This is not a place to discuss the rights and wrongs, or do’s and don’ts I am just looking for capturing information from a broad source. If you currently have a child in high school and they are finished with winter break.
Are they:
Back to in person, masks optional
Back to in person, masks mandated
Can do virtual or in person
Only virtual offered at this time
Feel free to add your location, and any notes about testing requirements as well. Thank you for sharing!
Back in person, masks strictly enforced, virtual only for those COVID positive or on COVID testing protocol. No mandated testing.
suburban NYC area
Back in person, masks optional
No virtual option available (even if you test positive)
Texas
Back in person. Mask mandate. Midwest public.
Back in person, mask mandate, no virtual option, pooled testing (voluntary except mandatory for student athletes). Boston suburb.
Back in school, masks optional.
GA
Back in person, masks required.
“Close contacts” of positive cases must be quarantined/isolated unless vaccinated with a negative rapid test (and those vaxxed with negative test can return to class). But “close contact” is very narrowly defined to include pretty much only the students next to you in the seating chart.
School sends emails to parents when there are positive cases on campus (about 1 to 7 known positive cases per week since September).
Washington state
Back in person, masks optional. No virtual option offered.
FL
in person only
masks mandatory
optional pool testing with parental permission
test and stay option eligibility only if signed up or pooled testing
no virtual even for covid positive
my daughter is in chorus - they sing with masks on
I just learned that if you are in school after day 5 you can’t sing at all until day 11 and band is the same (percussion is probably different)
In-person, no mask mandate, no testing program, quarantine is on your honor. Small rural TX public.
band is the only activity cancelled in our school, there is no marching band at this time of year so it is indoors. chorus and orchestra are masked but the winds in orchestra are only masked if they have a instrument specific mask (which my S does)
In person, mask mandate, no virtual option, test and stay. Sports etc masked but as usual otherwise. MA suburb
In person, masks for all, no virtual option. NY metro suburban area.
Regular school, like pre-covid. Suburban Houston.
midwest plains small private. Masks optional (most don’t). Virtual options this year any time if sick, out of town.
ok - d23 was zooming into physics while in central park this fall. that option is kinda cool.
In person with virtual option available through district approved online program. Masks are mandatory, testing is optional but available. Fully vaccinated kids (vaccine + booster) not required to quarantine or isolate if exposed to positive person. Suburban Colorado public school.
in person, no mask mandate, no testing. virtual option for those that need to quarantine. but quarantine rules are lax and dominant attitude is “don’t ask don’t tell”, especially on varsity sports teams. suburban Louisiana public HS
Southern California. In person. Mask required. There is an option to do remote learning for second semester. All students will be tested this Sunday.
I find it fascinating that it differs so greatly across the country and from school to school.