suing MCPS for covid-related health problems

[Anonymous]

Can you sue MCPS if your DC gets permanent and serious health issues after contracting covid from school ? (suppose the source can be unambiguously established which certainly can be done).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you sue MCPS if your DC gets permanent and serious health issues after contracting covid from school ? (suppose the source can be unambiguously established which certainly can be done).

Not a lawyer, but doubt it. Otherwise they’d actually give a shit about safety.

[Anonymous]

Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

[Anonymous]

Probably no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

The parents can just call sick for their kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

The parents can just call sick for their kid.

But for how long? My understanding is that after 2 weeks the child would be dropped from enrollment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you sue MCPS if your DC gets permanent and serious health issues after contracting covid from school ? (suppose the source can be unambiguously established which certainly can be done).

Not a lawyer, but doubt it. Otherwise they’d actually give a shit about safety.

Don’t think MCPS cares about any lawsuits like this. It is not their money. They will never be short of funds for salary and operating costs etc.

[Anonymous]

No. Everything can't be sued for.

On the other hand, this is why we need universal healthcare. Yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

It does. The MoCo attendance policy clearly states that a state of emergency=an excused absence.

[Anonymous]

IANAL, but it seems highly unlikely. Besides demonstrating the cause, you’d have to demonstrate an injury. And that it was caused by negligence on the part of the school district. Given that we’re in a pandemic, and people are getting Covid left and right, I think it would be hard to convince a jury that transmission was the result of negligence.

Maryland is also a pure contributory negligence state, so if they can show that your child was partially responsible, even a very small amount, then I don’t think you’re entitled to compensation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

The parents can just call sick for their kid.

But for how long? My understanding is that after 2 weeks the child would be dropped from enrollment.

No. DC’s friend was sick for more than a month a few years ago. Nothing happened except for getting lower grades because of missed hw and tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

The parents can just call sick for their kid.

But for how long? My understanding is that after 2 weeks the child would be dropped from enrollment.

The policy is 15 days for travel. Illness, state of emergency, and no stated reason all have other terms that apply. See above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

The parents can just call sick for their kid.

But for how long? My understanding is that after 2 weeks the child would be dropped from enrollment.

The policy is 15 days for travel. Illness, state of emergency, and no stated reason all have other terms that apply. See above.

It’s here, by the way. State of emergency is numbered 8.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/jeara.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the MD state of emergency declaration give parents leeway in keeping their kids home?

It does. The MoCo attendance policy clearly states that a state of emergency=an excused absence.

Yes we used this in 2020 to get excused absence before school closing. But you do have to fight with principles and BOE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you sue MCPS if your DC gets permanent and serious health issues after contracting covid from school ? (suppose the source can be unambiguously established which certainly can be done).

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