RMSC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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This. If you haven't been following the science enough to know this you might want to reconsider your child's participation. Everyone who was in the facility at the time the positive person was there and perhaps the swim group that came after should be notified.
If there was more than one group both should be notified. Any other staff in the building should also be aware. It doesn't mean they shiould quarantine necesarily but it means they should be monitoring themselves closely.

Science says everyone should be notified. Its called contract tracing. Its not just RMSC swimming but other folks as well. If we could opt out and keep our spot, we would do it but we were told we'd lose the spot if we don't go. If kids were in close contact, they absolutely should be quarantined especially given the lack of air circulation and other issues.

You would have been notified if your child was in contact. Since you weren’t, you can assume your child was not in the building at the same time.

[Anonymous]

It’s CONTACT tracing (not contract). You need to have contact for them to attempt tracing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1
This. If you haven't been following the science enough to know this you might want to reconsider your child's participation. Everyone who was in the facility at the time the positive person was there and perhaps the swim group that came after should be notified.
If there was more than one group both should be notified. Any other staff in the building should also be aware. It doesn't mean they shiould quarantine necesarily but it means they should be monitoring themselves closely.

Science says everyone should be notified. Its called contract tracing. Its not just RMSC swimming but other folks as well. If we could opt out and keep our spot, we would do it but we were told we'd lose the spot if we don't go. If kids were in close contact, they absolutely should be quarantined especially given the lack of air circulation and other issues.

You would have been notified if your child was in contact. Since you weren’t, you can assume your child was not in the building at the same time.

You can assume you didn’t meet the criteria for risk of transmission. Not the same as being in the building at the same time.

[Anonymous]

FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1
This. If you haven't been following the science enough to know this you might want to reconsider your child's participation. Everyone who was in the facility at the time the positive person was there and perhaps the swim group that came after should be notified.
If there was more than one group both should be notified. Any other staff in the building should also be aware. It doesn't mean they shiould quarantine necesarily but it means they should be monitoring themselves closely.

Science says everyone should be notified. Its called contract tracing. Its not just RMSC swimming but other folks as well. If we could opt out and keep our spot, we would do it but we were told we'd lose the spot if we don't go. If kids were in close contact, they absolutely should be quarantined especially given the lack of air circulation and other issues.

You would have been notified if your child was in contact. Since you weren’t, you can assume your child was not in the building at the same time.

You can assume you didn’t meet the criteria for risk of transmission. Not the same as being in the building at the same time.

If you are in the building within a few days you should be notified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

I know the process, but in this special circumstance I don’t think it should necessarily be business as usual. There is a group of people who made a decision based on the pandemic and I think the right thing to do is to give them priority to fill open spots if they want to return.

[Anonymous]

I do agree with this but RMSC said very clearly that they would not do this and that you had to continue this fall/spring to hold your spot.

That impacted a lot of families that felt like they HAD to sign up and pay. So some families signed up and paid even if it was a hardship so that they could hold the spot.

It would be unfair and basically a lie to backtrack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

I know the process, but in this special circumstance I don’t think it should necessarily be business as usual. There is a group of people who made a decision based on the pandemic and I think the right thing to do is to give them priority to fill open spots if they want to return.

I think this will happen anyway just by default. The swimmers who took this season off are probably decent swimmers and cooperative, know the routine, etc. I can't imagine a scenario under which most of the returning swimmers are not former RMSC swimmers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

I know the process, but in this special circumstance I don’t think it should necessarily be business as usual. There is a group of people who made a decision based on the pandemic and I think the right thing to do is to give them priority to fill open spots if they want to return.

I think this will happen anyway just by default. The swimmers who took this season off are probably decent swimmers and cooperative, know the routine, etc. I can't imagine a scenario under which most of the returning swimmers are not former RMSC swimmers.

Are all of the groups full?

[Anonymous]

Why would they be? They didn't take anyone new.
I mean they are full like they are not accepting any additional swimmers due to covid restrictions as far as I know.

They have all those spaces from swimmers who are taking the season off. I think it's mostly a formality. They will have new tryouts and those swimmers will be let back on. The one question is whether restrictions will continue into the new season so they will have reduced capacity compared to before. That would be messy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do agree with this but RMSC said very clearly that they would not do this and that you had to continue this fall/spring to hold your spot.

That impacted a lot of families that felt like they HAD to sign up and pay. So some families signed up and paid even if it was a hardship so that they could hold the spot.

It would be unfair and basically a lie to backtrack.

I was ok paying and not attending/swimming somewhere else that had smaller groups however we were told if we didn't attend we'd be cut. They are handling the limited kids per lane really well but it greatly concerns me that they don't notify if there was a positive in the building within a few days as we'd keep our kids out for a week or two. Its only going to get worse as numbers rise/holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would they be? They didn't take anyone new.
I mean they are full like they are not accepting any additional swimmers due to covid restrictions as far as I know.

They have all those spaces from swimmers who are taking the season off. I think it's mostly a formality. They will have new tryouts and those swimmers will be let back on. The one question is whether restrictions will continue into the new season so they will have reduced capacity compared to before. That would be messy.

They took a few swimmers, like they do every year outside of try outs. Usually they are kids transferring from out of state or another group. But, they didn't hold tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

I know the process, but in this special circumstance I don’t think it should necessarily be business as usual. There is a group of people who made a decision based on the pandemic and I think the right thing to do is to give them priority to fill open spots if they want to return.

I think this will happen anyway just by default. The swimmers who took this season off are probably decent swimmers and cooperative, know the routine, etc. I can't imagine a scenario under which most of the returning swimmers are not former RMSC swimmers.

Are all of the groups full?

Define full? They made the rules to reduce the number of kids returning. So, groups are smaller now and full only because of the COVID rules. They'll probably bring them back up as soon as they are allowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I do think RMSC should offer spots to returning members before holding open tryouts when the time comes. That would be the right thing to do.

They do if you continue on the team. If you leave for any reason you have to try out and may not make it back on.

I know the process, but in this special circumstance I don’t think it should necessarily be business as usual. There is a group of people who made a decision based on the pandemic and I think the right thing to do is to give them priority to fill open spots if they want to return.

I think this will happen anyway just by default. The swimmers who took this season off are probably decent swimmers and cooperative, know the routine, etc. I can't imagine a scenario under which most of the returning swimmers are not former RMSC swimmers.

No, our child swam with another child who took spring off and wanted to return in the fall. Child attended every practice and was declined reentry. It was really disappointing as child wasn't the fastest but really nice, good kid.