When Will MCPS Quarantine Rules Change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

+1 (facepalm). Why are we quarantining people who do not have covid? What is the purpose? Send sick kids home, keep healthy kids at school. Have our government require paid sick leave for all so parents don't send sick kids to school.

Unfortunately the "pro-family" political party won't allow this.

[Anonymous]

Quarantining students who do not have covid is unnecessary and harmful for learning. The students who suffer the most are the ones who are the most disadvantaged (latino, black, single parent household, household where both parents work, or FARMS) as demonstrated by the enormous learning gap (the testing gap is over 20% compared with advantaged students).

It is not about 'garbage' parents or wanting to offload the students.

[Anonymous]

The will seem to be working great so why mess with him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quarantining students who do not have covid is unnecessary and harmful for learning. The students who suffer the most are the ones who are the most disadvantaged (latino, black, single parent household, household where both parents work, or FARMS) as demonstrated by the enormous learning gap (the testing gap is over 20% compared with advantaged students).

It is not about 'garbage' parents or wanting to offload the students.

Stop scapegoating those kids. You don't want your kids home and to be inconvenienced. Just stay that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quarantining students who do not have covid is unnecessary and harmful for learning. The students who suffer the most are the ones who are the most disadvantaged (latino, black, single parent household, household where both parents work, or FARMS) as demonstrated by the enormous learning gap (the testing gap is over 20% compared with advantaged students).

It is not about 'garbage' parents or wanting to offload the students.

Stop scapegoating those kids. You don't want your kids home and to be inconvenienced. Just stay that.

You're not the most believable troll, but you win for most annoying.

[Anonymous]

Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

It's selfish to suggest that the quarantine policies should be continued because your kids will be able to get vaccinated soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

It's selfish to suggest that the quarantine policies should be continued because your kids will be able to get vaccinated soon.

MCPS COVID policies have been a huge success. Only a complete fool would change this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

It's selfish to suggest that the quarantine policies should be continued because your kids will be able to get vaccinated soon.

MCPS COVID policies have been a huge success. Only a complete fool would change this.

Only if your measures of success are maximizing "number of days kids have been out of school" and "percentage of kids failing to meet educational standards." In that case, yes, MCPS is leading the nation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

It's selfish to suggest that the quarantine policies should be continued because your kids will be able to get vaccinated soon.

MCPS COVID policies have been a huge success. Only a complete fool would change this.

So true!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well in a month or so it will only be the stupid anti-vaxxers that suffer. Can’t wait.

You know there are kids under 5 in MCPS, right? And that there are even worse quarantine requirements for preschools and child care centers?

Not many. In 2019-2020, there were 165,163 students total, of whom 4,576 (2.8%) were in pre-K. Plus some of the pre-K kids have already turned 5 or will soon turn 5. Everyone in kindergarten is already 5.

Obviously if your child is one of the under-fives in MCPS, it is very important. However, emergency use authorization for ages 5-11 will allow the vast, vast majority of kids in MCPS to get vaccinated. And that's good.

And then there are all the kids in private preschools and daycare facilities who are required to follow the same MDH requirements that MCPS policies are based on.

I know it is natural for parents to be selfish and only think about their own kids, but this is why parents have so politically impotent on matters related to kids. There are always parents like you that either lose interest, or worse- actively work against- other parents once something no longer directly applies to them. That is, rather than continuing to fight for meaningful changes ridiculous quarantine policies, some parents will happily decide quarantine policies are a good way to do a backdoor vaccine mandate.

I'm not against a vaccine mandate, but we shouldn't be holding school and child care ransom to do it.

It's selfish to say that it's a good thing that children aged 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated soon? How about that.

It's selfish to suggest that the quarantine policies should be continued because your kids will be able to get vaccinated soon.

My kids were vaccinated last spring. I'm not talking about the quarantine policies. I'm talking about kids getting vaccinated. It is a good thing that more kids will soon be able to be vaccinated. People should get their kids vaccinated.