List of what each school is doing

[Anonymous]

How does Dr. Fauci know the potential for long Covid from omicron? It hasn’t even been in South Africa that long.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any schools sent testing results to parents?

We tested this afternoon and got our results this evening. Thankfully, negative.

Which school?

Burgundy Farm.

Same-- Burgundy Farm family, both kids tested negative. Curious to hear the results but considering we have not yet heard, I'm assuming we are not going back on campus on Weds. Sending a "see you Weds" email would be much simpler than an email announcing virtual learning for the week, which would require much more planning etc. before comms went out. Also, if the SSSAS numbers reported here are true, I would expect similar numbers from Burgundy.

I'm conflicted on what I think schools should do, and I guess it depends on the objective. If the objective is to minimize Covid spread and a potential outbreak, absolutely close. But, for how long? Until this entire wave passes? I just don't know-- Covid is not good for staff & faculty, nor is it good for students and their families. But weeks-long school closures aren't good for students and their families, either.

Another burgundy family here - sure wish they would have sent any communication last night, even if incomplete, but agree with you that the silence means we aren’t going back this week. Ugh.

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Our school is doing absolutely nothing! They just asked parents if we were ready to switch to virtual learning. No testing, no mandating/encouraging vaccines, no requirement for better masks, no request for subs. Yeah, sounds like a plan! Dark days ahead!

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Anonymous wrote:SSSS did whole school testing yesterday (1/2) and, based on those results, is continuing with virtual for the week (Monday 1/3 was a scheduled virtual day). Return to in-person will be on Monday 1/10. There will be another whole school testing day on Thursday (1/5) to isolate any positive cases not caught by the 1/2 testing. Apparently, of the 1,214 people (students and staff) tested on 1/2, there were 135 positive results.

Sorry, that's SSSAS.

With an 11% positivity rate that seems like a reasonable approach, because this is measuring the entire school population, not a sample. The 20%+ numbers reported by state or local governments are based on a self-selected sample so they can't be directly compared to a measure of the entire population (the results reported by states are people who sought a test because they felt sick or were traveling and so can be expected to be higher in general). A second test on Thursday will help establish how much ongoing community spread there is.

I heard that over 100 students didn’t test. At least the test later in the week should catch cases from New Years celebrations

Over 100 kids missing the test is concerning. It might mean families are extending their vacations which could mess up the schools’s plan to get everyone back and tested. Hope these families have the decency to at least be back for the next round of testing since the school is doing everything they can.

[Anonymous]

It seems all the school testing is “catching” is the community spread, which is also available from the health departments. When the community spread was low, we got congratulatory weekly emails with all negative Covid test results. Now that the community spread is high, the school tests are reflecting just that. So, I guess, thanks for reconfirming the community spread numbers.

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But shouldn’t the numbers be lower than the general community because school populations have a higher vaxx rate?

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Anonymous wrote:Have any schools sent testing results to parents?

We tested this afternoon and got our results this evening. Thankfully, negative.

Which school?

Burgundy Farm.

Same-- Burgundy Farm family, both kids tested negative. Curious to hear the results but considering we have not yet heard, I'm assuming we are not going back on campus on Weds. Sending a "see you Weds" email would be much simpler than an email announcing virtual learning for the week, which would require much more planning etc. before comms went out. Also, if the SSSAS numbers reported here are true, I would expect similar numbers from Burgundy.

I'm conflicted on what I think schools should do, and I guess it depends on the objective. If the objective is to minimize Covid spread and a potential outbreak, absolutely close. But, for how long? Until this entire wave passes? I just don't know-- Covid is not good for staff & faculty, nor is it good for students and their families. But weeks-long school closures aren't good for students and their families, either.

Another burgundy family here - sure wish they would have sent any communication last night, even if incomplete, but agree with you that the silence means we aren’t going back this week. Ugh.

And another Burgundy parent here, with another negative kid. Mine actually likes remote learning, so, we're fine there -- but to be selfish for a moment, teleworking with a kid at home is rough. And mine's old enough to self-manage. Hats off to those of you with smaller children -- once this is all over, you deserve the best and quietest vacation ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But shouldn’t the numbers be lower than the general community because school populations have a higher vaxx rate?

People who are vaccinated are catching covid right and left this month. They just aren't all symptomatic. I would say that what schools are determining in one-of screenings is just the tip of the ice berg of this wave of Omnicron, due to the timing of the tests related to contracting it as well as test error.

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Anonymous wrote:SSSS did whole school testing yesterday (1/2) and, based on those results, is continuing with virtual for the week (Monday 1/3 was a scheduled virtual day). Return to in-person will be on Monday 1/10. There will be another whole school testing day on Thursday (1/5) to isolate any positive cases not caught by the 1/2 testing. Apparently, of the 1,214 people (students and staff) tested on 1/2, there were 135 positive results.

Sorry, that's SSSAS.

With an 11% positivity rate that seems like a reasonable approach, because this is measuring the entire school population, not a sample. The 20%+ numbers reported by state or local governments are based on a self-selected sample so they can't be directly compared to a measure of the entire population (the results reported by states are people who sought a test because they felt sick or were traveling and so can be expected to be higher in general). A second test on Thursday will help establish how much ongoing community spread there is.

I heard that over 100 students didn’t test. At least the test later in the week should catch cases from New Years celebrations

Over 100 kids missing the test is concerning. It might mean families are extending their vacations which could mess up the schools’s plan to get everyone back and tested. Hope these families have the decency to at least be back for the next round of testing since the school is doing everything they can.

Those kids were supposed to antigen test this morning before school (if in person). They canceled that because they are doing distance learning. No one was going to be let into the building without a test.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any schools sent testing results to parents?

We tested this afternoon and got our results this evening. Thankfully, negative.

Which school?

Burgundy Farm.

Same-- Burgundy Farm family, both kids tested negative. Curious to hear the results but considering we have not yet heard, I'm assuming we are not going back on campus on Weds. Sending a "see you Weds" email would be much simpler than an email announcing virtual learning for the week, which would require much more planning etc. before comms went out. Also, if the SSSAS numbers reported here are true, I would expect similar numbers from Burgundy.

I'm conflicted on what I think schools should do, and I guess it depends on the objective. If the objective is to minimize Covid spread and a potential outbreak, absolutely close. But, for how long? Until this entire wave passes? I just don't know-- Covid is not good for staff & faculty, nor is it good for students and their families. But weeks-long school closures aren't good for students and their families, either.

Another burgundy family here - sure wish they would have sent any communication last night, even if incomplete, but agree with you that the silence means we aren’t going back this week. Ugh.

And another Burgundy parent here, with another negative kid. Mine actually likes remote learning, so, we're fine there -- but to be selfish for a moment, teleworking with a kid at home is rough. And mine's old enough to self-manage. Hats off to those of you with smaller children -- once this is all over, you deserve the best and quietest vacation ever.

Ugh yes, one of the other Burgundy PPs here - ours are too young to really handle remote learning at all, and we are both working. Or pretending to. Overall, this is bringing back terrible PTSD from last year when our kids were at a different school that was nearly all virtual for 14 months and we nearly didn't make it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does Dr. Fauci know the potential for long Covid from omicron? It hasn’t even been in South Africa that long.

He doesn’t. He’s been wrong on so many prior statements.

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Anonymous wrote:Have any schools sent testing results to parents?

We tested this afternoon and got our results this evening. Thankfully, negative.

Which school?

Burgundy Farm.

Same-- Burgundy Farm family, both kids tested negative. Curious to hear the results but considering we have not yet heard, I'm assuming we are not going back on campus on Weds. Sending a "see you Weds" email would be much simpler than an email announcing virtual learning for the week, which would require much more planning etc. before comms went out. Also, if the SSSAS numbers reported here are true, I would expect similar numbers from Burgundy.

I'm conflicted on what I think schools should do, and I guess it depends on the objective. If the objective is to minimize Covid spread and a potential outbreak, absolutely close. But, for how long? Until this entire wave passes? I just don't know-- Covid is not good for staff & faculty, nor is it good for students and their families. But weeks-long school closures aren't good for students and their families, either.

Another burgundy family here - sure wish they would have sent any communication last night, even if incomplete, but agree with you that the silence means we aren’t going back this week. Ugh.

And another Burgundy parent here, with another negative kid. Mine actually likes remote learning, so, we're fine there -- but to be selfish for a moment, teleworking with a kid at home is rough. And mine's old enough to self-manage. Hats off to those of you with smaller children -- once this is all over, you deserve the best and quietest vacation ever.

Ugh yes, one of the other Burgundy PPs here - ours are too young to really handle remote learning at all, and we are both working. Or pretending to. Overall, this is bringing back terrible PTSD from last year when our kids were at a different school that was nearly all virtual for 14 months and we nearly didn't make it.

Hang in there! Someday we'll look back on this and... probably not laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WES is closed Tuesday & virtual rest of the week. Thursday half day synchronous so parents can bring their kids for Covid testing.

WES had become on joke on covid issues. Requiring kids to wear N95s at all times outside and while they are playing basketball. Worse than GDS. Time for new leadership.

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Anonymous wrote:Any announcements from the testing privates yet?

Public school parent/ teacher alert.

Because no private school parents ever post here wanting to get the gossip about other private schools?

Are you new here?

Notice how they didn’t deny it. Good spotting.

You can always tell who is public school parent posting on this thread. It’s like you can see the chip on their shoulder in the post.

Seriously! Thank you for calling our the dirty public school parents who don't care about their kids and hate good parents....I mean rich people.....I mean those are the same thing actually.

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Anonymous wrote:Any announcements from the testing privates yet?

Public school parent/ teacher alert.

Because no private school parents ever post here wanting to get the gossip about other private schools?

Are you new here?

Notice how they didn’t deny it. Good spotting.

Wtf? I did the post asking about private school announcements and I am absolutely 100 percent a private school parent