WHAT?! APS now closed 1/6??

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Anonymous wrote:APS's covid dashboard shows that less that 10% of APS teachers need to be out because they're covid positive. Duran reported that less than 50% of staff are available for in person instruction. What's up with those other 40%? Is it just teachers refusing to come in? If so, teachers should be charged their PTO days for days they say they'll be out if APS can't open because of teacher absences.

Thats only who reports to qualtrics. Did you check close contacts? Also how far back did you go?

Close contacts aren't an issue if you're vaccinated per APS policy and all teachers should be vaccinated.

All teacher should be reporting their positive cases in qualtrics. That's how APS is keeping data.

The 10 day teacher positive graphs are on AEM. Look there.

ASYMPTOMATIC close contacts don’t have to quarantine if they are vaccinated. My guess is that a lot
of staff are showing symptoms, which requires them to stay home.

That should show up in APS data. People with covid symptoms awaiting a test.
Share the data.

We also have people out because they have other medical conditions. Some who got stuck traveling. Some had pre-approved personal leave. Those absences aren’t shown in the COVID dashboard.

I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week.

Remember- the new quarantine rules went into effect 1/3. So- that’s what did it. People on 1/1, for example, still had to quarantine. Should be better now.

No, they backtracked on implementing the new quarantine rules. Duran sent out an email Wednesday about it.

Shoot! Well there goes that! It’s hard to keep up.

Are you referring to isolation rules for an asymptomatic person who tests positive?

My understanding is that APS hasn't changed their policy that vaccinated folks don't need to quarantine if they have a close contact. No teachers should be out because they are quarantining--they are all supposed to be vaccinated.

Isolation = covid positive test
Quarantine = unvaccinated close contact

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

We all know that even with our vaccinations and boosters we are still candidates for getting omicron. The medicines should keep it from being fatal. We can still try to not be exposed:expose others.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

There are situations in which vaccinated teachers are unmasked and a close contact to an unmasked child. In this case they do have to test. Vaccine exemption is only if you are masked and the other person is masked as well.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

There are situations in which vaccinated teachers are unmasked and a close contact to an unmasked child. In this case they do have to test. Vaccine exemption is only if you are masked and the other person is masked as well.

You may think that makes sense but that's not APS policy.

Besides, you should be provided with health info about students. Are you being told the name of the close contact? Students certainly aren't.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

There are situations in which vaccinated teachers are unmasked and a close contact to an unmasked child. In this case they do have to test. Vaccine exemption is only if you are masked and the other person is masked as well.

You may think that makes sense but that's not APS policy.

Besides, you should be provided with health info about students. Are you being told the name of the close contact? Students certainly aren't.

*shouldn't

[Anonymous]

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

My understanding is that anyone with symptoms should quarantine and test. Close contact testing is for asymptomatic unvaccinated folks.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

My understanding is that anyone with symptoms should quarantine and test. Close contact quarantine awaiting testing is for asymptomatic unvaccinated folks.

Sorry, haven't had my coffee yet. Fixed above. Close contacts are still encouraged to test if vaccinated, but they can continue to work while they wait for test results.

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I know people that were identified as close contacts and required to test, and couldn’t get the tests or results back. Now, because of the snow they’ve cleared the quarantine period. This was a good thing, this past week

You know unvaccinated APS teachers? None of this makes sense of they're vaccinated.

Not the PP but my understanding of the quarantine policy is that you have to quarantine and test as a close contact if you have COVID symptoms, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated. If you are a close contact, vaccinated but have no symptoms, you don’t have to quarantine. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. But in that scenario, a vaccinated teacher identified as a close contact would still quarantine and test if they report symptoms.

My understanding is that anyone with symptoms should quarantine and test. Close contact quarantine awaiting testing is for asymptomatic unvaccinated folks.

Sorry, haven't had my coffee yet. Fixed above. Close contacts are still encouraged to test if vaccinated, but they can continue to work while they wait for test results.

I’m a teacher. Given the option, I don’t think I would test if I remained asymptomatic as a close contact.