Washington City Paper report on Inspired Teaching

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ll, we just dropped two spots (from 6 to 8)on the waitlist, so I don’t think it’s affecting prospective parents.

You don't know if that is people enrolling or people taking themselves off the wait-list.

That's a totally normal thing to happen this time of year and doesn't mean anything.

[Anonymous]

Oh look, another email from the school with nothing whatsoever about how many adults have COVID or whether their hygiene procedures are adequate.

Check out this stunningly enlightening clip from the FAQ:

Why are you choosing to implement the DC Health guidance about what constitutes close contacts as expansively as possible?
We will follow DC Health guidance on close contacts and quarantining instructions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Outside observer: seems like it’s the parents who are trying to shut up the worried ones who are the problem. I’d be pissed about this incident at my school. I hate when parents love to boost their school and tell questioners to shut up, sit down. We are all entitled to question our school’s choices and to be asking lots of extra questions right now during covid. We are owed transparency and they need to be straight with us what’s going on. If personnel are positive we need to know.

So yes, there is a we, it goes beyond ITS.

This possible outbreak is a test of OSSE's guidance and whether it's sufficient to prevent outbreaks. If following OSSE guidance wasn't enough to prevent an outbreak in a group of adults in a kid-free school building, every school is well and truly f*cked starting next week. This information is relevant to everyone in the city

I agree with you, assuming the guidance is followed. The way DOH defines outbreak is odd. Earlier this year, DOH defined outbreak as two cases reported from the same location even if the two had no connection/interaction with each other. Has this changed? So if a teacher who never came to the school self-reported testing positive and another who came tested positive and the school reported both, it was characterized as an outbreak. Has this changed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some of you expect so little of your school.

+1. This would never fly at our charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some of you expect so little of your school.

+1. This would never fly at our charter.

I’ll add that our charter notified all the families last year during hybrid when someone at the school tested positive. They did not name names and said close contacts were notified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some of you expect so little of your school.

+1. This would never fly at our charter.

I’ll add that our charter notified all the families last year during hybrid when someone at the school tested positive. They did not name names and said close contacts were notified.

ITDS let everyone know if anyone tested positive last spring and during the summer programs. No names, but if your child was in close contact you were told that as well. I don't know why some parents on here are acting like nothing was or is being done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those spectating on this thread, please know that unfortunately ITDS has some very anxious (and outspoken) parents. We aren't all like that. Some of us are very excited for our kids to get back tomorrow, and NOT in a panic. We just have better things to do than spam the list serv.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Outside observer: seems like it’s the parents who are trying to shut up the worried ones who are the problem. I’d be pissed about this incident at my school. I hate when parents love to boost their school and tell questioners to shut up, sit down. We are all entitled to question our school’s choices and to be asking lots of extra questions right now during covid. We are owed transparency and they need to be straight with us what’s going on. If personnel are positive we need to know.

So yes, there is a we, it goes beyond ITS.

I can appreciate feeling that prickly response. On the flip side, it's frustrating for someone who is willing to extend trust to feel like we're only here as boosters without the ability to think critically. In this online forum it's likely easier to these issues as black and white when I think a lot of people have a more nuanced opinion that gets thrown out/ignored by people at the ends of the spectrum. (or, who don't bother engaging because they feel like they will get lumped in with one side or another when a lot of us don't see sides to this.)

I am willing to believe that the school followed the guidance and is doing its best to keep the kids safe. There's no lack of trust, from me. But there is a lack of transparency from the school. If there really was an outbreak among guidance-compliant adults with a 90% vaccination rate despite the school not doing anything wrong, that's extremely distressing, so I'm skeptical that it's true. But as the hours tick by with no update from the school, I'm starting to wonder. If the PCR tests haven't come back yet, how do they even know they'll be able to staff the school tomorrow?

Did they ever say they planned to update us (meaning parents) with PCR results? I was not under the impression that we were waiting on any particular update. As far as I'm concerned, we are go for launch tomorrow.

They did not say that they would. But I think having a substitute on the first day is the kind of thing parents should be notified about. And if they really do have a big outbreak, that indicates that their current hygiene measures are inadequate and that is also the kind of thing that parents deserve to know. If they don't have a big outbreak, would it be a bad thing to let us know?

Did you not read the email? They stated the positive staff were from events prior to school meetings. There was no school induced outbreak. They noted 3 stuff were positive if I remember correctly. 3 people isn't an out break or some school wide hygiene issue.
There will likely be more positives as their has been a nearly every open school district. DC schools are taking more proactive measures than most though. Which is really all we can do if we want kids in-person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ll, we just dropped two spots (from 6 to 8)on the waitlist, so I don’t think it’s affecting prospective parents.

Well, we just turned down a spot. Not because of this specific event, but because of the school's overall response to the pandemic, namely the fact that it seemed opaque. If we'd have gotten a spot a year ago we would have felt like we'd won the lotto, but there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ll, we just dropped two spots (from 6 to 8)on the waitlist, so I don’t think it’s affecting prospective parents.

You don't know if that is people enrolling or people taking themselves off the wait-list.

That's a totally normal thing to happen this time of year and doesn't mean anything.

We went down because older kids enrolled and their siblings jumped up ahead of us. So it’s not stopping their enrollment, is my point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some of you expect so little of your school.

+1. This would never fly at our charter.

I’ll add that our charter notified all the families last year during hybrid when someone at the school tested positive. They did not name names and said close contacts were notified.

This is...exactly what ITS ended up doing in this scenario?

[Anonymous]

Happy 1st day! I hope everyone's kids have a great day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some of you expect so little of your school.

+1. This would never fly at our charter.

I’ll add that our charter notified all the families last year during hybrid when someone at the school tested positive. They did not name names and said close contacts were notified.

This is...exactly what ITS ended up doing in this scenario?

Yeah, I'm missing the "gotcha" here. ITS has been very forthcoming and proactive when children are at risk of COVID. Your kid isn't at risk of catching COVID at school when school isn't in session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those spectating on this thread, please know that unfortunately ITDS has some very anxious (and outspoken) parents. We aren't all like that. Some of us are very excited for our kids to get back tomorrow, and NOT in a panic. We just have better things to do than spam the list serv.

+1

+1000. I loved seeing all the faces this morning. You grow attached to these kids and the teachers, and seeing them in person was pure joy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those spectating on this thread, please know that unfortunately ITDS has some very anxious (and outspoken) parents. We aren't all like that. Some of us are very excited for our kids to get back tomorrow, and NOT in a panic. We just have better things to do than spam the list serv.

+1

+1000. I loved seeing all the faces this morning. You grow attached to these kids and the teachers, and seeing them in person was pure joy.

My kid was SO excited. I'm so happy for him