JMU Sending Students Home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK - here's what I would do if I was running the school.

a) If your kid tests positive....he/she must quarantine for 14 days AT HOME if within 3-4 hrs drive. All others must quarantine on campus, hotel, etc.



UNENFORCEABLE
b) If your kid has Covid symptoms and tests positive...he/she MUST GO HOME for treatment at home.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO GET TESTED -- ON THEIR OWN/PARENTS DIME!!

ALL STUDENTS CAUGHT VIOLATING COVID PROTOCOLS -- Suspended and Sent home! Violating COVID protocol should be treated same as violating the honor code/cheating on test.

Is this perfect? No....but this way...the students who test negative and follow protocol get to stay on campus.

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

[Anonymous]

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

Personally, because of my comorbiditities, I can not risk getting covid. So, if my daughter came home, I would prob ably have to go to a motel while she healed. My daughter understands that.

[Anonymous]

The school doesn’t want to be liable. They don’t want Covid deaths. Of course they are sending kids home.

[Anonymous]

The school doesn’t want to be liable. They don’t want Covid deaths. Of course they are sending kids home.

This. They don't want to be sued.

I just hope that the schools that are able to keep it under control are not forced to shut down just because others can't.

[Anonymous]

I gotta say, I think the school is overreacting...they should just keep kids standing tight in the dorms, nobody on campus go off..nobody off campus go on...Have class online for two weeks, contain the outbreaks, buckle down and try again. Priority is protecting the vulnerable...nationwide, college kids have not been hospitalized from covid. A reset can work...I guess Admin was just to rattled to try it. And why has JMU no testing, while other VA publics do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

Stop hovering. If you send your kid to college during a pandemic, then just you should let them deal with getting sick. They won't get very sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gotta say, I think the school is overreacting...they should just keep kids standing tight in the dorms, nobody on campus go off..nobody off campus go on...Have class online for two weeks, contain the outbreaks, buckle down and try again. Priority is protecting the vulnerable...nationwide, college kids have not been hospitalized from covid. A reset can work...I guess Admin was just to rattled to try it. And why has JMU no testing, while other VA publics do?

JMU sounds downright negligent with its lack of testing. If they weren't going to have any testing plan they should have done the whole semester virtually from the start. It will be interesting to see if JMU loses students over this. My DS (not at JMU) has a couple of friends there who all are talking already about transferring elsewhere next fall or even this spring because they're so disgusted with the university bringing them back and then acting surprised by all the covid cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

Your mom is a pussy. Back in the day, I wouldn't even tell my parents about such trivialities.

[Anonymous]

Do the students need to pack up and take everything with them when they leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the students need to pack up and take everything with them when they leave?

They should. If JMU folded this fast, there is nothing that is going to change between now and spring that would make going back any more realistic.

My kid is at a school with under 2000 kids. Many packed boxes last spring and left them in the dorm room with their name and room number. DS says they now have a FB devoted to reuniting kids with their lost boxes.

For whatever reason— crappy leadership, inability to plan, students who can’t stop partying, Greek life, off campus housing, all of the above... JMU can’t even pretend to make in person work during COVID. Who would send their kid to try again in January?

[Anonymous]

They are leaving the door open for a return, not sure how they think it will work.

Over the next month, university officials will carefully monitor health trends and other developments, and will be in touch with the campus community by Sept. 25 regarding the possibility of returning to in-person instruction on or after October 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are leaving the door open for a return, not sure how they think it will work.

Over the next month, university officials will carefully monitor health trends and other developments, and will be in touch with the campus community by Sept. 25 regarding the possibility of returning to in-person instruction on or after October 5.

Not holding my breath on that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

Your mom is a pussy. Back in the day, I wouldn't even tell my parents about such trivialities.

I told my parents everything. I’m sorry you had bad parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Your mom is a pussy. Back in the day, I wouldn't even tell my parents about such trivialities.

I told my parents everything. I’m sorry you had bad parents.

I hope you stopped breastfeeding before sending your kid to college. Some things are just unseemly.