If your school tested everyone, and shared the percent positive, what is it and what are they doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness. If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people. (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu. Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later. There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that? There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now). I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic. We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics.

EVERYTHING HERE IS 100% RIGHT. This is the most accurate and sensible Covid-related post on DCUM.

Agree this was a great post (though y'all can ignore me since I'm a public school parent).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness. If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people. (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu. Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later. There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that? There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now). I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic. We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics.

EVERYTHING HERE IS 100% RIGHT. This is the most accurate and sensible Covid-related post on DCUM.

Agree this was a great post (though y'all can ignore me since I'm a public school parent).

What private school around here doesn't have appropriate HVAC mitigations by now? I think that was one of the first things that was done?
Can you not afford your own masks for your kids?

The risk of organ failure from long covid is less than the risk of long term neurological issues from Fifth's disease - a common childhood illness which runs rampant in daycares.
Data can be skewed to prove whatever agenda you are hoping to push.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All DMV Schools should close next week, week and a half and let this burn out. You cannot tell me that there won't be students/teachers who become contagious BETWEEN tests (no matter how frequent) - creating an overlapping chain. Previous iterations of Covid were "containable" with testing and quarantine of close contacts. If schools stay open through the Omnicron surge count on many students and their families catching it. We are talking a couple of weeks to let it burn through the region - don't understand the thinking here.

Agree with this. Let’s go back the week of the 31st.

Exactly. Even the most selfish among us (who seem to disproportionately circle this board like it was a Qanon rally) should be able to appreciate short-term versus long-term problems. Short term closure is a short term inconvenience but it prevents longer-term worker shortages and associated consequences for businesses and the economy. And that’s not even counting the human suffering and grief costs, which I know the pretend-there’s-no-pandemic crowd don’t care about at all. So many Karen’s trying to call the Covid manager and demand better service, because Covid Karen’s needs come first.

I won't support closing schools unless as part of that you close all bars, restaurants and anything other than the grocery stores and pharmacies Why do our kids have the bear the brunt of this continually?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness. If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people. (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu. Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later. There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that? There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now). I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic. We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics.

EVERYTHING HERE IS 100% RIGHT. This is the most accurate and sensible Covid-related post on DCUM.

Agree this was a great post (though y'all can ignore me since I'm a public school parent).

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00007-8
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20211222/new-studies-omicron-infections-less-severe-delta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

What do you think they should do to step it up? Those cases were all from over the break not from transmission within the school community. Beyond testing, masking, having kids eat outside when possible, and following CDC guidelines for quarantining, I’m not clear what more they could do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's honestly depressing that so many on this thread are clueless about the potential threat of this illness. If you actually follow postings of doctors/scientists/epidemiologists- NOT politicians, government agencies, and Facebook groups with agendas- long COVID is very real and is affecting a significant swath of young and middle-aged vaccinated people. (Examples: Eric Feigl-Ding, Peter Hotez, Scott Gottlieb....)This is NOT the flu. Yes, vaccines and boosters help a lot, but they aren't sufficient! And we can't even get the country to cooperate fully on the vaccination/booster front! And, yes, the data changes as we learn more and as the viruses evolve, so mitigations must evolve too...

Data tracking, testing, and communication is shockingly poor for a country with our wealth and tech sophistication. We have had two inept administration responses to this. The CDC and others made a major messaging error to classify anyone not hospitalized or dead as experiencing a "mild" version of covid. Covid is an illness that, after minimal acute (mild) symptoms have occurred, blood clots can form 4-6 weeks later. There is a long list of symptoms for long covid symptoms/conditions that include neurological and organ damage. Who wants to sign up for that? There is also evidence to suggest that the illness may accelerate early onset dementia and a scary list of other chronic autoimmune illnesses.

I agree that we must send our kids to school. But let's please live in reality. This virus is dangerous. We need to push our schools to install appropriate HVAC mitigation, require use of kn95 or n95 masks, and buy some damn tents and heaters for kids to eat outside when community spread is out of control (like now). I can promise you that several Asian countries are benefitting from their (albeit uncomfortably authoritarian to America's ethos) approach and will have a comparative economic and health advantage coming out of the pandemic. We are literally crippling and killing ourselves at this point with our arrogance, ignorance, and tribal politics.

EVERYTHING HERE IS 100% RIGHT. This is the most accurate and sensible Covid-related post on DCUM.

Agree this was a great post (though y'all can ignore me since I'm a public school parent).

What private school around here doesn't have appropriate HVAC mitigations by now? I think that was one of the first things that was done?
Can you not afford your own masks for your kids?

The risk of organ failure from long covid is less than the risk of long term neurological issues from Fifth's disease - a common childhood illness which runs rampant in daycares.
Data can be skewed to prove whatever agenda you are hoping to push.

1. You think that private schools invested heavily in HVAC mitigation at the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was still yammering about droplets and hand washing? I have a bridge to sell you. According to air quality/aerosol experts I've followed, the CDC/government/schools are not addressing this topic appropriately because of fears of expense and triggering OSHA regulation scrutiny. Also, many schools are going to be reluctant to bring in fresh outside air through open windows etc during the winter.

2. My kids wear high-quality masks. Many of their classmates are still wearing cloth or surgical masks, often falling below their noses because of poor fit. Many parents simply aren't paying attention.

3. Not realistic to compare Omicron to Fifth's disease. We don't have sufficient time/data to know conclusively what the "risk" rates are. But if epidemiologists are worried, then so am I. The sheer math of Omicron transmissibility is daunting in potential harm.

And my agenda is balancing safety-defined as physical AND mental health terms- with assuming practical levels of risk. I want American kids in school, but I want to adopt common sense best practices to mitigate risk as much as possible. Lately it seems that our country doesn't have the will to do anything that is hard or invites scrutiny. Our school hasn't mentioned HVAC mitigation efforts in any communications in over a year. If they were doing a lot, they would definitely want to take credit for it! I know that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

Another Langley parent here. We have actually been very happy with the covid protocols. Covid changes quickly and I have been happy to see how quickly Langley has adjusted. Testing every other week in the lower school was reasonable when there were so few cases - in fact, I hoped they would stop that testing for vaccinated students. But, then omicron came and Langley has to adopt again. They expanded testing to the Primary school (did you hear the number of 3 year olds crying hysterically?) and implemented a tracking dashboard. What else do you want from them? If you've got ideas, you should tell them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

Another Langley parent here. We have actually been very happy with the covid protocols. Covid changes quickly and I have been happy to see how quickly Langley has adjusted. Testing every other week in the lower school was reasonable when there were so few cases - in fact, I hoped they would stop that testing for vaccinated students. But, then omicron came and Langley has to adopt again. They expanded testing to the Primary school (did you hear the number of 3 year olds crying hysterically?) and implemented a tracking dashboard. What else do you want from them? If you've got ideas, you should tell them.

How are other schools defining and treating close contacts? My DS at Langley was in the same homeroom as a positive case so was deemed a close contact. Because he was vaccinated he was not required to quarantine at all. I'm glad for him not to miss school (though the snow took care of that) but it does seem like a lax policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

Another Langley parent here. We have actually been very happy with the covid protocols. Covid changes quickly and I have been happy to see how quickly Langley has adjusted. Testing every other week in the lower school was reasonable when there were so few cases - in fact, I hoped they would stop that testing for vaccinated students. But, then omicron came and Langley has to adopt again. They expanded testing to the Primary school (did you hear the number of 3 year olds crying hysterically?) and implemented a tracking dashboard. What else do you want from them? If you've got ideas, you should tell them.

What else do I want? I want them to be like Stone Ridge and NCS where a n95 or double surgical mask is required. My MS child is quarantined right now bc of close contact. I doubt a cloth mask was doing much to prevent transmission.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All DMV Schools should close next week, week and a half and let this burn out. You cannot tell me that there won't be students/teachers who become contagious BETWEEN tests (no matter how frequent) - creating an overlapping chain. Previous iterations of Covid were "containable" with testing and quarantine of close contacts. If schools stay open through the Omnicron surge count on many students and their families catching it. We are talking a couple of weeks to let it burn through the region - don't understand the thinking here.

How does it "burn out" if everyone is kept home?
Don't people need to be in school, at work, etc to actually get it so it can move through all available hosts and "burn out"?

There are undetected people who have it now going in and out of schools who will spread it to other people. The travel/holiday churn is over. If people stay home one to two week, yes you could break the transmission chain and we could all have normal again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

Another Langley parent here. We have actually been very happy with the covid protocols. Covid changes quickly and I have been happy to see how quickly Langley has adjusted. Testing every other week in the lower school was reasonable when there were so few cases - in fact, I hoped they would stop that testing for vaccinated students. But, then omicron came and Langley has to adopt again. They expanded testing to the Primary school (did you hear the number of 3 year olds crying hysterically?) and implemented a tracking dashboard. What else do you want from them? If you've got ideas, you should tell them.

How are other schools defining and treating close contacts? My DS at Langley was in the same homeroom as a positive case so was deemed a close contact. Because he was vaccinated he was not required to quarantine at all. I'm glad for him not to miss school (though the snow took care of that) but it does seem like a lax policy.

Our school says vaccinated close contacts don't have to quarantine or test

[Anonymous]

Our DC private has yet to share data! I get that there is a website problem for many schools but I, for one, am interested to know!

I agree that 'close contacts' are an issue. Some folks at our school either don't understand the significance or don't care. I can't think of other rationales.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Langley is only testing via PCR every other week, which is insane. No additional mitigation. I miss our old HOS.

Langley tests older grades weekly and just set up a covid dashboard that outlines the number of active cases school wide as well as by division and grade. Michele Claeys has made amazing improvements in just a short time in middle school. She’s been very responsive to parents (adjusted the schedule to increase frequency of core classes which is a major undertaking once the school year has started, improved the HS outplacement process, hired strong new teachers, created the positions of assistant division heads—things are running much more smoothly than last year). I would just ask if the frequency of testing for younger kids can be increased during this peak time. Don’t assume they will say no. Langley has handled covid incredibly well for the duration of the pandemic and is responsive to parents.

Langley covid policy has been a joke. You either work for the school or have addt'l incentives to spin this. There are many cases where the "administration" is relenting to certain parent pressure to keep kids and making up close contact policy eeven though there are clear cases of covid in the classroom. Many parents with active covid cases have sent their kids to school because the previous test was "negative".

Yeah, their close contact policy is a joke. And I know I’m not in the minority who thinks that.

Nope I don’t work there. Have a kid in middle and feel like the covid safety has been strong, minimized within community spread, and resulted in mostly in-person school which is the goal.

Yeah, it worked well with a handful of cases last year and the early part of this year, truly. But with 40+ cases this week, they gotta step it up a notch.

Another Langley parent here. We have actually been very happy with the covid protocols. Covid changes quickly and I have been happy to see how quickly Langley has adjusted. Testing every other week in the lower school was reasonable when there were so few cases - in fact, I hoped they would stop that testing for vaccinated students. But, then omicron came and Langley has to adopt again. They expanded testing to the Primary school (did you hear the number of 3 year olds crying hysterically?) and implemented a tracking dashboard. What else do you want from them? If you've got ideas, you should tell them.

They've heard the feedback. We can start a list here:

1. If there's active covid cases in your household, please keep your kids home from school and do virtual learning. Just because your child tested negative week and a half ago doesnt imply they're ok going to school
2. Test at least once a week.
3. If your family traveled out of the region (specifically to a hot bed), maybe require a 5 day period before testing to send kids back to school

but again thats moot when certain parents think they can game the system