Heads Up - New email from MCCPTA Pres that references forthcoming email from MCPS today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

Finally showing some real leadership this year as opposed to last year. No more grandchild in a far off state driving district policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

I am glad mcps is opening as planned.

Yeah, just open with no plans. Might as well live in Florida. At least there, I wouldn't be paying high taxes for the incompetent schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

Finally showing some real leadership this year as opposed to last year. No more grandchild in a far off state driving district policy.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ACPS just pivoted

Charles County going virtual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

Finally showing some real leadership this year as opposed to last year. No more grandchild in a far off state driving district policy.

+1.

+1 I couldn’t stand his references to his grandchild. Whatever. You were leading OUR schools!

[Anonymous]

Have to confess I was hoping for test to stay!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

This is actually excellent leadership. 5 percent is a stupid arbitrary metric.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

The health department lol . Understaffed and overburdened is my bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-holding-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-as-classes-resume-in-january/

Looks like MCPS is committed to opening with no mitigation plan. The 5% number isn't even an automatic trigger, and requires consultation with the health dept. By the time that happens, it'll probably be 50%. The lack of leadership is amazing.

I wouldn't be so sure- IME the health dept is always quick to shut things down, at least with childcares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have to confess I was hoping for test to stay!

TSS would have been a disaster. How are you going to get tests in the hands of 162k students in just a few days' time? How would you enforce the requirement - would bus drivers have to check every rider's phone for a photo of a negative test? Would principals stand at the door of schools that have 2k kids and try to sort out who had tested and who hadn't?

And meanwhile all that effort would only provide a measure of who is positive at that particular moment.

I realize all the options have downsides, but all students are eligible to be vaccinated and the benefits of in-person schooling outweigh the risks for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have to confess I was hoping for test to stay!

There was supposed to be test to stay by now- my guess is they still don't have enough tests or staff to administer. But it would only apply to unvaccinated students anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ACPS just pivoted

Charles County going virtual.

In fairness, SoMD is a mess right now. There are real hospital capacity issues.

[Anonymous]

MoCo has hospital issues. Red alert and rerouting per the Twitter feed

[Anonymous]

Opening is simply what has to happen and most of us know it. We have to ask what is purpose of closing schools? To prevent vaccinated students from getting a cold essentially. Onward and upward. Someone had to do it and show that body bags won’t be littering the streets.

[Anonymous]

problem is that everything collapses when the virus spreads to too many people and nobody can work at all. Problem solved then too.