Little Flower School Closed Due to Covid Outbreak

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The virus is here to stay. I don’t like it either, but we need to continue with life.

What does this mean in the context of school outbreaks? Have a school dance with no mitigation protocols and let the virus rip through a community, to include teachers and staff?

Doesn’t continuing with life mean adapting to changes, not ignoring known risks or pretending something doesn’t exist?

A school is more than a 4 wall classroom. Our catholic school refuses to offer any community events. It’s a shell of its former self. Good for little flower for trying to serve its community in all ways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The virus is here to stay. I don’t like it either, but we need to continue with life.

What does this mean in the context of school outbreaks? Have a school dance with no mitigation protocols and let the virus rip through a community, to include teachers and staff?

Doesn’t continuing with life mean adapting to changes, not ignoring known risks or pretending something doesn’t exist?

Good for little flower for trying to serve its community in all ways.

Community service through super-spreading. It’s the new WWJD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The virus is here to stay. I don’t like it either, but we need to continue with life.

What does this mean in the context of school outbreaks? Have a school dance with no mitigation protocols and let the virus rip through a community, to include teachers and staff?

Doesn’t continuing with life mean adapting to changes, not ignoring known risks or pretending something doesn’t exist?

Good for little flower for trying to serve its community in all ways.

Community service through super-spreading. It’s the new WWJD.

You're just asking for cases everywhere. I agree this is a mild version of the original form of COVID but do we still need EVERYONE to get it?? You can still have community events - if outside - no masks but if inside, you need to have things in place. This is so obvious its making my brain hurt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really hope other schools take note because these parent social gatherings are ridiculous. Can we please keep kids in school and forego things like father daughter dances?!

I disagree. These types of events are an essential part of the school communities. More schools need to bring them back.

Bring them back during an outbreak during the school year?

Gross take

Agree. Some of these parents can't get over their own prom night and are willing to sacrifice their kids for nostalgia

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

The virus is no longer a threat of overburdening hospitals or deaths. Therefore it is time to move on. This was the plan from day 1.

Just don’t complain when things shut down or industries face staffing shortages due to outbreaks, okay?

The problem is they need to stop testing asymptomatic people and stop quarantining healthy people. That will relieve the staffing shortages significantly!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really hope other schools take note because these parent social gatherings are ridiculous. Can we please keep kids in school and forego things like father daughter dances?!

I disagree. These types of events are an essential part of the school communities. More schools need to bring them back.

Bring them back during an outbreak during the school year?

Gross take

Agree. Some of these parents can't get over their own prom night and are willing to sacrifice their kids for nostalgia

Our school successfully had a school play and huge indoor fundraiser. No outbreaks!! Why not try...it is worth the risk!! Nobody is getting very sick. If you are scared stay home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

The virus is no longer a threat of overburdening hospitals or deaths. Therefore it is time to move on. This was the plan from day 1.

Just don’t complain when things shut down or industries face staffing shortages due to outbreaks, okay?

The problem is they need to stop testing asymptomatic people and stop quarantining healthy people. That will relieve the staffing shortages significantly!!

So then people infect their coworkers? You all are sick people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every class is not receiving virtual learning and if so, it's limited. This is basically an extended break for teachers and children. A sprinkling of virtual is a weak substitute

This was exactly my suspicion! Why would they close the entire school when it is limited to only a few classes. So disruptive for families.

28 cases (https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources) has got to be more that limited to only a few classes. That's more than 10% of their student body.

Yikes! Well, at least they got their father-daughter dance. Must “return to normal” at all costs…even if it means no classes when there are outbreaks. Let’s just keep pretending the pandemic is over.

The priorities seem really out of whack if the school puts a social gathering over learning. Unless of course the school regrets having this event (which I hope is the case).

History says otherwise. People generally are at the point where they think they can outsmart the virus by minimizing it, pretending it doesn’t exist, and prioritizing some romanticized version of “normalcy.”

The virus is no longer a threat of overburdening hospitals or deaths. Therefore it is time to move on. This was the plan from day 1.

Just don’t complain when things shut down or industries face staffing shortages due to outbreaks, okay?

The problem is they need to stop testing asymptomatic people and stop quarantining healthy people. That will relieve the staffing shortages significantly!!

So then people infect their coworkers? You all are sick people.

Did you hear what I said? I didn't say anything about people going in who are infected. People who are exposed need not quarantine unless they have symptoms. People should not test asymptomatic people any longer. Asymptomatic people are rarely infectious. Time to move on people...it is not 2020 anymore.

[Anonymous]

“Asymptomatic people are rarely infectious.”

Where are you getting this from? Have you seen what’s unfolding with Congress and Biden officials after the Gridiron dinner? Many of them are asymptomatic but positive. You think they shouldn’t have tested after attending a known superspreader event and just keep going about their daily business attending public events instead of quarantining?

You think a school with 10% infected should just keep operating normally with asymptomatic students and staff not testing and continuing to go to school, contributing to more spread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Asymptomatic people are rarely infectious.”

Where are you getting this from? Have you seen what’s unfolding with Congress and Biden officials after the Gridiron dinner? Many of them are asymptomatic but positive. You think they shouldn’t have tested after attending a known superspreader event and just keep going about their daily business attending public events instead of quarantining?

You think a school with 10% infected should just keep operating normally with asymptomatic students and staff not testing and continuing to go to school, contributing to more spread?

And they are probably all on planes to spring break destinations despite being infected or exposed with no f's given. It is just the attitude of the Parents these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Asymptomatic people are rarely infectious.”

Where are you getting this from? Have you seen what’s unfolding with Congress and Biden officials after the Gridiron dinner? Many of them are asymptomatic but positive. You think they shouldn’t have tested after attending a known superspreader event and just keep going about their daily business attending public events instead of quarantining?

You think a school with 10% infected should just keep operating normally with asymptomatic students and staff not testing and continuing to go to school, contributing to more spread?

And they are probably all on planes to spring break destinations despite being infected or exposed with no f's given. It is just the attitude of the Parents these days.

So what? We're all gonna get it.

[Anonymous]

Little Flower School hit a 10% positivity rate which reached the ADW threshold for moving to virtual for a 10-day period. It spreads by being in close proximity in classrooms, lunchrooms, social gatherings, it just spreads when people are in close indoor proximity. It happened to occur at Little Flower. That's it. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Little Flower School hit a 10% positivity rate which reached the ADW threshold for moving to virtual for a 10-day period. It spreads by being in close proximity in classrooms, lunchrooms, social gatherings, it just spreads when people are in close indoor proximity. It happened to occur at Little Flower. That's it. Period.

Not the only one either. HR in College Park (not Kens) same story >10% positive. They started SB early.

[Anonymous]

Are there any updates on this? The MD school COVID dashboard hasn’t updated any school info since 4/13. How often are they supposed to update data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any updates on this? The MD school COVID dashboard hasn’t updated any school info since 4/13. How often are they supposed to update data?

It updates weekly on Wednesday.