SSMA covid-related closure

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

What? No PP doesn't sound vindictive. It sounds like a request for info.

+1. "Who made the decision and what was the reasoning?" feels like a super basic question in this situation, from someone trying to understand what happened and have a discussion about whether it's likely to happen again. Where in the world are you getting "vindictive?"

If you want a name or point fingers is because you are looking to get someone fired. So if that’s not what you are looking for, why ask? Just for gossip?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

What? No PP doesn't sound vindictive. It sounds like a request for info.

+1. "Who made the decision and what was the reasoning?" feels like a super basic question in this situation, from someone trying to understand what happened and have a discussion about whether it's likely to happen again. Where in the world are you getting "vindictive?"

If you want a name or point fingers is because you are looking to get someone fired. So if that’s not what you are looking for, why ask? Just for gossip?

Just because someone wants to give feedback that isn’t positive about something going on at their school doesn’t mean they are trying to get someone fired. Things get adversarial and gossipy when people feel they are getting the run-around, or when rules are arbitrary, or there is inconsistent application of the rules. The fact that it isn’t clear who is the ultimate decision maker on this says a lot about the culture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I joined the call a little late; was there any mention of who made the call to close and their reasoning for the closure?

Why is that relevant? You sound vindictive. Typical DCUM!

What? No PP doesn't sound vindictive. It sounds like a request for info.

+1. "Who made the decision and what was the reasoning?" feels like a super basic question in this situation, from someone trying to understand what happened and have a discussion about whether it's likely to happen again. Where in the world are you getting "vindictive?"

If you want a name or point fingers is because you are looking to get someone fired. So if that’s not what you are looking for, why ask? Just for gossip?

I couldn't get anyone fired at SSMA if I tried. I just wanted to know whether the decision was made by the principal or the executive director and the rationale for the decision. Nothing more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good! Taking this seriously is the only way we are going to prevent Covid from ripping through schools.

You do realize kids generally are not getting super sick from this right? Yes, some kids are showing symptoms and some are even needing hospital care. But, most of the kids in the hospital are for non-covid illnesses they are getting after being back in school on unmasked areas like RSV and such.
If a school closes every time 1 person happens to have a close contact they will never be open. That will certainly hurt more kids than being open. They could simply have the close contact person test and follow the DC protocols no need for an entire class or school to shut down.

That’s not what the doctors in Florida are reporting.

Schools in Florida are not wearing mask, social distancing and the staff are not required to be vaccinated. They are exposed at much higher rates out in public people because people are not wearing masks. DC schools and community have layered mitigation for covid. You are trying to compare very different situations with DC and Florida that aren't comparable.
Also, sight your source?? I know a lot of doctors in the south are stressed out about covid, RSV, and other respiratory illness in kids. They are asking for mask mandates, social distancing, tests, contact tracing and quarantine guidelines to be followed. None have said close schools for another year or for indirect exposure.