positive case in the classroom

[Anonymous]

I just get a classroom message that someone is positive in my kid's ES classroom, so everyone has to wear masks for 10 days and get tested tonight with rapid test. The teacher or school never ask for children's vaccination status, so it seems it does not matter if you are vaccinated/unvaccinated, everyone has to wear mask in the classroom. The whole class eats lunch & play at cafeteria that has other classes, and my kid also attend the after care program

So, the message states that kids have to wear masks "in the classroom" for 10 days, is that mistypo which they actually mean that kids have to wear masks "at school" for 10 days? Is that the policy now at MCPS elementary school?

[Anonymous]

Frankly, I would tell my kid to ignore it until someone makes him put on a mask.

[Anonymous]

There does not seem to be a policy right now, so sounds like your principal made a decision about how to handle the case.

[Anonymous]

That's not actually following the guidance - I would point this out.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry to see that they’re still doing this. That is how they handled our classroom/turned entire grades Covid cases last June.

[Anonymous]

It's illegal

[Anonymous]

That's nice to hear they are doing that. What is the issue? Test your kid and mask them. What does vaccination status have to do with positives? Lots of vaccinated are getting positive as the vaccine helps with severity, not transmission.

[Anonymous]

I thought masks come back on once there are 3 cases in a 10 day period.

[Anonymous]

What should be the current policy now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's illegal

No it isn't. The CDC and Maryland Health Department both say masking should occur if there are multiple cases in a class.

[Anonymous]

I find this hard to believe. What school? This is definitely not policy and I would not be happy.

[Anonymous]

Weird and makes no sense.

Maybe ask for clarification? I hate masks, but I might just let this go and send my kid in a mask to make things easier for everyone. But I can understand being annoyed.

[Anonymous]

It is the policy it says in the reopening guide masks may be required temporarily when there are outbreaks. Probably more than 1 positive in the class. You can't have it both ways - you either want schools to stay open and operational and will support that by masking when needed, or you want covid to spread like crazy and all the staff be out sick. Seems like an easy choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is the policy it says in the reopening guide masks may be required temporarily when there are outbreaks. Probably more than 1 positive in the class. You can't have it both ways - you either want schools to stay open and operational and will support that by masking when needed, or you want covid to spread like crazy and all the staff be out sick. Seems like an easy choice.

But then they all take off the masks at lunch anyway….I guess it benefits the teacher who doesn’t eat with them but come on guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is the policy it says in the reopening guide masks may be required temporarily when there are outbreaks. Probably more than 1 positive in the class. You can't have it both ways - you either want schools to stay open and operational and will support that by masking when needed, or you want covid to spread like crazy and all the staff be out sick. Seems like an easy choice.

But then they all take off the masks at lunch anyway….I guess it benefits the teacher who doesn’t eat with them but come on guys.

30 minutes of lunch in a cafeteria is a lot different than 5 hours in a classroom.