Exposure notification and quarantine — What is it like in APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unvaxxed close contacts have to quarantine for a period of time. they can return on day 8 if they have a negative PCR test result taken between days 5-7. Close contact is narrowly defined as less than 3 ft if masks are worn, if no masks (outside at recess or during lunch) it is w/i 6ft.

Can you provide the link for this? Everything I see online says that unvaxxed close contacts are quarantined for 14 days regardless of testing.

https://www.apsva.us/school-year-2021-22/health-safety-information/contact-tracing-quarantine-isolation/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated kids don't have to quarantine in APS. Even with close contact.

lie. Vaccinated kids 12+

How is that a lie?

Some people vax their kids early

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classroom Response https://www.apsva.us/school-year-2020-21/health-safety/student-illness-covid/#classroom

Individual or Single Classroom COVID Case

With one confirmed case of COVID in a classroom, the classroom will transition to full-time distance learning for up to 14 days from the date of onset. APS will initiate the contact tracing process during this time. School staff, students and additional staff, such as transportation staff and related services providers, that are identified by APS/Qualtrics will be transitioned to distance learning or teleworking. These individuals will receive notification from APS regarding the transition to virtual. The staff and families of students in that classroom will also be notified by APS that their student was in close contact with a suspected or positive COVID-19 case. Upon the conclusion of contact tracing, and cleaning and disinfecting have been performed, students and staff will be notified by APS as to when they will return to in-person learning.

My kids class is in the middle of being shut down for two weeks. Ignore what everyone else is saying about about returning after testing.

This is the guidance from last year, not the current 2021-2022 school year.

Is your kid in Montessori? I’ve watched the dashboard daily and it looks like only two or three classrooms have had to fully quarantine. In most cases it’s a handful of kids or less.

[Anonymous]

NP: My kid is in kindergarten at a local school. Two kindergarten classes have been exposed to covid (two different exposures, one for each class, a few weeks apart). The principal called me to inform me of the exposure. Class is out for 8 days, pending a negative test after day 5. The whole class was likely exposed due to the free breakfast (maskless time indoors)

I've gotten two emails about older kids. I kinda ignore them. What I dread is seeing "X elementary" show up on my phone well after school hours because there's only one reason the principal is calling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP: My kid is in kindergarten at a local school. Two kindergarten classes have been exposed to covid (two different exposures, one for each class, a few weeks apart). The principal called me to inform me of the exposure. Class is out for 8 days, pending a negative test after day 5. The whole class was likely exposed due to the free breakfast (maskless time indoors)

I've gotten two emails about older kids. I kinda ignore them. What I dread is seeing "X elementary" show up on my phone well after school hours because there's only one reason the principal is calling.

Is this in APS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Classroom Response https://www.apsva.us/school-year-2020-21/health-safety/student-illness-covid/#classroom

Individual or Single Classroom COVID Case

With one confirmed case of COVID in a classroom, the classroom will transition to full-time distance learning for up to 14 days from the date of onset. APS will initiate the contact tracing process during this time. School staff, students and additional staff, such as transportation staff and related services providers, that are identified by APS/Qualtrics will be transitioned to distance learning or teleworking. These individuals will receive notification from APS regarding the transition to virtual. The staff and families of students in that classroom will also be notified by APS that their student was in close contact with a suspected or positive COVID-19 case. Upon the conclusion of contact tracing, and cleaning and disinfecting have been performed, students and staff will be notified by APS as to when they will return to in-person learning.

My kids class is in the middle of being shut down for two weeks. Ignore what everyone else is saying about about returning after testing.

My kid had half of the class out for a week. The rest of the class carried on as usual. There was no transition to virtual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Is this in APS?

Yep. We are at Drew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated kids don't have to quarantine in APS. Even with close contact.

lie. Vaccinated kids 12+

So they’re going to make kids who are vaccinated quarantine? Where is this spelled out in policy? Because the vaccine still works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Is this in APS?

Yep. We are at Drew.

If the dashboard is correct, many kids have now tested positive at Drew (which makes me think quarantine was probably justified). I hope it’s duplicate entries and not that many cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccinated kids don't have to quarantine in APS. Even with close contact.

lie. Vaccinated kids 12+

So they’re going to make kids who are vaccinated quarantine? Where is this spelled out in policy? Because the vaccine still works.

No, that person is just trying to stir up drama.