The city lifted the indoor mask mandate for K-12 students in early March, but retained the requirement for toddlers citing their ineligibility for vaccines.
Opposite sides of the political spectrum in in agreement on making masks optional in schools. they are not banning them, great, but they are giving the choice to parents to make that decision about their children. that judge in arlington felt a little differently, the judge ruled in favor of seven school districts, arguing the state law passed last year requiring masks outweighs the governor s order. and wrote keeping rules in place established over the school year helps children, families and staff understand how they may be affected by the pandemic. youngkin s office fired back, this is what is best for the kids health and who can best make the decision, we are going to appeal. last week governor youngkin was at a northern virginia grocery store touting elimination of the grocery tax, his mask choice policy caught up with him.
School year helps children, families and staff understand how they may be impacted during the pandemic. youngkin s spokeswoman fired back this is about what s best for their kids health and who can best make that decision? we re going to appeal this. it s just the first step in the judicial process. last week the governor was at a northern virginia grocery store touting his elimination of a grocery task when his mask choice policy caught up with him. a shopper heckled him for not wearing a mask. where is your mask? [inaudible] governor youngkin said we re all making choices. someone yelled read the room, buddy. new jersey democratic governor phil murphy will announce a plan for a stop to his school mask mandate policy.
Wonder why the needs of children with special needs or, you know, just needing some speech help why their needs are worth less, and we are hoping that our school does the right thing and on march 7th chooses mask choice for all kids. one size does not fit all. brian: is the special needs teacher on board with you or is she just marching with her supervisors or he? i m the biggest fan of our teachers and therapists in the school. we are just hoping the board of ed and the administration makes the best choice for these kids. the teachers and therapists have always met me halfway. tried creative outs. box solutions. their hands were tied when they re told we have to mask. brian: is your son frustrated? he was he complains a lot. if you look up what the clear mask look like that they originally tried with him. it was suffocating. he said he couldn t focus in it.
Past. last december they file fired a lawsuit when she tried to restrict the number of people who go to church, and they have not shown a willingness on behalf of their students or parents to go to the mayor and advocate on behalf of their parishioners and their parents. and their students, most importantly. and last summer we got a very large group of parents, hundreds and hundreds of people signed a letter to the archbishop, cardinal gregory, begging for normalcy, and mask choice. in the response to it felt completely fell completely on deaf ears and alarmingly, though one of the major takeaways that came out of the letter was that the diocese appeared to be entertaining this idea that vaccinated students could take their masks off. laura: i m going to take unvaccinated students could not. is that what we re doing?