New 2022-2023 Covid Plan and Guidelines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was testing positive until day 9. The CDC website says to stay home if you are testing positive after day 5 and complete full 10 day isolation.

If you have no symptoms and no positive rapid test then you can go to work wearing a mask.

It does not say ignore positive test result and go to work with mask.

It doesn’t say no symptoms. It says if your symptoms are improving. The presence of lingering symptoms is not a reason to continue isolation or to test to end isolation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was testing positive until day 9. The CDC website says to stay home if you are testing positive after day 5 and complete full 10 day isolation.

If you have no symptoms and no positive rapid test then you can go to work wearing a mask.

It does not say ignore positive test result and go to work with mask.

If you have no symptoms and aren’t testing positive on day 6, why do you need to wear a mask.

Where is it states you have to test negative to keave isolation?

It’s nice that you tested all those times but cdc has not given that as guidance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP. I don’t think you are a MCPS teacher if you think you can use your sick days however you want. Formally, you can stay out for 4 days without a doctor’s note. Informally, if you don’t have Covid, admin will pressure you to come in because there aren’t enough subs. Especially if you want to take off a Friday or Monday. I scheduled a procedure on a Thursday afternoon when we had Monday off so I could have 4 full days to recover without impacting my colleagues. I put the sub request in a month in advance. Submitted the leave slip the same day. My principal waited until after school on that Wed to sign it because it never got picked up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP, but good one. Clearly you don't actually teach in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP. I don’t think you are a MCPS teacher if you think you can use your sick days however you want. Formally, you can stay out for 4 days without a doctor’s note. Informally, if you don’t have Covid, admin will pressure you to come in because there aren’t enough subs. Especially if you want to take off a Friday or Monday. I scheduled a procedure on a Thursday afternoon when we had Monday off so I could have 4 full days to recover without impacting my colleagues. I put the sub request in a month in advance. Submitted the leave slip the same day. My principal waited until after school on that Wed to sign it because it never got picked up.

If you test positive you have to stay home. My doctor wouldn't let me come in until after day 5 and no symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP. I don’t think you are a MCPS teacher if you think you can use your sick days however you want. Formally, you can stay out for 4 days without a doctor’s note. Informally, if you don’t have Covid, admin will pressure you to come in because there aren’t enough subs. Especially if you want to take off a Friday or Monday. I scheduled a procedure on a Thursday afternoon when we had Monday off so I could have 4 full days to recover without impacting my colleagues. I put the sub request in a month in advance. Submitted the leave slip the same day. My principal waited until after school on that Wed to sign it because it never got picked up.

I say this as a (tenured) mcps teacher…it is your leave to take. Principal doesn’t have to sign the slip, you put it in, you put the job in the sub system. You can talk to your team if you’re so inclined. But it is your leave to take. As long as we as teachers let admin think they have to give us permission for things, we will never get anywhere.
Now, we should still have covid leave but that’s another issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP. I don’t think you are a MCPS teacher if you think you can use your sick days however you want. Formally, you can stay out for 4 days without a doctor’s note. Informally, if you don’t have Covid, admin will pressure you to come in because there aren’t enough subs. Especially if you want to take off a Friday or Monday. I scheduled a procedure on a Thursday afternoon when we had Monday off so I could have 4 full days to recover without impacting my colleagues. I put the sub request in a month in advance. Submitted the leave slip the same day. My principal waited until after school on that Wed to sign it because it never got picked up.

I say this as a (tenured) mcps teacher…it is your leave to take. Principal doesn’t have to sign the slip, you put it in, you put the job in the sub system. You can talk to your team if you’re so inclined. But it is your leave to take. As long as we as teachers let admin think they have to give us permission for things, we will never get anywhere.
Now, we should still have covid leave but that’s another issue.

Another teacher here. Yes! We had a principal for several years who tried to deny people their leave. It wasn’t until she tried to do it with several more confident teachers that she mostly stopped.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why they need to isolate at all. It's super inconvenient for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they need to isolate at all. It's super inconvenient for me.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

Teachers who get covid should stay out until a negative test. Simple!

It’s not simple if there are no substitutes available! The kids keep on coming in every day, and we don’t have enough adults to look after them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

Teachers who get covid should stay out until a negative test. Simple!

It’s not simple if there are no substitutes available! The kids keep on coming in every day, and we don’t have enough adults to look after them.

Then parents need to step up and help. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

I’m a teacher too and I’m tired of going to work sick whether it be from Covid or something else. I’m done sacrificing my body because the school district can’t get it together. I will not go to work sick. Simple.

That’s fine. You can use your sick days however you like.

DP, but good one. Clearly you don't actually teach in MCPS.

This is not an MCPS problem, or even a teachers problem in general. It’s a USA problem and what we prioritize. My dad has Covid and had to return to his service sector job on day 5 regardless of his symptoms (which were improving marginally but still not great) and testing positive on rapid tests. But like everywhere else they are short staffed and would rather have a sick worker than no worker at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen, we are in for a train wreck if they don’t get rid of the required 5 day isolation. We do NOT have any subs. We have major community spread right now. We need to be able to decide when we as teachers feel okay to come in. Having to cover for so many colleagues was a major part of teacher burnout last year.

Teachers who get covid should stay out until a negative test. Simple!

It’s not simple if there are no substitutes available! The kids keep on coming in every day, and we don’t have enough adults to look after them.

Then parents need to step up and help. Problem solved.

No the district needs to pay subs more. There is no system in place for volunteer patent subs.

[Anonymous]

First of all, we can all agree that CDC guidelines have been designed to get workers back on the job to pad the wallets of the already wealthy, not for acute public health reasons. Second, the CDC is about to conveniently change their guidelines right as kids go back to school to favor…wait for it..NOT public health, but keeping low wage workers at work. Shocker!