Have you sign-up for weekly asymptomatic testing at APS

[Anonymous]

When are we going to be provided the schedule of when our kids will be tested on a weekly basis if we have already completed the consent form?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the next Arlington parents' battleground folks!

Sure seems like it. The irrational dad bros on AEM are raging about testing now.

Dude, don't you have a day job? Go back to screwing your clients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When are we going to be provided the schedule of when our kids will be tested on a weekly basis if we have already completed the consent form?

I’ve been asking the same thing. I am not signing up until I know the logistics of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the next Arlington parents' battleground folks!

Sure seems like it. The irrational dad bros on AEM are raging about testing now.

Dude, don't you have a day job? Go back to screwing your clients.

why rage about something that’s voluntary. Arlington. Weirdos on both sides. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When are we going to be provided the schedule of when our kids will be tested on a weekly basis if we have already completed the consent form?

I’ve been asking the same thing. I am not signing up until I know the logistics of it.

Why are the logistics so important? We got the first email from our school today about a positive COVID case of a student. The only way to ensure these don't spread to the school is regular testing. Just sign up FFS.

[Anonymous]

I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the next Arlington parents' battleground folks!

Sure seems like it. The irrational dad bros on AEM are raging about testing now.

Dude, don't you have a day job? Go back to screwing your clients.

why rage about something that’s voluntary. Arlington. Weirdos on both sides. Sigh.

No “both sides” here.

There are people pushing for safety measures.

And then there are irrational people who rage about everything. Including opt-in testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

That would be true where your kid gets tested via APS or elsewhere.

Unless you plan to send your kids with COVID and/or kid with close exposure to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When are we going to be provided the schedule of when our kids will be tested on a weekly basis if we have already completed the consent form?

I’ve been asking the same thing. I am not signing up until I know the logistics of it.

Why are the logistics so important? We got the first email from our school today about a positive COVID case of a student. The only way to ensure these don't spread to the school is regular testing. Just sign up FFS.

Yes, testing is a good thing. It will help slow down spread and keep our schools open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

That would be true where your kid gets tested via APS or elsewhere.

Unless you plan to send your kids with COVID and/or kid with close exposure to school?

Sure -- but no one would be testing a symptomless kid outside of APS. If kid 1 never develops symptoms, is it reasonable to quarantine kid 2 for additional time if at the end of kid 1's quarantine kid 2 still tests negative? Because that is exactly what will happen. And meanwhile, the untested kid and siblings that spread covid to kid 1 have been in school this whole time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the next Arlington parents' battleground folks!

Sure seems like it. The irrational dad bros on AEM are raging about testing now.

Dude, don't you have a day job? Go back to screwing your clients.

why rage about something that’s voluntary. Arlington. Weirdos on both sides. Sigh.

No “both sides” here.

There are people pushing for safety measures.

And then there are irrational people who rage about everything. Including opt-in testing.

Yes, but some people pushing for safety measures need to keep a reasonable sense of expectations. It’s tough to see how some of them ever make it outside the front door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

That would be true where your kid gets tested via APS or elsewhere.

Unless you plan to send your kids with COVID and/or kid with close exposure to school?

Sure -- but no one would be testing a symptomless kid outside of APS. If kid 1 never develops symptoms, is it reasonable to quarantine kid 2 for additional time if at the end of kid 1's quarantine kid 2 still tests negative? Because that is exactly what will happen. And meanwhile, the untested kid and siblings that spread covid to kid 1 have been in school this whole time.

If kid 1 has covid and has close contact with kid 2, then YES kid 2 should isolate and test. WTAF???

Now I’m understanding why we never got this pandemic under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

That would be true where your kid gets tested via APS or elsewhere.

Unless you plan to send your kids with COVID and/or kid with close exposure to school?

Sure -- but no one would be testing a symptomless kid outside of APS. If kid 1 never develops symptoms, is it reasonable to quarantine kid 2 for additional time if at the end of kid 1's quarantine kid 2 still tests negative? Because that is exactly what will happen. And meanwhile, the untested kid and siblings that spread covid to kid 1 have been in school this whole time.

If kid 1 has covid and has close contact with kid 2, then YES kid 2 should isolate and test. WTAF???

Now I’m understanding why we never got this pandemic under control.

If the testing was required for ALL APS students and APS was providing more than just asynchronous work to the students, I think there would be more buy in. Right now, what I believe will be a minority of families will opt in for the testing and bear all of the burden of missed schooling for asymptomatic infections that would never have otherwise been known. This won't work unless all of the students get tested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't fully decided whether to opt in on this yet. I would 100% be on board for this if it was across the board required for ALL students or if APS provided live streaming/synchronous material to quarantining students. As it stands, if one child tests positive for covid, they would be home for at least 10 days from either symptom onset or positive test. Then the other child will have to be home for another 8 days (last known contact with their covid+ sibling). 18 days of missed school for a kid who may not ever test positive... and if you have a 3rd or 4th kid? This just seems like an unreasonable burden to put on families without some additional concessions (more than "asynchronous" assignments) to offset it.

That would be true where your kid gets tested via APS or elsewhere.

Unless you plan to send your kids with COVID and/or kid with close exposure to school?

Sure -- but no one would be testing a symptomless kid outside of APS. If kid 1 never develops symptoms, is it reasonable to quarantine kid 2 for additional time if at the end of kid 1's quarantine kid 2 still tests negative? Because that is exactly what will happen. And meanwhile, the untested kid and siblings that spread covid to kid 1 have been in school this whole time.

If kid 1 has covid and has close contact with kid 2, then YES kid 2 should isolate and test. WTAF???

Now I’m understanding why we never got this pandemic under control.

If the testing was required for ALL APS students and APS was providing more than just asynchronous work to the students, I think there would be more buy in. Right now, what I believe will be a minority of families will opt in for the testing and bear all of the burden of missed schooling for asymptomatic infections that would never have otherwise been known. This won't work unless all of the students get tested.

Not happening.

[Anonymous]

They should do what Germany is doing where only positive cases quarantine, and they test close contacts daily but don’t require them to quarantine.