MCPS Officially announces schools opening as planned

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You’re just realizing MCPS is an inept sh$t show? Where have you been?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Each school will just *individually* shut down, not the whole school district.

Not happening, lady.

We are continuing to monitor cases on a daily basis. As we shared earlier, if 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 of these individuals) tests positive in a 14-day period, a determination will be made as to whether the school should be closed for 14 calendar days and transition to virtual instruction. Please note that the 5 percent threshold does not automatically result in school closure; the primary factor to consider will be the level of the spread of the virus in the school.

Is Montgomery County some magical place where the omicron variant just doesn't spread person to person the way it has been doing Every. Where. Else?

+100 wave and nod boys

No, it’s moco where the omicron variant is spreading but not hospitalizing and/or killing children or adults.

Of course people are hospitalized and some are dying. We've been lucky with kids so far but at some point our luck will run out.

Not healthy vaccinated people infected with omicron.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Each school will just *individually* shut down, not the whole school district.

Not happening, lady.

I bet you a million pretend dollars that by Thursday Jan 16th, more than 50% of all MCPC middle schools and high schools are moved to virtual learning. Can't be quite so sure about elementary schools.

I think the elementary schools are in good shape for a number of reasons. If I were a teacher I’d actually feel safest in an ES. First, most kids are recently vaccinated unlike 12-15. Second, the kids generally don’t go places without their parents. The majority of moco parents are not hosting gatherings of unmasked 3rd graders. Basically they are in more controlled environments unlike middle and high schoolers. I’m a covid minimized by moco standards but my elementary schoolers are vaccinated and haven’t had an indoor play date in 2 years. They go to school and outdoor stuff and that’s it.

Many parents allow their 3-5th graders to roam neighborhoods and hang out without a lot of supervision.

Yay! Free Range Kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school will just *individually* shut down, not the whole school district.

Not happening, lady.

We are continuing to monitor cases on a daily basis. As we shared earlier, if 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 of these individuals) tests positive in a 14-day period, a determination will be made as to whether the school should be closed for 14 calendar days and transition to virtual instruction. Please note that the 5 percent threshold does not automatically result in school closure; the primary factor to consider will be the level of the spread of the virus in the school.

Is Montgomery County some magical place where the omicron variant just doesn't spread person to person the way it has been doing Every. Where. Else?

+100 wave and nod boys

No, it’s moco where the omicron variant is spreading but not hospitalizing and/or killing children or adults.

Of course people are hospitalized and some are dying. We've been lucky with kids so far but at some point our luck will run out.

Not healthy vaccinated people infected with omicron.

I have to think that at some point a kid in Montgomery County will die of Covid, just like we have kids that die of the flu. It’s rare, and isn’t a serious problem that should impact policy, but it does happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

No, this is the latest from Bill Gates and his crowd to get around the anti-vaxxers. Swabbing launches the nanobots up the nasal cavity where they'll enter the blood stream. They'll know if you don't actually swab.

[Anonymous]

I thought the DCPS model requires students to prove their negative. Not honor system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

DCPS students have to have results uploaded by Wednesday. If results are not uploaded, they cannot enter the building and will be tested on-site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

No, this is the latest from Bill Gates and his crowd to get around the anti-vaxxers. Swabbing launches the nanobots up the nasal cavity where they'll enter the blood stream. They'll know if you don't actually swab.

Makes sense. I guess that’s why they need the tests taken oddly early- it gives the nanobots time to set up the 5G access point in the body for reporting the results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the DCPS model requires students to prove their negative. Not honor system.

It’s still an at-home test. Yes, they’re requiring a parents to take a picture of the kit, but there’s no way to verify they actually used the kit. If you open it and do everything except for swabbing, you’ll always get a negative result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

DCPS students have to have results uploaded by Wednesday. If results are not uploaded, they cannot enter the building and will be tested on-site.

I thought they said they weren’t going to do on-site testing. Did that change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

DCPS students have to have results uploaded by Wednesday. If results are not uploaded, they cannot enter the building and will be tested on-site.

I thought they said they weren’t going to do on-site testing. Did that change?

I have not seen where the on-site testing is canceled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You realize the DCPS model is an honor system model, too, don’t you? There’s nothing stopping parents from just opening the test kit, but neever actually swabbing a nose.

DCPS students have to have results uploaded by Wednesday. If results are not uploaded, they cannot enter the building and will be tested on-site.

I thought they said they weren’t going to do on-site testing. Did that change?

I have not seen where the on-site testing is canceled.

But where did you see that they were ever doing it? I just saw remarks that they intended turn students away if their parents didn’t at least fake the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when DCPS has a better plan than MCPS on returning to school. MCPS won't even have tests available for a couple of weeks and does not accurately report cases anyway. Why can DCPS require testing and vaccination, while MCPS is still asking nicely to test if you feel like it and vaccinate if you're willing? Que Sera, Sera.

+1 DCPS is requiring proof of a negative test. The at home test kits are being distributed on Monday. School resumes on Wednesday to give time for distribution and to record results.

MCPS needs another 2 weeks to get test kits from the Montgomery County Government. Even then, it’s the honor code for students to report positive results. Students don’t have to show negative results to stay in school.

And forget about random testing of students. MCPS can’t even test students who had close contact with COVID classmates.

It’s a sh$t show in MCPS. I hope they all enjoyed their vacations.

You’re just realizing MCPS is an inept sh$t show? Where have you been?

This, and it was long before covid.

Parents should be responsible for testing, not mcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each school will just *individually* shut down, not the whole school district.

Not happening, lady.

We are continuing to monitor cases on a daily basis. As we shared earlier, if 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 of these individuals) tests positive in a 14-day period, a determination will be made as to whether the school should be closed for 14 calendar days and transition to virtual instruction. Please note that the 5 percent threshold does not automatically result in school closure; the primary factor to consider will be the level of the spread of the virus in the school.

Is Montgomery County some magical place where the omicron variant just doesn't spread person to person the way it has been doing Every. Where. Else?

+100 wave and nod boys

No, it’s moco where the omicron variant is spreading but not hospitalizing and/or killing children or adults.

Of course people are hospitalized and some are dying. We've been lucky with kids so far but at some point our luck will run out.

Not healthy vaccinated people infected with omicron.

I have to think that at some point a kid in Montgomery County will die of Covid, just like we have kids that die of the flu. It’s rare, and isn’t a serious problem that should impact policy, but it does happen.

Let them think they are invincible and hopefully it will be their child and not one of ours. Its rude to say that but even when a child dies they will find a way to blame the child/parents.