Masks Optional

Masks will become OPTIONAL in HC schools THIS COMING MONDAY 2/28.  

 Regarding Mask Options:

Personally, I am pleased that beginning Monday 2/28 our staff and students have a choice.  With that said, I’ve announced on several occasions to staff and students (over the intercom) that the option to adorn/not adorn a mask strictly becomes a personal choice for the individual and/or their guardian(s) on 2/28.  I don’t walk in a student’s shoes and they don’t walk in mine. A staff member doesn’t walk in the shoes of a student and vice versa. No one is privy to the potential health record/condition(s) of an individual or (perhaps) their family member who may be immune-compromised, etc. REGARDLESS of what option (mask/no mask) an individual chooses to take, he/she has the right to do it without personal insult/ harassment/questioning/etc.  

As for me, I will adamantly defend both sides of this.  To me, this situation is defined by two words: “Personal freedom”.  Students and staff have that freedom, based on their individual choice, to wear/not wear and that will not be infringed. Period.