Do You Think These Back To School Rules In Buffalo Are Too Strict?

It seems like almost every day we are hearing about new guidelines and mandates for our kids to head back to school. I think it's pretty safe to say that parents are all for the safety of our kids, but when are the safety measures going a little too far? The latest component of the back-to-school plan is the quarantine rule. According to wgrz.com, there is a group of parents that thinks the rules regarding quarantine should be more relaxed if everyone must wear masks.

Right now, the guidance says that if someone in a classroom or rides a bus test positive for COVID-19, then any student that is not vaccinated and was within 3 feet of the person, or any teachers or staff members who were within 6 feet of the person, that tested positive, for a 15 minute or more time frame, even if they were wearing a mask, that person would have to quarantine for 10-days from the last day of exposure to the positive COVID-19 case.

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Another rule says if there are two or more cases in a classroom during a 10-day period, then all unvaccinated students will have to quarantine for 10-days from their last exposure to the positive case even if a mask was worn. One of the biggest issues the parents group is having with this is, not only do they feel that the guidance is a little excessive, but unvaccinated students would mean everyone under the age of twelve.