Question re APS covid policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid stayed home Friday because he developed a cough. I called the school to say he was absent and told them why. Negative PCR test that day. School never called or emailed us on Friday to tell us we needed anything. I am sending him in today.

Did you fill out the survey? You need to do so. That's how they're keeping statistics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

The problem is that with all of the conflicting information from APS and varying interpretations by individual schools, reporting a runny nose in the scenario above could result in your child being excluded from school for an unknown number of days for no reason. Under at least some of the APS guidance, a kid with a mild cold would it be allowed to return to school until 24 hours after the runny nose ended, which could easily be a week or more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

The problem is that with all of the conflicting information from APS and varying interpretations by individual schools, reporting a runny nose in the scenario above could result in your child being excluded from school for an unknown number of days for no reason. Under at least some of the APS guidance, a kid with a mild cold would it be allowed to return to school until 24 hours after the runny nose ended, which could easily be a week or more.

+1

I'm cautious of covid--I believe in vaccines and masks. I just don't think it's impossible to zero out runny noses without causing numerous absences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also consider that a kid with a constant runny nose can't keep his mask on, would need to remove it over and over to blow his nose. So even if cleared for Covid, I wouldn't send him back until it starts to dry up (if it's a cold), or you can give him allergy medications to help dry it up (if it's allergies).

New onset sudden symptoms sound more like illness than allergies.

Really? Not in my family. Other way around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

+1

It wouldn't be crazy for them to want to know the overall number of necessary covid tests or the numbers of days missed because of covid symptoms. APS could use this to improve the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

+1

It wouldn't be crazy for them to want to know the overall number of necessary covid tests or the numbers of days missed because of covid symptoms. APS could use this to improve the system.

"Could" but probably wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid stayed home Friday because he developed a cough. I called the school to say he was absent and told them why. Negative PCR test that day. School never called or emailed us on Friday to tell us we needed anything. I am sending him in today.

Did you fill out the survey? You need to do so. That's how they're keeping statistics.

Not that poster, but statistics on what? Kids who have the symptoms of a cold but do not in fact have Covid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

+1

It wouldn't be crazy for them to want to know the overall number of necessary covid tests or the numbers of days missed because of covid symptoms. APS could use this to improve the system.

So people should sacrifice educational time for their covid-negative children for the sake of giving APS data? Sorry, you can sacrifice your kids, but I’m not sacrificing mine.

[Anonymous]

Truly, if your kid has symptoms that are on the questionnaire, even if they’re mild, it’s childish to not disclose. You can get a covid test pretty fast in Arlington, and if it really is a stupid runny nose and not something significant, your doctor will give you the green light to return. You’re talking about one maybe two days out as the price to pay for being a decent citizen and helping keep schools open. People get so melodramatic on this board about the sky falling if they encounter the slightest inconvenience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truly, if your kid has symptoms that are on the questionnaire, even if they’re mild, it’s childish to not disclose. You can get a covid test pretty fast in Arlington, and if it really is a stupid runny nose and not something significant, your doctor will give you the green light to return. You’re talking about one maybe two days out as the price to pay for being a decent citizen and helping keep schools open. People get so melodramatic on this board about the sky falling if they encounter the slightest inconvenience.

Congratulations on wasting your time posting without actually reading the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

NP and I don't understand why it matters if the child is negative. Parents were responsible and got child tested. Reporting the symptons just keeps the kid out of school longer and for no good reason.

+1

It wouldn't be crazy for them to want to know the overall number of necessary covid tests or the numbers of days missed because of covid symptoms. APS could use this to improve the system.

You’re giving APS wayyyy too much credit. They’re not doing jack with this info. The schools don’t even know what their own policies are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids got a cold/allergies the first week of school; we got them tested immediately (negative) but no one at school ever asked about it.

Same. Why would you ask/notify APS in this situation? My kid had a runny nose, no fever, felt fine, and had a negative Covid test. I didn’t tell APS but sent the kid to school in good conscience.

You hid this from the school and have a clean conscience?

This is what the screener is for people!

If you don't want to fill it out when your kid is fine, that's one thing.

But you need to fill it out when your kid has symptoms!!!!

Yea ok. This is a cluster f.