Will MCPS go virtual the first part of January?

[Anonymous]

How late could they announce this if they do?

[Anonymous]

Doubtful. I would have hoped they would have announced it already if they were doing it so parents could plan. They have been clear they will not close except if the state shuts them down so they don't have to take responsibility for closing. They haven't even fully stated what the metric are for closing.

As a parent, do come up with a back up plan in case they do shut down overnight.

[Anonymous]

I hope so. This is a shitshow.

[Anonymous]

They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

[Anonymous]

After making everyone sick and kids hospitalizations rising…. Insanity. Who is heading this clusterfu$k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

I thought I read 16.5% positivity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

Me again. After reading the letter again, I think they may close as soon as they reach 5% positivity. That would make more sense.

Someone read that paragraph and tell me what they think:
“ Beginning in January, if 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 unrelated students/teachers/staff) test positive in a 14-day period, then DHHS and MCPS will work together to determine if the school should be closed for 14 days and the students transition to virtual learning.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

I think the 5% positive means 5% of staff and students test positive for the virus.

12% positivity means something different. That means, of those people who took a test, 12% were positive for COVID. It doesn't mean 12% of the population is positive for COVID. Because lots of people didn't take the test.

[Anonymous]

It will go up higher after New Years and people returning from travel. This is not an accurate positivity rate as some are testing at home and not reporting results so its probably much higher.

[Anonymous]

I do not understand why they are not bound to the positivity rates of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

I think the 5% positive means 5% of staff and students test positive for the virus.

12% positivity means something different. That means, of those people who took a test, 12% were positive for COVID. It doesn't mean 12% of the population is positive for COVID. Because lots of people didn't take the test.

If there’s 12 or 16% positivity in the community, there’s also a similar number among students and staff, silly.

And of course it’s people taking tests. How else would we know they’re positive?

The positivity rate in MCPS will be the same as the community as s whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should, but their rule states pivot after >5% positivity during 14 days.
If I read that right.

Which means closing in the last two weeks of Jan, after making everything worse.

Today in MD, positivity is at 12%.

I think the 5% positive means 5% of staff and students test positive for the virus.

12% positivity means something different. That means, of those people who took a test, 12% were positive for COVID. It doesn't mean 12% of the population is positive for COVID. Because lots of people didn't take the test.

But neither are all the students at school being tested. The best metric they should be going on is county and state.

[Anonymous]

How is the department of health not forcing them to go virtual? Why is Prince George’s sensible and MoCo ridiculous? They are going to kill people by forcing them back. It will be an epic tidal wave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the department of health not forcing them to go virtual? Why is Prince George’s sensible and MoCo ridiculous? They are going to kill people by forcing them back. It will be an epic tidal wave.

Omicron is not that terrible, but refusing to close WILL contribute to hospital staff shortages, and thus excess deaths, yes.

If you have a car accident or heat attack in January and need care, you timed it wrong. Let’s put it like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the department of health not forcing them to go virtual? Why is Prince George’s sensible and MoCo ridiculous? They are going to kill people by forcing them back. It will be an epic tidal wave.

We’re you living under a rock for the more than a year schools were virtual and the disaster that was? The hysteria has got to stop. We have done enough harm to children for no good reason.