LCPS will return to in-person learning
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Anonymous
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Dear LCPS Community and Staff,
Loudoun County Public Schools wants you to know what we’ll be doing to keep students and staff safe as we return to in-person learning on Monday, January 3, 2022. We understand that these times can feel uncertain, but by working together, we can continue to provide a safe learning and work environment. LCPS is committed to in-person learning. There are no plans to extend winter break or switch to online instruction. As our practice has been for the entire year, we make decisions related to virtual learning primarily on classroom and school data. This data can change rapidly and families must be prepared in the event that their child’s class or school moves temporarily to virtual learning. Thus far, the mitigation protocols have served the division well in keeping transmission to a minimum. LCPS has multiple layers of protection to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in schools, including universal masking, enhanced cleaning and disinfecting, physical distancing (to the extent possible), contact tracing and requiring that students and staff stay home when sick. Children have far less risk from COVID-19 infection than adults, but there is still risk to some children, especially those with underlying medical conditions. With the uncertainty of long-term effects of infection with COVID-19, the advent of the Delta and Omicron variants and the potential for other variants to arise in the future, it is necessary to have mitigation strategies in place. Quarantine Guidance LCPS is aware of the most-recent Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance that modifies the recommended quarantine and isolation guidance from 10 to five days. LCPS will continue to work with the Loudoun County Health Department to monitor any changes in the guidance. LCPS will continue to follow our existing guidelines regarding returning to school or work after being identified as a close contact. Keeping current practices in place will allow us to monitor and react to any surge in cases following the winter break. If the data remains favorable, LCPS will implement the new guidance, but not before January 17, 2022. |
Anonymous
| None of these announcements should even need to be made, there's literally a state law that they must be open for instruction. |
Anonymous
| LCPC and the parent community there are all nuts. Go back to freaking out over transgendered students, you weirdos. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Yes as they should notwithstanding shrill women on this board |
Anonymous
| Love this! Does anyone have any experiences with schools in this district who would be willing to share? Pre-COVID or during? Good community? I live in Arlington now but am looking to move to a place that prioritizes our children's education. |
Anonymous
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As mentioned above there’s no need to put an announcement if you have no plans of changing what’s currently in place. Also, the law part.
However, if you feel compelled to put it out there is to save your a55 when they go virtual at the end of January… |
Anonymous
| What’s their plan for staffing when dozens of teachers are out due to COVID? Are they testing staff or students, or just going to allow it to quietly spread within Loudoun County schools? |
Anonymous
I look forward to you apologizing when none of this happens |
Anonymous
| NP, hopefully it doesn’t, but I do think they should be finding out prior to 7:30 Monday morning how many staff are symptomatic and will be out. |
Anonymous
This really isn't different from what APS is doing, though they are pausing extracurriculars for 2 weeks. |
Anonymous
The answer is in the letter: “As our practice has been for the entire year, we make decisions related to virtual learning primarily on classroom and school data. This data can change rapidly and families must be prepared in the event that their child’s class or school moves temporarily to virtual learning.” |
Anonymous
So airlines, sports leagues, and restaurants are dealing with staffing shortages due to COVID but schools will somehow be magically unaffected? Wishful thinking. |
Anonymous
Yeah— parents— the details are right here. You have to know that “data will change”. Everyone knows this. They just can’t move to virtual preemptively. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Only an idiot would read this letter and think "Why did they need to send this? We know schools are opening". Sigh. There will be a LOT of parents saying they "were not warned" when schools close. |