In restaurants we walk in with the mask on, but as soon as we sit down we are allowed to REMOVE the mask to eat, talk and ENJOY our meal.

I’m asking if we can also allow the children to sit at their desk and be allowed to REMOVE the mask to breathe and ENJOY learning.

We need to find a middle ground between the two extremes of mask wearing for our children!!

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Seeing teachers and friends talk and smile. Seeing teachers mouth move for correct pronunciation and how about those children that are hard of hearing and cannot read lips when everyone is wearing a mask. Can we please find a compromise?

Let them remove the mask please!!! Thank you!

Dr. Jana Shaw, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, said not requiring masks in class should be a safe approach as long as all the other conditions are met: students remain at least six feet apart, the community has a low infection rate and children have been pre-screened for symptoms.

 “The risk of transmitting Covid in that environment is extremely low,’' she said. “And it allows children to learn in a conducive manner not restricted by masks.”

PLEASE LETS FIND A MIDDLE GROUND AND ALOW THEM TO SIT WITH NO MASK!!