DC Catholic Schools, Masking & +Gregory's Reluctance

 From the Washington Examiner:

 It was perfectly fine for 20-somethings to go unmasked on a packed dance floor at Cafe Citron. But a 6-year-old sitting at a school desk at Sacred Heart School was considered a public health risk if her face was uncovered.

This has been a long and multistep fight for D.C. Catholic school parents. In the first stage, I was directly involved. We had to lobby the Archdiocese of Washington to repeal its own school mask mandate. Although the archdiocese initially said no, a coordinated campaign of parents convinced the archbishop to move Catholic schools to mask-optional. This freed up children in the Maryland counties included in the Washington Archdiocese, but it left D.C. Catholic schools under the thumb of Bowser.  

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Archdiocese of Washington Catholic School Mask Mandate Update

According to the Washington Examiner:

Catholic school children in the Maryland suburbs will be able to show their faces in school for the first time in 23 months.

The Archdiocese of Washington has lifted its mask mandate, according to multiple sources who were on phone calls this morning with the archdiocese. 

Catholic schools in the District of Columbia, however, are still forced to require masks indefinitely by the order of Mayor Muriel Bowser, who lifted the mask mandate effective March 1 for adults in nightclubs or theaters, but not for children in public or private schools.

 

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