MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

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Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

That worked really well for the White House.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can the quarantined kids (exposed) test back in or do they have to wait for the other kid to negative test?

And whoever said use federal funds for testing….100. Kids don’t need that many free meals a day.

I'm not sure. Still haven't gotten any comms from MCPS on this. Why are they relying on principals to disseminate a county-wide policy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Majority of parents aren't agreeing to testing so their only option is to send kids home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Christ, it is actually depressing that a couple of random anonymous posters in like 3 minutes can come up with a better and more thought-out policy than the entire leadership of MCPS. Chalk up 1 for DCUM trolls; 0 for MCPS; and of course -1 million in lost learning for all MoCo students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is MCPS intentionally sabotaging in-person school in a game of chicken with the state. They figure if they make in-person bad enough then the state will just let them shut it down.

I don't think MCPS will shut down and Erlick wants them open. They aren't closing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

Sorry to distract from everybody's conniptions, but that was funny

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Majority of parents aren't agreeing to testing so their only option is to send kids home.

They certainly will if the alternative is Larlo/Larla indefinitely at home!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is MCPS intentionally sabotaging in-person school in a game of chicken with the state. They figure if they make in-person bad enough then the state will just let them shut it down.

I don't think MCPS will shut down and Erlick wants them open. They aren't closing.

They won't shut down because the state isn't going to back down.

Elrich doesn't care about COVID anyone now that he can out to restaurants and music venues. Everything from him at this point is just for show (e.g., a push for a vaccine passport when 95% of the eligible population have already gotten a shot).

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Again - if they do a covid test and test negative - no quarantine, right? So the kid goes home, takes a test, tests negative - everyone back at school within 24 hours. Yay. OR kid goes home, takes COVID test - tests positive, and then we prevent further spread since the kids are all at home and quarantined.

Takes what test?

A COVID test - jeez. Read.

Which covid test should the child take that gets everyone back to school within 24 hours, and who will arrange this and pay for it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Majority of parents aren't agreeing to testing so their only option is to send kids home.

At the very least, they could send the symptomatic kid home and allow others in the room to stay after a negative rapid antigen test. If your child is in the room and you refuse the test, then your child could get sent home too.

The key point is that we absolutely do not need to send everyone home when there's a positive test or a symptomic kid. We're going to be dealing with COVID for a long time. This is not an appropriate or sustainable plan. It's so bad that it only makes sense in the context of trying to force a closure of the district as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Majority of parents aren't agreeing to testing so their only option is to send kids home.

At the very least, they could send the symptomatic kid home and allow others in the room to stay after a negative rapid antigen test. If your child is in the room and you refuse the test, then your child could get sent home too.

The key point is that we absolutely do not need to send everyone home when there's a positive test or a symptomic kid. We're going to be dealing with COVID for a long time. This is not an appropriate or sustainable plan. It's so bad that it only makes sense in the context of trying to force a closure of the district as a whole.

No, because if those other kids are asymptomatic, they could have a huge spread. Parents need to be responsible. If your child is sick keep them home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

Sorry to distract from everybody's conniptions, but that was funny

LOL! More so because this has happened to my kid.

Looks like MCPS just wants to send as many kids at home as often as possible. Excellent. Back to Virtual, I guess? Dammit, MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the quarantined kids (exposed) test back in or do they have to wait for the other kid to negative test?

And whoever said use federal funds for testing….100. Kids don’t need that many free meals a day.

I'm not sure. Still haven't gotten any comms from MCPS on this. Why are they relying on principals to disseminate a county-wide policy?

It could be school specific (based on lunch arrangement) who gets sent home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I class is sent home until getting a negative test on their own. Let's say that takes 2 days, comes back and 3 days later another kid has a "bad headache " back home again but there's a project at work so this time it takes 3 days to go get the test then back again until a week and a half later someone eats the cafeteria food and has diarrhea so now you're out again for another day.

What a sh"tshow

ok - so what do you propose? No class? No quarantine ever? Only the child that is sick gets sent home (one after another after another -until the entire class is sent home sequentially and the spread continues? What?

Test to stay like Boston (and probably many many other schools are doing)

I'm not sure what MCPS has against using the testing that's been provided by the federal government but irs causing much risk and disruption to not use it.

They don't want to know.

Right. They just want to send them home.

Just do rapid antigen tests as often as you can, and send home anyone positive while keeping everyone that tested negative. Once a classroom crosses a certain threshold of concurrent cases (3-5), shut down the room for 10 days.

Majority of parents aren't agreeing to testing so their only option is to send kids home.

At the very least, they could send the symptomatic kid home and allow others in the room to stay after a negative rapid antigen test. If your child is in the room and you refuse the test, then your child could get sent home too.

The key point is that we absolutely do not need to send everyone home when there's a positive test or a symptomic kid. We're going to be dealing with COVID for a long time. This is not an appropriate or sustainable plan. It's so bad that it only makes sense in the context of trying to force a closure of the district as a whole.

Agreed. Feels like typical MCPS nonsense. They want to stick it to the state and to Hogan (we have seen this nonsense before from MCPS). Instead of closing down the school system, they will freely send grades home and then eventually close schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I give up. It's probably just easier to do virtual until our kids can get vaccinated than deal with the roadblocks this idiotic Board wants to throw up. At least there's stability with virtual.

They need to stop the spread. Some people are clearly ok with getting covid as they don't care about anyone but themselves, even their kids and send them to school sick and don't care the impact it has on others.

I don't get the complaining. It was clear this would happen, so deal with it. Just like the same families told those of us concerned to just deal with it. Your turn. Virtual has a waitlist and isn't taking new families but go ahead and apply.

+1. Such suckers!! Virtual will be the far superior Avenue this year because it will be consistent.