ACPS quarantine policy

[Anonymous]

Is there any organized pushback on the quarantine policy for close contacts (14 days with no test out option)? Is the system investigating test to stay? MoCo seems to have moved to that system.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/14/montgomery-county-school-qurantine-policy-update/

[Anonymous]

I think it should be revisited. I highly doubt families are strictly quarantining their children for 14 full days anyway.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they're not quarantining their children, but they can't go to school for 14 days. For most elementary schools, the entire class gets sent home for 14 days if there is a case. I think some schools have instituted strict pods, so only the pod is sent home, but that is not the case at our school.

It's a lot better for 7th grade and higher, because if your kid is vaccinated, they do not need to quarantine after exposure and can continue to attend school.

[Anonymous]

In FCPS, where I am, we have the same policy. Our superintendent said if VDH told them they could offer a test-out option, they would.

Parents who want this across northern Virginia need to push on VDOE and VDH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, where I am, we have the same policy. Our superintendent said if VDH told them they could offer a test-out option, they would.

Parents who want this across northern Virginia need to push on VDOE and VDH.

APS is allowing people to return earlier (day 8) after negative tests on day 5-7

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, where I am, we have the same policy. Our superintendent said if VDH told them they could offer a test-out option, they would.

Parents who want this across northern Virginia need to push on VDOE and VDH.

APS is allowing people to return earlier (day 8) after negative tests on day 5-7

This makes a lot more sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they're not quarantining their children, but they can't go to school for 14 days. For most elementary schools, the entire class gets sent home for 14 days if there is a case. I think some schools have instituted strict pods, so only the pod is sent home, but that is not the case at our school.

It's a lot better for 7th grade and higher, because if your kid is vaccinated, they do not need to quarantine after exposure and can continue to attend school.

Where they proceed to spread it to people who aren't vaccinated. Yeah, that's something to get behind. <sigh> There is still a high likelihood that people can transmit even if they are asymptomatic and/or vaccinated.

Parents like you are the problem PP.

[Anonymous]

It's a lot better for 7th grade and higher, because if your kid is vaccinated, they do not need to quarantine after exposure and can continue to attend school.


Where they proceed to spread it to people who aren't vaccinated. Yeah, that's something to get behind. <sigh> There is still a high likelihood that people can transmit even if they are asymptomatic and/or vaccinated.

Parents like you are the problem PP.

Nope, that person is not the problem, because when my vaccinated 7th grader was a close contact, we were told by two teachers he could not have the zoom links to do virtual because he was vaccinated and did not need to quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they're not quarantining their children, but they can't go to school for 14 days. For most elementary schools, the entire class gets sent home for 14 days if there is a case. I think some schools have instituted strict pods, so only the pod is sent home, but that is not the case at our school.

It's a lot better for 7th grade and higher, because if your kid is vaccinated, they do not need to quarantine after exposure and can continue to attend school.

Where they proceed to spread it to people who aren't vaccinated. Yeah, that's something to get behind. <sigh> There is still a high likelihood that people can transmit even if they are asymptomatic and/or vaccinated.

Parents like you are the problem PP.

Take it up with the CDC/Department of health because that is their official guidance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they're not quarantining their children, but they can't go to school for 14 days. For most elementary schools, the entire class gets sent home for 14 days if there is a case. I think some schools have instituted strict pods, so only the pod is sent home, but that is not the case at our school.

It's a lot better for 7th grade and higher, because if your kid is vaccinated, they do not need to quarantine after exposure and can continue to attend school.

Where they proceed to spread it to people who aren't vaccinated. Yeah, that's something to get behind. <sigh> There is still a high likelihood that people can transmit even if they are asymptomatic and/or vaccinated.

Parents like you are the problem PP.

Take it up with the CDC/Department of health because that is their official guidance.

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