MCPS Coming Back, Better Than Ever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

Ask away, but it's unlikely to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

This is how I feel. I don’t hope my kids get covid but I’m not expecting masks to protect them like some of my friends who seem to think as long as there are masks anything is “safe.” But I’d rather they get covid and go to school tha not get covid and sit on a chromebook. Life is full of trade offs. People seem to think they can have it all.

The masks are useless with Delta. Just expect your kid to get sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The masks are useless with Delta. Just expect your kid to get sick.

[citation needed]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

Ask away, but it's unlikely to happen.

Need more people to ask. One person asking is not gonna make anything happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is building back better! So glad!

Better than bad can still be bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

Ask away, but it's unlikely to happen.

Need more people to ask. One person asking is not gonna make anything happen.

Lots of people asked for in-person learning last year. So maybe you'll get your classroom eating idea implemented by spring but only on an A/B schedule...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

Ask away, but it's unlikely to happen.

Need more people to ask. One person asking is not gonna make anything happen.

Lots of people asked for in-person learning last year. So maybe you'll get your classroom eating idea implemented by spring but only on an A/B schedule...

Spring cdc guidelines are different than the one for fall. They could do classroom eating as there is no 6 ft requirement for eating. It just says maximize physical distance as much as possible especially indoors. It doesn’t stop schools from fully opening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

Ask away, but it's unlikely to happen.

Need more people to ask. One person asking is not gonna make anything happen.

Lots of people asked for in-person learning last year. So maybe you'll get your classroom eating idea implemented by spring but only on an A/B schedule...

It just seems people are so scared to ask better mitigation in order to make sure the schools are open. But we should ask MCPS to do more testing and mitigation to make in person safer.
MCPS already said no testing. But 2 days ago the state agency encouraged school systems to set up testing in the fall and provide funding.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-prem-md-testing-covid-schools-20210721-lkd2nqllmzgi5frds6z57gomje-story.html
Having massive outbreaks in schools is going to help keeping the schools open in the winter.

[Anonymous]

What a bizarre email but glad to see MCPS recognize that virtual wasn’t real school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

They're still sitting close together in the classroom. I really don't think it matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

They're still sitting close together in the classroom. I really don't think it matters.

It does according to the CDC but what do they know!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there is actually quite a bit of evidence that flimsy cloth masks are not effective with delta. Israel and the UK reinstated mask mandates weeks ago and it had no impact on their case numbers. They continued going up at the same rates. Those numbers are finally just starting to go back down, suggesting that delta will just burn through as it wants until herd immunity. Fortunately for MoCo, the high vaccine rate lowers the point until we get there. Unfortunately, no kids under 12 are in that group. But I do think flimsy masks with slipshod enforcement of actually keeping the thing on your mouth and nose is security theater.

This is not to say we shouldn’t do 5 days in person. We should. Covid is less dangerous to kids than flu or RSV and we don’t shut the world down for that. This isn’t going away and we have to learn to live with it. But at least know accurately what you are risking. I fully believe schools are going to be awash in virus and pretty much everyone will get it. But nobody’s going to test and it’s so contagious now that contact tracing is stupid and if they’re not doing separated cohorts then we might as well bury our heads and keep going.

I believe we should ask for better mitigation strategies at school. For example, lunch is still eaten at cafeteria. Why can’t MCPS make cohorts and let kids eat lunch in the classroom? Or outdoor is even better.

They're still sitting close together in the classroom. I really don't think it matters.

I thought there is still 3 ft requirement. Sitting close with 20+ kids is probably still better than a whole cafeteria of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pulled our kids out of private school last year and will likely have to homeschool this year. I had to call the health department too many times to report our private school violating safety protocols and knew it would just get worse as some people think this is all over. Have friends in another private that actually took the pandemic seriously and continue their health protocols this fall but that can change at the drop of a hat with one loud parent asking for something different.

Was going to invite you to join our homeschool activities until I continued reading your post. I value folks who understand science, the real kind, not the kind on CNN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS think that parents who locked in their private school registration/tuition last spring are going to make a u-turn back to public in late July? This video is either aimed at home schoolers, or MCPS is wasting its money.

Have been homeschooling in MoCo for 20 years and they've never sent a "Come Back to MCPS" message before. You don't want to know what their message is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The private school parents are stealing money and services from MCPS. They also are hurting the ratings.

Schools get a lot of Federal and State aid that that is paid on a per student basis. Pulling a kid unexpected and last minute the school has same cost to teach those classes but with less students less money. Add in higher performing and more active parents in general who split to private lower test scores and less involved Parents it is a headache.

Private school parents are paying property taxes to support schools they aren’t using. You left out that part of your sob story.

This post makes no sense. MCPS gets funding based on enrollment. MCPS cannot please everyone but they are making zero efforts this school year to keep our kids safe so if more of us pull out its on MCPS, not private school families. We all pay taxes for schools regardless of if you use the schools. The issue is allocation. MCPS needs to do more to keep families in MCPS by providing for all students needs. We went to private school for a few years as MCPS would not meet my child's needs without a fight and by the time we hired an attorney, it was better to spend that money on a private given we'd lose a year fighting. We are considering leaving again as MCPS is not doing anything to protect our kids health, particularly given the delta variant.

Only a small part of the funding is per capita. The rest comes from the County Council, and yes, those parents pay more than most of the people telling them to hit the road.