Who gets contacted and when? Close Contact at APS
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Anonymous
| I know this has been answered before but looking for someone to lay it out plainly - I can't keep track. If a child tests positive in your child's class, who is contacted, by whom are they contacted, and when? |
Anonymous
| Probably only the kids at their table. We really need to rely on parents to be honest to their child’s classmates when there is a case. |
Anonymous
We need to move to a "test-to-stay" model quickly to keep close contacts in school by testing regularly. Otherwise, we're just closing the school to healthy kids. A daily contact testing study was carried out in primary schools in Northern Ireland during summer term 2021 when Delta was becoming dominant. It found across all schools taking part, only 1.6% of those identified as close contacts went on to become confirmed cases within 14 days. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58507030 |
Anonymous
| Officially, they only contact you if the kid was within 3 feet of your kid (last I heard). Of course no one keeps track at recess and (at least in our school) at lunch. |
Anonymous
No we really don't and some of you parents trying to find out who it was need to get a grip. It's wildly inappropriate. This went on at my kids' school. We're going with evidence-based advice from the health department here not your anxiety-based preference. |
Anonymous
When your kid got COVID you didn't think you should tell their friends' parents? |
Anonymous
Contact Tracing: Students determined to be in immediate proximity (within 6 feet) to the positive case for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) will be considered a close contact and will be excluded/quarantined. Exceptions: Per the guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a student who is within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student is not considered a close contact as long as both students are wearing masks and the school has other prevention strategies in place, such as ventilation, distancing, screening, etc. This exception does not apply to adults in the school setting. Students determined to be closer than 3 feet through the contact tracing process will be excluded/quarantined, regardless of mask use. From what I understand, If your kid was unmasked (ie lunch inside on rainy day) they will be a close contact at 6 feet. |
Anonymous
She probably still sent them to school and sports. |
Anonymous
Well, my kids have never had Covid, but no I'm not telling anyone they haven't been in contact with. Certainly not telling the class. Not my job. |
Anonymous
This type of attitude “only if it benefits me” is the reason we are in this mess. Selfish people. |
Anonymous
No. Delta incubation average is four days. |
Anonymous
+1,000,000. Me, me, me. |
Anonymous
Don’t care. Not my job to inform anyone other than the school. |
Anonymous
+1 It’s exhausting after 1.5 years. Duran should just mandate vaccines and testing. No more “honor system” because we don’t have enough honorable parents. |
Anonymous
We know you don’t care. It’s quite obvious. |