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Face masks no longer required in Philadelphia school district beginning Monday
Pennlive ^ | 12 September A.D. 2022 | EmilyAnn Jackman

Posted on 09/12/2022 8:42:56 AM PDT by lightman

As students return to the classroom Monday morning in the Philadelphia public school district, they will now have the option of wearing face masks instead of being mandated to.

According to 6ABC, face masks are now optional but strongly encouraged where the district only required masks for the first 10 days of the school year.

But according to the news outlet, district leaders are saying the mask mandate will return if the COVID-19 Community Level reaches the high level based on CDC standards. Masking may also be required in certain instances, like a school or classroom outbreak or after extended breaks.

Additionally, the district also announced last month it is implementing mask-to-stay. Students and staff who have been exposed to COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, are no longer required to quarantine at home unless COVID-like symptoms are present. Instead, officials said, they can return to school but are required to wear a high-quality, well-fitted mask for 10 days, 6ABC reported.

If a student tests positive, he or she must isolate at home for at least five days and do virtual learning. If the student is symptom-free after five days, they can return to school but must wear a high-quality mask for five days and eat in a designated area, 6ABC reported.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: branchcovidian; mask; masktostay; philadelphia
The mask is the 21st century Scarlet Letter.
1 posted on 09/12/2022 8:42:57 AM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Good grief, are they still masking?


2 posted on 09/12/2022 8:44:23 AM PDT by marron
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To: lightman

“Face masks no longer required in Philadelphia school district beginning Monday”

That is mighty white of them.


3 posted on 09/12/2022 8:45:28 AM PDT by Tupelo (Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
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To: lightman

Two years ago Fauci said masks are ineffective. More than two years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBFs4o0VYk


4 posted on 09/12/2022 8:45:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: lightman

Don’t forget the bullet proof backpack for your kid’s school commute though Philly parents...


5 posted on 09/12/2022 8:45:55 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

6 posted on 09/12/2022 8:47:03 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: marron

Yes, and they are still alive. I guess you did not realize everyone posting here on FR is now dead, and that includes you and me.


7 posted on 09/12/2022 8:49:53 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: lightman

That was quick. The school year just started. I’m guessing that the push-back from parents was massive enough to make even the mighty teachers’ unions blink. See what can be accomplished once you have the determination to take these people on?


8 posted on 09/12/2022 8:51:32 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: lightman

Welcome to the world of real science, Philadelphia school district.

You might try hiring school officials who actually have brains next time. And as for your unions...&*^(W them, burn them, flush them, and wash twice.


9 posted on 09/12/2022 8:51:36 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Tupelo

They lay out several scenarios where they reserve the right to bring masks back......I suspect this pause will be fairly temporary.

It’s all about power and control.....and once these lunatics have it it’s hard to take it back from them.


10 posted on 09/12/2022 8:52:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: lightman
The mask is the 21st century Scarlet Letter.
Referencing a literary work from a DEAD WHITE GUY? FOR SHAME!!🙄
11 posted on 09/12/2022 8:52:26 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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If the student is symptom-free after five days, they can return to school but must wear a high-quality mask for five days and eat in a designated area, 6ABC reported.

That’s horrible.

12 posted on 09/12/2022 8:56:23 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Allegra

Explains it all!

May as well be a gold star or a pink triangle.

13 posted on 09/12/2022 8:58:07 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

VA still requiring masks.


14 posted on 09/12/2022 9:07:16 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: lightman

2 years to stop the “spread.”


15 posted on 09/12/2022 9:38:26 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: lightman

Philadelphia schools are run by illiterates. The teachers are illiterate. The administrators are illiterate. They produce illiterate students. It is a multi-generational problem. Most parents, often products of Philadelphia schools, are ignorant to the solutions required.


16 posted on 09/12/2022 10:04:16 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: BenLurkin

And then he almost immdediately back tracked which started the whole insanity


17 posted on 09/12/2022 10:10:11 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Masking was a quick and dirty visual “compliance check” to estimate what percentage of the sheeple would go for the jabs.

And the percentages were/are very close.


18 posted on 09/12/2022 11:04:44 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

It was just the start of “we don’t know, but we need to look like we are doing something”.....

Stoke up fear, science basically says, nothing you can really do... but since you stoked up the fear, have to do something, so just do a whole lot of stupid crap to look like you are doing something.


19 posted on 09/12/2022 11:27:49 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: packagingguy

I guess you did not realize everyone posting here on FR is now dead, and that includes you and me. <<<

you mean we’ll all be voting Democrat now?? .../s


20 posted on 09/12/2022 6:32:29 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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