MCPS Officially announces schools opening as planned

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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?

This, and it was long before covid.

Parents should be responsible for testing, not mcps.

This seems like the answer. Have MCPS distribute at-home tests for parents to administer. If you really want, have them report the results similar to the DC process. The big problem with testing is staffing- MCPS simply doesn’t have staff to administer tests.

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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.

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.

Pp here. Kids aren’t invincible period. They die of the flu. They die walking to school. They die in car accidents.

We obviously accept risks in everyday life. Covid shouldn’t be any different.

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MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

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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 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.

Press conference with mayor. DCPS person said they will get a test kit on Wednesday if they did not upload results. I guess that doesn't necessarily mean on-site testing. Either way, they can't enter the building without proof of a negative test result.

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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 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.

Post on the DCPS board. This is MCPS. Not relevant.

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.

Press conference with mayor. DCPS person said they will get a test kit on Wednesday if they did not upload results. I guess that doesn't necessarily mean on-site testing. Either way, they can't enter the building without proof of a negative test result.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

FYI there are kids with disabilities cannot learn on Zoom.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

FYI there are kids with disabilities cannot learn on Zoom.

Correct, but if they are that severely impacted a break from school sounds better than covid. Especially those who cannot mask.

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Anonymous wrote:On a day that we had the most number of cases reported in the county ever -- over 2,000.

Should be an interesting ride.

Brilliant!

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Anonymous wrote:Good for MCPS. I was sweating bullets. Glad Dr. McKnight has the courage to do what’s right for the kids for once.

Amen

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

FYI there are kids with disabilities cannot learn on Zoom.

Correct, but if they are that severely impacted a break from school sounds better than covid. Especially those who cannot mask.

How do you figure? Most of those kids with special needs are just as low risk for covid as anyone else. And academic and behavioral regression during closures is a much bigger problem with many of these students.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

FYI there are kids with disabilities cannot learn on Zoom.

Correct, but if they are that severely impacted a break from school sounds better than covid. Especially those who cannot mask.

How do you figure? Most of those kids with special needs are just as low risk for covid as anyone else. And academic and behavioral regression during closures is a much bigger problem with many of these students.

Then perhaps their parents can help with those things. Right now everyone is high risk. It’s getting bad and few seem to care.

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Anonymous wrote:Good for MCPS. I was sweating bullets. Glad Dr. McKnight has the courage to do what’s right for the kids for once.

Amen

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How will you feel with outbreaks and your kids sick?

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Anonymous wrote:Good for MCPS. I was sweating bullets. Glad Dr. McKnight has the courage to do what’s right for the kids for once.

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How will you feel with outbreaks and your kids sick?

It’s going to be January. Kids are always sick in January.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t academically afford to shut down schools for any timeframe

Yes, they can. Parents need to support their kids.

FYI there are kids with disabilities cannot learn on Zoom.

Correct, but if they are that severely impacted a break from school sounds better than covid. Especially those who cannot mask.

How do you figure? Most of those kids with special needs are just as low risk for covid as anyone else. And academic and behavioral regression during closures is a much bigger problem with many of these students.

Then perhaps their parents can help with those things. Right now everyone is high risk. It’s getting bad and few seem to care.

Did you know parents of kids with special needs have jobs too? It turns out it is quite expensive to have a kid with special needs. Ask me how I know.

Omicron appears to be lower risk for severe illness than even Delta. And kids were low risk for Delta.

It's not getting bad for kids. It’s getting bad for unvaccinated/unboosted adults and the elderly.