How is MCPS determining red, yellow, green?

[Anonymous]

What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yep.

And, the numbers aren't accurate. Tons of people didn't report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they taking into account that cases reported on 12/23 would be returning tomorrow and counted back into the population again? Or are they just using a snapshot in time to make these decisions and that snapshot includes those cases reported on 12/23 and are no longer contagious?

MCPS didn’t show their work. Somebody teach them some eureka math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yes MCPS will punish the higher SES schools that were able to procure tests. That’s what they do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yes MCPS will punish the higher SES schools that were able to procure tests. That’s what they do.

Right, the wealthy schools are historically punished. Y’all are out yo minds!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yep.

And, the numbers aren't accurate. Tons of people didn't report.

You sound like an expert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yep.

And, the numbers aren't accurate. Tons of people didn't report.

You sound like an expert.

You don’t think differences in test availability by cluster could explain variation across clusters? Or maybe parental willingness to test? Or to report? I can imagine if someone tested positive earlier in the break and was feeling better they might consider not reporting. I know many people who got sick last week and are pretty much recovered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they taking into account that cases reported on 12/23 would be returning tomorrow and counted back into the population again? Or are they just using a snapshot in time to make these decisions and that snapshot includes those cases reported on 12/23 and are no longer contagious?

MCPS didn’t show their work. Somebody teach them some eureka math.

LOL! This made me lol, for real.

We need one of those super slow moving videos on the MCPS data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yep.

And, the numbers aren't accurate. Tons of people didn't report.

You sound like an expert.

I've been trying to report for 36 hours. It wasn't until I got an email from MCPS this evening with a link to where I could report that I got a working link. I'm doing this on my phone and I'm pretty tech-savvy.

If I couldn't figure it out I know I'm not the only one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

No.

My friends who are UMC, tech-savvy English-speakers with the time and money to do it couldn't schedule PCR tests for any earlier than later this week, and they tried starting late last week.

This story may more common among families with less access, but it's not exclusive to them. It's not that simple to get PCR tested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

No, it probably had to do with lifestyle choices and the richer schools did much more traveling over the holidays that put us all at greater risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

Yep.

And, the numbers aren't accurate. Tons of people didn't report.

You sound like an expert.

I've been trying to report for 36 hours. It wasn't until I got an email from MCPS this evening with a link to where I could report that I got a working link. I'm doing this on my phone and I'm pretty tech-savvy.

If I couldn't figure it out I know I'm not the only one

You email the principal, administrator, secretary and teachers. Simple. Or, their google form.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So parents have to find childcare solutions in two-week increments? How is that possibly going to work?

Ironic isn't it? Liberals who don't care about education, children, or working families. They have put the public health bueracracy and teachers unions on a pedestal and don't give a s**t about you or your kids.

-A Democrat

+1 - a registered Democrat but unhappy with how county Democrats have kept bars and restaurants open but schools once again are closing. Education for students in Montgomery County is in the toilet. Nothing has been done to repair the damage of 18 months of virtual learning and now MCPS is putting students back online. The majority of families affected are the working poor in underserved and at risk communities.

Good luck getting mtg or desantis to fix it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So parents have to find childcare solutions in two-week increments? How is that possibly going to work?

Ironic isn't it? Liberals who don't care about education, children, or working families. They have put the public health bueracracy and teachers unions on a pedestal and don't give a s**t about you or your kids.

-A Democrat

+1 - a registered Democrat but unhappy with how county Democrats have kept bars and restaurants open but schools once again are closing. Education for students in Montgomery County is in the toilet. Nothing has been done to repair the damage of 18 months of virtual learning and now MCPS is putting students back online. The majority of families affected are the working poor in underserved and at risk communities.

Same. Democrat and have always voted with Apple Ballot. The last year has been so disappointing in terms of BOE, MCPS, and MoCo leadership. I expected more and am reminded again and again that these “leaders” don’t get it and don’t care. As a middle class working parent, I do not feel seen or respected in any way, shape, or form by the current leadership. And as a parent who moved to MCPS for the schools, I have come to deeply regret that decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I notice is the only high schools deep in yellow are the ones with with affluent populations who can test. All the DCC schools are in high green... Probably explained more by a lack of access to tests in the most populated part of the county.

No, it probably had to do with lifestyle choices and the richer schools did much more traveling over the holidays that put us all at greater risk.

+1. Is DCCers weren’t flying of the ski resorts or Mexico or the Bahamas.