SSMA covid-related closure

[Anonymous]

The Zoom call is tonight. Will report back.

Along the same lines as the person who said not to tell the school irrelevant things, what they have created here is a situation where, when there IS a positive case/suspicion that IS a close-contact and the school really DOES need to know, perhaps that family who does not have backup care or can not afford to take leave without pay will not properly report exposures since they feel the school has such a low threshold and will instantly close. Similarly, a parent or educator who may prefer virtual learning can essentially engineer an entire school closure by reporting irrelevant or exaggerated exposures. It really is a mess. This is why you have policies and FOLLOW them.

[Anonymous]

If I disenroll, I wonder if they'll refund my after school fees?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I disenroll, I wonder if they'll refund my after school fees?

Definitely ask. Back when we left it was in October close to count day when we got into another school. We had pre-paid aftercare through the end of the year and they refunded us then. (granted it was a few years ago)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they really close the school for "deep cleaning" due to a secondary contact?? That's like so ... March 2020. Sheesh.

Did SSMA open at all last year? This really shows the advantages of having opened in T4 or even at all - people argued at the time that it was "just a few weeks so why bother?" But it's clear that a lot of learning went on in those weeks.

I do not think they did.

I agree some schools are acting really nuts about all this. Our summer camp also closed for the secondary exposure of one person who was not in the end positive.

I hope you got your money back from that camp!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they really close the school for "deep cleaning" due to a secondary contact?? That's like so ... March 2020. Sheesh.

Did SSMA open at all last year? This really shows the advantages of having opened in T4 or even at all - people argued at the time that it was "just a few weeks so why bother?" But it's clear that a lot of learning went on in those weeks.

I do not think they did.

I agree some schools are acting really nuts about all this. Our summer camp also closed for the secondary exposure of one person who was not in the end positive.

I hope you got your money back from that camp!

Oh you bet I did, but that did not cover the cost of all the stress and scrambling that ensued!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did they really close the school for "deep cleaning" due to a secondary contact?? That's like so ... March 2020. Sheesh.

Did SSMA open at all last year? This really shows the advantages of having opened in T4 or even at all - people argued at the time that it was "just a few weeks so why bother?" But it's clear that a lot of learning went on in those weeks.

I do not think they did.

I agree some schools are acting really nuts about all this. Our summer camp also closed for the secondary exposure of one person who was not in the end positive.

I hope you got your money back from that camp!

Oh you bet I did, but that did not cover the cost of all the stress and scrambling that ensued!

Not to mention the disappointment for your child! I feel lucky that we get through six weeks of mostly indoor camp without any closures or illness. I’m sorry you had to go through this.

[Anonymous]

*got

[Anonymous]

I hope you got some clarity these evening. All schools and parents are dealing with these challenges this week

[Anonymous]

I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

What? No PP doesn't sound vindictive. It sounds like a request for info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Zoom call is tonight. Will report back.

Along the same lines as the person who said not to tell the school irrelevant things, what they have created here is a situation where, when there IS a positive case/suspicion that IS a close-contact and the school really DOES need to know, perhaps that family who does not have backup care or can not afford to take leave without pay will not properly report exposures since they feel the school has such a low threshold and will instantly close. Similarly, a parent or educator who may prefer virtual learning can essentially engineer an entire school closure by reporting irrelevant or exaggerated exposures. It really is a mess. This is why you have policies and FOLLOW them.

How was the call, PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

What? No PP doesn't sound vindictive. It sounds like a request for info.

+1. "Who made the decision and what was the reasoning?" feels like a super basic question in this situation, from someone trying to understand what happened and have a discussion about whether it's likely to happen again. Where in the world are you getting "vindictive?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good! Taking this seriously is the only way we are going to prevent Covid from ripping through schools.

You do realize kids generally are not getting super sick from this right? Yes, some kids are showing symptoms and some are even needing hospital care. But, most of the kids in the hospital are for non-covid illnesses they are getting after being back in school on unmasked areas like RSV and such.
If a school closes every time 1 person happens to have a close contact they will never be open. That will certainly hurt more kids than being open. They could simply have the close contact person test and follow the DC protocols no need for an entire class or school to shut down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good! Taking this seriously is the only way we are going to prevent Covid from ripping through schools.

You do realize kids generally are not getting super sick from this right? Yes, some kids are showing symptoms and some are even needing hospital care. But, most of the kids in the hospital are for non-covid illnesses they are getting after being back in school on unmasked areas like RSV and such.
If a school closes every time 1 person happens to have a close contact they will never be open. That will certainly hurt more kids than being open. They could simply have the close contact person test and follow the DC protocols no need for an entire class or school to shut down.

That’s not what the doctors in Florida are reporting.