NYC parents look ahead with mixed feelings to life without school mask mandates

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NYC parents look ahead with mixed feelings to life without school mask mandates
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“I'm not really in any hurry to have it lifted but I am thankful to have that option back on the table,” one parent said, while acknowledging her son will be “smiling from ear to ear every single day he does not have to wear a mask.”

remains in place for now, some families are eagerly anticipating a future without required face coverings for their kids, while others are taking a “wait and see” attitude.for businesses and other indoor spaces. But she pointedly singled out schools as one of the arenas where masks would continue to be required for the time being until after the winter break, the week of February 21st to the 25th, when she planned to revisit the mandate.

One parent said she didn’t understand why kids had to wear masks in school when bars and restaurants have unmasked customers: “If the politicians think the kids can walk by a restaurant with 75 people unmasked eating dinner and not feel a sense of injustice they’re wrong. These kids are feeling it now,” said Lauren, a caller intoThursday, who said her youngest child in kindergarten has never attended school without a mask requirement. “It’s been two years.

There was concern that parents who have already been hesitant to send their kids to school this year might be more likely to keep them home if people stop wearing masks. "The parents not sending their kids is going to be a concern to some degree," Cannizzaro of the CSA union said. "There will be some people who lay back for a while to see how things play out."

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