DCPS close contact mask policy
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Anonymous
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Does anyone know when DCPS changed the guidance regarding close contacts and masking? Now that masking is optional, the whole class is considered close contacts when there is a covid case is class. Under the updated guidance “close contacts, regardless of vaccination status or test result on or after day 5, must wear a mask while at school or in the community for 10 days from the exposure date”
When masking first became optional, I don’t remember this being the policy. This is not a PK class btw. |
Anonymous
| Don’t know about dcps policy, but I believe that’s what the CDC recommends |
Anonymous
| We got an email about this on Tuesday saying this masks for the whole class for 10 days policy went into effect on Monday. |
Anonymous
| We had classes quarantined. Vaccinated kids never had to stay home. Unvaccinated had to stay home and test on day 5 to return. No masks required by anyone except the one who tested positive when they returned after testing negative on day 5. |
Anonymous
It’s because of the massive increase in covid right now. DCPS is trying to keep kids in class. Kids and teachers are testing positive even after being vaccinated (obviously). It’s DCPS’ way to attempt to stop any spread and keep classes open and not virtual. |
Anonymous
We have kids at two DCPS schools and have not heard anything about this. Which schools are we talking about? |
Anonymous
| My kid reported that masks were distributed to the class because of a positive. Cloth masks. Seriously why bother. |
Anonymous
My kids class had surgical masks distributed. I’m hopeful this allows the class to stay open. A first grade class is currently virtual due to an outbreak in the room. |
Anonymous
which school? |
Anonymous
| It’s so stupid that mask policy is reactive at this point. There is very convincing research that mask mandates make no difference in schools. It’s been 2+ years and the NIH is just a few metro stops away … do some freakin’ research on this already! |
Anonymous
This!!! Why haven't we run any randomized-controlled trials on this? |
Anonymous
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I'm a teacher and have been in total shock that we went straight from 100% masks required to 100% masks optional. No provisions for exposure, symptoms, etc, and now we are surprised that cases are going up? I've literally had classes full of coughing kids, no masks, and kids missing because they have Covid, kids leaving midday because their test came back positive, kids telling me cheerfully that they "had Covid yesterday but they are okay now" -- still coughing, still no mask. We couldn't even ask them to put one on.
There has to be a middle ground here!!! I think the 10-day close contact rule is a step in the right direction. Though I think connecting it to symptoms -- if you're coughing, and it's not a known, chronic condition, mask up -- would make even more sense... |
Anonymous
Cases are going up in school because they are going up in the community. The 10-day close contact masking with the whole class close contacts is absurd. |
Anonymous
| I came here to ask this exact same thing. When did they make this change? |
Anonymous
Janney is one of them. |