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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

Why would it be a disservice? They have no issue with it, so why do you? Not everyone has your privilege.

Do they socialize with other kids at all?

Why do you care? You are desperate to kill or disable this parent. Does that make you feel superior?

JFC if you don't see the issue with kids not being able to socialize with other kids you're beyond help.

I seriously hope you're a troll but I fear you're not. These kids are going to be beyond messed up, but hey they didn't get covid, so that's something.

Kids can socialize outside school. Some actually do better virtually or homeschooled. And, if you want these kids to return, what are you willing to do to make it safe? Nothing. So, stop judging these families when you are the person they are trying to avoid.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

Are you a SAHM? How is that not privileged? It sounds like your kids only hope for a normal life is their 18th birthdays.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

DP. I fully support further investments in treatments, etc. for those who are so vulnerable that they are not helped by existing vaccines/treatments. I think the money would better be spent there than to implement all of the changes you are looking for, because real distancing means either hybrid- which unless you are bent on MCPS falling further behind, HELL NO- or significant investments in additional facilities and teachers/staff. Also, I don't think it's my kid's job to "protect" these theoretical people by wearing a mask in perpetuity. And clearly just going back to masking in schools would not be enough for families like yours anyway.

There's also another group of people I know who have no particular vulnerability, but are so whipped up about unknown long-term affects. Again, not my family's job to ease their anxiety.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

Are you a SAHM? How is that not privileged? It sounds like your kids only hope for a normal life is their 18th birthdays.

I don't have my health. Being healthy and not worrying about covid, is a huge privilege. Maybe there is a good reason your kids need to be out of your home as much as possible. You clearly have a lot of time on your hands if you are posting during work hours.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

DP. I fully support further investments in treatments, etc. for those who are so vulnerable that they are not helped by existing vaccines/treatments. I think the money would better be spent there than to implement all of the changes you are looking for, because real distancing means either hybrid- which unless you are bent on MCPS falling further behind, HELL NO- or significant investments in additional facilities and teachers/staff. Also, I don't think it's my kid's job to "protect" these theoretical people by wearing a mask in perpetuity. And clearly just going back to masking in schools would not be enough for families like yours anyway.

There's also another group of people I know who have no particular vulnerability, but are so whipped up about unknown long-term affects. Again, not my family's job to ease their anxiety.

Your post speaks volumes to your character. Its pretty sad that people like you are raising the next generation to be as selfish as you.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Sorry to break it to you but masks are not basic precautions. They just aren't. I'm 100% fine being that kind of person and I'd guess 90% of the population is too. You can live your life. You just need to figure out a way to protect yourself. It's not society's job to do that. That's 100% on you. You know like back in 2019.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Couldn't agree more! So many of the posters (who seem like the same 2 people) seem not care about anyone but themselves. The problem is were all in this together.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Couldn't agree more! So many of the posters (who seem like the same 2 people) seem not care about anyone but themselves. The problem is were all in this together.

There's almost 8 billions humans on the planet. You're going to get them all on board with your plan? Anyway, the government said to 'move on'. So it's really the only choice you have. Your definition of moving on might be staying home and whining on messages boards, but that's your call.

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Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Sorry to break it to you but masks are not basic precautions. They just aren't. I'm 100% fine being that kind of person and I'd guess 90% of the population is too. You can live your life. You just need to figure out a way to protect yourself. It's not society's job to do that. That's 100% on you. You know like back in 2019.

Actually studies have shown that masking helps and is a basic precaution. Actually it is society's job to care for each other. That's part of living in a society. Its ironic people like you are screaming about mental health issues in teens and other concerns and it starts with parenting and home life. If you don't teach kids to care for others or you parent with them as a priority, how do you expect them to behave any differently than you, given your poor example. No wonder so many kids are struggling.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Couldn't agree more! So many of the posters (who seem like the same 2 people) seem not care about anyone but themselves. The problem is were all in this together.

There's almost 8 billions humans on the planet. You're going to get them all on board with your plan? Anyway, the government said to 'move on'. So it's really the only choice you have. Your definition of moving on might be staying home and whining on messages boards, but that's your call.

Our government is a joke... its handled the last 6 years extremely poorly with both republicans and democrats being the problem. Our politicians are selfish self serving people who don't care about anyone but themselves and that trickles down. If showed a complete lack of concern and they only care about pleasing people like you for the vote.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Sorry to break it to you but masks are not basic precautions. They just aren't. I'm 100% fine being that kind of person and I'd guess 90% of the population is too. You can live your life. You just need to figure out a way to protect yourself. It's not society's job to do that. That's 100% on you. You know like back in 2019.

If it is our problem, then why do you care if kids continue virtually. If its our job to protect ourselves, its really the only option we have right now. You are contradicting yourself by saying its child abuse or neglect to keep kids virtually but in the same thread commenting it is not anyone's responsibility to keep families like ours safe and its ours. So, we choose to keep ourselves safe by staying away from families like you.

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Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Couldn't agree more! So many of the posters (who seem like the same 2 people) seem not care about anyone but themselves. The problem is were all in this together.

There's almost 8 billions humans on the planet. You're going to get them all on board with your plan? Anyway, the government said to 'move on'. So it's really the only choice you have. Your definition of moving on might be staying home and whining on messages boards, but that's your call.

Our government is a joke... its handled the last 6 years extremely poorly with both republicans and democrats being the problem. Our politicians are selfish self serving people who don't care about anyone but themselves and that trickles down. If showed a complete lack of concern and they only care about pleasing people like you for the vote.

If both the Republicans and Democrats think it will get them votes, clearly it's a super majority position.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather has been good lately, so not much to look into, other than two HS have over 30 cases in the last seven days (Rockville and Wootton).

Location Last 7 Days (#) Total Staff & Students School Cases (%)
Rockville High 33 1700 1.9
Thomas S. Wootton High 32 2099 1.5
Montgomery Blair High 27 3512 0.8
Richard Montgomery High 26 2593 1
Winston Churchill High 21 2483 0.8
Quince Orchard High 17 2390 0.7
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High 16 2535 0.6
Clarksburg High 14 2465 0.6
Walt Whitman High 14 2274 0.6
Walter Johnson High 14 3221 0.4
Central Office 13 N/A
Fairland Elementary 13 645 2
Northwest High 12 2735 0.4
Westland Middle 12 947 1.3
Albert Einstein High 11 2229 0.5
Julius West Middle 10 1495 0.7
Northwood High 10 2045 0.5
Sligo Creek Elementary 10 735 1.4
Eastern Middle 9 1013 0.9
Francis Scott Key Middle 9 1089 0.8
Beall Elementary 8 555 1.4
Earle B. Wood Middle 8 1191 0.7
Gaithersburg High 8 2738 0.3
James Hubert Blake High 8 1946 0.4
Silver Spring International Middle 8 1295 0.6
Briggs Chaney Middle 7 997 0.7
Col. Zadok Magruder High 7 1873 0.4

What does weather have to do with it? They still have school inside (and largely unmasked). Over the summer, the doomsayers on this board said that MCPS should have been brought to its knees by now. I know it's frustrating for them that they haven't got the Armageddon they're seeking.

We don't have accurate numbers as this is all self reporting. This is why we need regular testing.

How would that change anything?

It probably wouldn't but I'd like to know to know if its safe for my kids to return in person.

At what point would you keep your kids home?

They are already home. Not everyone choose to return right away.

Your kids are home going on three years? Unless you have truly remarkable circumstances at home, you're doing them an enormous disservice.

DP

I have a neighbor who has kept her children home from in-person school all this time. I agree that she is doing her kids a disservice, but she claims to be immune compromised and wants to keep herself ‘safe’. The kids have no health issues.

We’re getting very close to a point where Child Welfare Services should get involved in such cases to consider the best interests of the children and look for signs of neglect or physical/emotional abuse.

Oh honey, that is not abuse or neglect and you clearly don’t get it.

It really is. It's not something that Child Welfare is going to focus on, but keeping kids away from in-person school/general public life for going on three years (and presumably beyond) is awful, selfish behavior. Honey.

Have you always felt this way of did you just become prejudiced against homeschooling families during the pandemic?

DP. If they were also isolating their kids from peers outside of school, then I absolutely found that troubling before the pandemic. At the very least those cases should be investigated for signs of even more severe abuse.

Grow up and stop wasting child welfare's time with reports that would be screened out.

If you want these kids to return to in person you need to be part of the solution which is keeping all students and their families safe. If there is no masking, no testing, no distancing and everything is back to normal, its a hard no for our family. We don't have your privilege.

It sounds like your family has extenuating circumstances so do what you need to do, no one is forcing you to return. But likewise, you can't expect society to bend to your extenuating circumstances.

Or, people could be decent human's and take basic precautions to keep others healthy and they can live their lives too. Its sad you cannot be that kind of person.

Sorry to break it to you but masks are not basic precautions. They just aren't. I'm 100% fine being that kind of person and I'd guess 90% of the population is too. You can live your life. You just need to figure out a way to protect yourself. It's not society's job to do that. That's 100% on you. You know like back in 2019.

Actually studies have shown that masking helps and is a basic precaution. Actually it is society's job to care for each other. That's part of living in a society. Its ironic people like you are screaming about mental health issues in teens and other concerns and it starts with parenting and home life. If you don't teach kids to care for others or you parent with them as a priority, how do you expect them to behave any differently than you, given your poor example. No wonder so many kids are struggling.

So you’d send your high risk family member back simply if schools required masking again? Somehow I doubt it.