MCPS covid dashboard data?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

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We were in a difficult situation this year and the Virtual Academy saved us - we appreciate how it helps families like ours who for various reasons cannot send our children to in-person school.

Next year, our kids will go back to their home middle and high schools, but they learned a lot with the VA, and we have no complaints. The VA is doing a wonderful job.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

How does parenting simulate socialization lessons/experiences missing from in-person?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

How does parenting simulate socialization lessons/experiences missing from in-person?

Lots of options... including spending more time with your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

How does parenting simulate socialization lessons/experiences missing from in-person?

Lots of options... including spending more time with your kids.

If you don’t have a good answer, you can just say that.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

How does parenting simulate socialization lessons/experiences missing from in-person?

Lots of options... including spending more time with your kids.

If you don’t have a good answer, you can just say that.

You can socialize outside of school... activities, get togethers with friends and family or spending time with parents... the rest of us seem to make it work.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

Yes let's blame everything on teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a student who was in virtual academy this year and transitioned back to on person and his social skills were that of a child two years younger than his given age

It sounds like you didn't work with that child at all on social skills. That is not VA fault, but yours.

It sounds like VA doesn't bring much to the table.

Actually it has nothing to do with VA and more to do with parenting.

How does parenting simulate socialization lessons/experiences missing from in-person?

Lots of options... including spending more time with your kids.

An adult spending lots of time with their children does not recreate the give and take of developing social skills with a peer group.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

Agreed, PP is ruining their kids. They only get to be kids once, and their childhood school memories will be watching class through a laptop. Not to mention all the skills they'll be missing once they turn 18 and are out on their own.

Actually it depends on how you look at it. Since we are home, we have had far more time to work on skills. It’s 2022. Times have changed, you have not.

Times have not changed. Virtual didn't transform education across the country. It mostly got phased out or looks something like MCPS's anemic offering. Kids already know how to navigate technology via their own personal lives, so the "times have changed" skillsets you're referring to are not unique at all.

They very much have.

How have they changed?

Remote work is here to stay. Kids in VA and other remote programs will have an easier time making the jump to remote jobs, as opposed to kids who NEED to be in person to get anything done.

Pretty sure my kid does not need 10 years of remote schooling to learn how to use zoom.

VA is new this year so no child has had 10 year of remote school.

I'm talking about a scenario where families believe that they need to put their children in virtual School to prepare them for working remotely

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

Agreed, PP is ruining their kids. They only get to be kids once, and their childhood school memories will be watching class through a laptop. Not to mention all the skills they'll be missing once they turn 18 and are out on their own.

Actually it depends on how you look at it. Since we are home, we have had far more time to work on skills. It’s 2022. Times have changed, you have not.

Times have not changed. Virtual didn't transform education across the country. It mostly got phased out or looks something like MCPS's anemic offering. Kids already know how to navigate technology via their own personal lives, so the "times have changed" skillsets you're referring to are not unique at all.

They very much have.

How have they changed?

Remote work is here to stay. Kids in VA and other remote programs will have an easier time making the jump to remote jobs, as opposed to kids who NEED to be in person to get anything done.

Pretty sure my kid does not need 10 years of remote schooling to learn how to use zoom.

VA is new this year so no child has had 10 year of remote school.

I'm talking about a scenario where families believe that they need to put their children in virtual School to prepare them for working remotely

It's an absurd premise. You don't need to learn to work remotely. There's no special personal tooling involved. You just do it. And aside, what if the kid doesn't end up with a remote work job? Is a perma-VA kid properly skilled up to deal with that reality?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

Are they working in person spreading around the office or still working at home and getting Covid at after hour gatherings?

Doesn't really matter where they contract it. The point is that if it's brought into an unmasked area (school cafeteria, indoor office meeting, etc.) it's an issue.

Only time will tell what effect repeated exposures will have in the long run, but yes, I do suspect test score studies should be done on infected and non-infected children covid populations by age group. I strongly suspect there is a direct correlation.

"Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

So what’s your long term plan then- keep your kids masked or in VA indefinitely until there is a proven treatment to prevent long Covid? That could be years, if ever. Because if that article is true- that a single case of mild Covid can lead to long term damage, you can’t even risk getting Covid once.

DP, yes, my kids will continue to mask and stay in VA. They choose to mask. We don’t have to tell them or remind them. They are decent people who get how contagious this virus is and understand the impact it could have on others. They also know what is like to lose some who was young and have had several significant losses. Be grateful yours don’t know that kind of pain. Nothing can replace losing a sibling or parent or both. Basic precautions are common sense.

DP but how old are your kids my I ask? We are in VA but my 4rd grader is really rebelling against it and I'm torn whether to continue next year. He is very social and has ADHD (we started meds this year to help with the focus). I know he would wear a mask in school but all other precautions are gone and guessing by next year few kids will be masked. How did you instill this sense of empathy and understanding in your kids? We haven't resumed in-person church and gave up on the Zoom services. He plays baseball this spring but I haven't initiated getting together with families one-on-one because they all seem pretty lax.

My 6th grader is fine, they'd be happy to do remote indefinitely but I wonder how they would feel not having a sibling at home.

Another DP - What you're describing does not sound healthy for your children. I recommend you speak to your family physicians about your household's risk from COVID and what loosening restrictions might look like. I feel badly for your social child that hasn't attended school or church or had a one-on-one play date in two years. And for that matter your older child who feels comfortable with isolation - is that a good thing?

Agreed, PP is ruining their kids. They only get to be kids once, and their childhood school memories will be watching class through a laptop. Not to mention all the skills they'll be missing once they turn 18 and are out on their own.

Actually it depends on how you look at it. Since we are home, we have had far more time to work on skills. It’s 2022. Times have changed, you have not.

Times have not changed. Virtual didn't transform education across the country. It mostly got phased out or looks something like MCPS's anemic offering. Kids already know how to navigate technology via their own personal lives, so the "times have changed" skillsets you're referring to are not unique at all.

They very much have.

How have they changed?

Remote work is here to stay. Kids in VA and other remote programs will have an easier time making the jump to remote jobs, as opposed to kids who NEED to be in person to get anything done.

Pretty sure my kid does not need 10 years of remote schooling to learn how to use zoom.

VA is new this year so no child has had 10 year of remote school.

I'm talking about a scenario where families believe that they need to put their children in virtual School to prepare them for working remotely

No one really believes that. Some kids do better in the virtual setting, others are there due to ongoing covid concerns.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'd say the difference is significant not only because of the numbers themselves (maybe double the dashboard, although 2 x a fairly low number is still a fairly low number), but also because of distribution of the cases (I know from other families that some are clustered). I am grateful to the principal for keeping the school community informed, of course, but for those who are trying to observe patterns at a higher altitude, it would be good if the MCPS dashboard were . . . accurate-er. I didn't know myself that the Google form was the key to dashboard registration.

Ok, but I still don’t see how it practically makes a difference. Schools are open and will stay open. Kids will occasionally get covid, and the vast majority will be just fine. If you're not willing to accept the small risk that covid presents, then homeschool and isolate for the rest of your life.

I can understand your perspective, but I am personally more aligned with the OP. A family might have something important coming up this weekend where getting covid this week would be supremely inconvenient. Knowing there is an outbreak in their child’s school or class they might ask the child to wear a more protective mask or even pull their child out of school in very specific cases. They might ask kids to rapid test before a sleepover if cases are higher. Some of us are still adjusting our behavior in response to level of community spread. I personally fully expect to get covid but I really wouldn’t want to test positive the day before my sister’s wedding for instance.

I was literally reading this on Monday when my MCPS kid got sick and tested positive. Very wise comment and I wish I had read this thread before the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

And all the MCPS schools with documented outbreaks. Not a lot of learning going on for those students right now. The crazies don't count that learning loss. Maybe if you get covid you deserve to not be learning?

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Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it's so nice to hear from the crazy anti maskers again. I thought maybe you all had slithered back to the Fairfax boards for good.

Taking precautions isn't forever. Remember how sick your families were in December and January? We were fine because we were careful. Once covod had burned through your wretched micoclotting bodies and gone dormant again, we came back to school, masked, and have had a good year.

However, now that cases are going nuts, the question becomes, is it worth taking a week or two at home because mcps will do nothing to stop psychos like your sociopathic children from infecting their classmates and teachers? Quite probably, the answer is yes

Ok you had me until you started in on sociopathic children. This is the parents fault, full stop. Don’t blame the kids who don’t know better. But yes we keep our kids home this week. Thee was an event at our school on Friday and I heard it was crowded and only like 50% masked. Superspreader event for sure.

Sorry, you're right. The kids aren't sociopaths. They're just taking the advice of sociopaths.

I remember when I begged the school board to not put our kids in the position where they'd have to make choices about hurting other people, choices they'd have to live with for the rest of their lives. Well, that school board lady is either the real sociopath, or she has eaten a lot of lead paint chips.

Unfortunately, statistically it’s very likely she grew up in a house with lead problems.

But yes all the adults are done with the masks and telling kids it’s ok- parents, teachers, principals. No role models left doing the right thing.

Don’t forget to mention that central office has very high Covid numbers.

And all the MCPS schools with documented outbreaks. Not a lot of learning going on for those students right now. The crazies don't count that learning loss. Maybe if you get covid you deserve to not be learning?

Its like any other illness now. You get sick, stay home and its hit for miss on if the teachers will allow make up work.