have to wear them in class when spaced apart.
I have a list going of businesses that I will not support after seeing their employees without masks in stores (they wear their business shirts as it's the beginning of the workday). I can’t remember if you are still in Maryland or not. If so-what county has the option and not requirement? I just saw a list of AACO restaurants that have been cited due to non-compliance. One is no shock to me b/c the owner is vocally anti-mask. One place I will NEVER go to again even after this is over. We live in PA, and masks are required in our state. We are just north of Pittsburgh. On the school districts website, they say masks are not required in the classroom when sitting 6 ft. apart. I may even call the school to clarify. I will not feel comfortable sending my daughter if they let kids take off their masks. We heard a group of 40 seniors had a party last week with at least one of the attendees covid positive. Many football players were there so they cancelled practice for a week. We don't have the most responsible parents/kids, as many have been having parties since April. |
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