MCPS covid cases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our covid notification hasn't been published either. Wonder if they're trying to push the notification out on Saturday when no one is watching

Heard about one at our school which also isn't listed.

[Anonymous]

MCPS is up to a 1,000 according to WTOP after interviewing an MCPS spokesperson:
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/09/we-have-faced-challenges-this-week-updated-quarantine-guidance-at-montgomery-county-public-schools/

[Anonymous]

Does school know students’ covid vaccination status? If not, in the event of a close contact how does the school know who to send home for quarantine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does school know students’ covid vaccination status? If not, in the event of a close contact how does the school know who to send home for quarantine?

We sent both kids with their records last week. Hopefully, the HR teachers passed them on to the nurses.

[Anonymous]

Does school know students’ covid vaccination status? If not, in the event of a close contact how does the school know who to send home for quarantine?

They don't. When my high school kid was exposed via sports, they sent a survey asking about each kid's vaccination status. Not sure why they didn't do that survey BEFORE practice started and then ask unvaccinated kids to wear masks and/or give them info on how to get vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is up to a 1,000 according to WTOP after interviewing an MCPS spokesperson:
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/09/we-have-faced-challenges-this-week-updated-quarantine-guidance-at-montgomery-county-public-schools/

Which means it's really six to ten times that so expect next week to be rough

[Anonymous]

Schools will have to close at this rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Schools will have to close at this rate.

They wouldn’t have to if they’d just pull their head out of their butt. I know they find it comfortable there, though. FCPS managed its second week just fine. In fact, Fairfax cases are down week over week, and positivity is down as well. MoCo loves the drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is up to a 1,000 according to WTOP after interviewing an MCPS spokesperson:
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/09/we-have-faced-challenges-this-week-updated-quarantine-guidance-at-montgomery-county-public-schools/

Which means it's really six to ten times that so expect next week to be rough

That is the number of kids in quarantine, not Covid cases. The number of postive cases is under 25 at this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Schools will have to close at this rate.

They wouldn’t have to if they’d just pull their head out of their butt. I know they find it comfortable there, though. FCPS managed its second week just fine. In fact, Fairfax cases are down week over week, and positivity is down as well. MoCo loves the drama.

I wouldn't be too sure about that, re: FCPS. They hide their numbers too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Schools will have to close at this rate.

They wouldn’t have to if they’d just pull their head out of their butt. I know they find it comfortable there, though. FCPS managed its second week just fine. In fact, Fairfax cases are down week over week, and positivity is down as well. MoCo loves the drama.

I wouldn't be too sure about that, re: FCPS. They hide their numbers too.

Are you implying that the county is hiding numbers? The rate is decreasing at the county level. If there were more cases in schools, those numbers would be included in the county numbers regardless of what FCPS is reporting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are rumors that about 450 are in quarantine or isolation at the moment. I don't know how accurate that number is, but it wouldn't surprise me based on Frederick Co. 450 out of 160,000 is not bad. But I think it is fair to expect it to increase. Covid tests seem harder to get now as well so it could delay some students being able to return.

I keep hearing covid tests are harder to get in other states where covid is surging as well. Usually states that are "beyond the surge."

This concerns me. A lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Schools will have to close at this rate.

They wouldn’t have to if they’d just pull their head out of their butt. I know they find it comfortable there, though. FCPS managed its second week just fine. In fact, Fairfax cases are down week over week, and positivity is down as well. MoCo loves the drama.

I wouldn't be too sure about that, re: FCPS. They hide their numbers too.

Are you implying that the county is hiding numbers? The rate is decreasing at the county level. If there were more cases in schools, those numbers would be included in the county numbers regardless of what FCPS is reporting.

I don't know. Could there be a backlog? Parents are saying FCPS isn't reporting all cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are rumors that about 450 are in quarantine or isolation at the moment. I don't know how accurate that number is, but it wouldn't surprise me based on Frederick Co. 450 out of 160,000 is not bad. But I think it is fair to expect it to increase. Covid tests seem harder to get now as well so it could delay some students being able to return.

I keep hearing covid tests are harder to get in other states where covid is surging as well. Usually states that are "beyond the surge."

This concerns me. A lot.

It's 1000, actually, according to WTOP who asked an MCPS official.

[Anonymous]

"As of Friday night, the Montgomery County schools COVID-19 cases dashboard included more than 40 letters from officials at schools across the district reporting on cases of individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus."

From the WTOP link posted above.

And as posters on DCUM have said repeatedly, MANY cases are not being reported by MCPS.