ALT From the website of the covid cautious school: The Hearts and Minds Learning Community operates under a community care model. Many of our participants have medical conditions that put them at higher-risk for severe disease or negative outcomes from infectious diseases. Just as classes shave their heads in solidarity with classmates undergoing medical treatments, the learners at HMLC wear masks indoors to care for and support each other, regardless of medical necessity. MASKS: We believe superheroes wear masks! * Masks are required for all indoors time at HMLC. * Currently, masks are optional for children while outdoors. We ask adults to continue to wear masks outdoors when around the learners. There is NO MASK SHAMING at HMLC, only normalizing masks and mask positivity. Much of our time is spent learning and playing outdoors. At HMLC, safety is EXTREMELY important to us.