COVID policy for 2023-24 school year

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Yes, their education is more important. I said the sniffles, not actual illness. If my kid's sniffles get your kids sick, oh well. That's life Flame away.

No, it’s selfish. Then my kids miss school for them being sick, then me being sick.

This is nothing new. People have always gotten sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

What a weird question. Would you say the same thing about a visit to your pediatrician or PCP? This is life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school system gives 18 total absences…excused or unexcused. After that there is a risk of failing the year

If I kept my kid home when they had signs of a cold we would easily miss 18 days before the end of the year.
Even a regular cold can last a week before noses stop running, and a cough can longer another week or so.

A day or two in the beginning when kids are really sick, and then they have to go back if it’s just a runny nose and mild cough.

+1 My kid gets sick a lot and misses many days. If she took 5 days off for covid, she’d easily miss a month or so of school and we would get attendance warnings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

Ditto. My kids are also in high school.

My younger one (still in high school) did have the sore throat/congestion this week. I didn't test but I did keep her home from all activities so not to infect others. What she is missing is relatively low-stakes. Now starting next week if my other one is to get the sniffles? At most, I'll let her stay home a day. But they can't miss 5 days of school in order to quarantine. Especially now. Sorry not sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At an MCPS sports orientation last night, the athletic director said Covid diagnosis required 5 days off followed by 5 days masked.

Cool. No one gets “diagnosed” with covid anymore. Glad to see we’re back to normal.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

Are you trying to eradicate all diseases? It's just not possible or those three months I stayed home and didn't leave the house would have done that.

[Anonymous]

Congrats on not caring.
What a wonderful way to live, “me first.”

Make others sick, who cares.
I imagine when these people interview for jobs/ schools/ boards/ associations, they talk about how much they care about being a part of a community, or how they’d like to “serve.”

At least mask your sick kids when you send them back so mine have a chance…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

Remember the Covid vaccine mandate? The teachers are all vaccinated. They are safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

I am a teacher. Dealing with an actual Covid illness is easier for me than dealing with half my class out from October to January. And I have underlying conditions. I will be exposed to Covid almost daily - that’s reality. Whining won’t help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

At this point in 2023 NO I don’t care

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I assume my kids will get Covid but who knows if I’ll catch it. I’ll do a rapid test when they first have symptoms and if negative I’ll send to school assuming no fever/vomiting/awful cough/feeling horrible. Not sure I’ll test multiple times for every cold like virus. The tests aren’t free anymore!

Free tests are available at all MoCo Libraries.

The ones they were offering at the Bethesda library today expired earlier this summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plan to get sick.

MCPS no longer has Covid leave for staff. The teacher who catches Covid in the first month of school will use 1/2 of their yearly allotted sick leave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter has had a cough and congestion for a week. We didn't bother testing and if she were in school, we would send her.

Did she have covid? Who knows!! I am actually hoping it was covid, so we don't have to worry about it for a while lol.

Yeah just get the other kids and adults sick in the building. You’re a real gem. Pre-times this was looked down on too. My first year teaching I had pneumonia 4 times bc idiots sent their kids sick.

At this point I don't care any more. If they're sick enough to stay home they will but if they just have the sniffles I'm sure as $hit sending them to school. Sorry, not sorry. My kids are in HS and their education is more important at this point.

So, their education is important, but not the other kids who your kids will make sick? You are something else.

Np. I can't do this year after year. I agree with pp that my child's education is too important to have these week long absences for Covid plus I don't have the paid leave to stay home with him (and I've felt this way for a couple years). Last year my son had the flu and was out for a week because he felt miserable. Add that to days here and there for colds, strep, norovirus, and he just can't miss that much school for mild Covid.

Our system just isn't set up appropriately to accommodate multiple long absences throughout the school year. It's not. If you are extremely concerned about illness you have the option to homeschool. If you send your kids to school, you are accepting the risk.

This 100%

What about the teachers? Do you care about exposing them?

Are you trying to eradicate all diseases? It's just not possible or those three months I stayed home and didn't leave the house would have done that.

Glad to see such a firm understanding of science /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school system gives 18 total absences…excused or unexcused. After that there is a risk of failing the year

If I kept my kid home when they had signs of a cold we would easily miss 18 days before the end of the year.
Even a regular cold can last a week before noses stop running, and a cough can longer another week or so.

A day or two in the beginning when kids are really sick, and then they have to go back if it’s just a runny nose and mild cough.

Why are you commenting on MCPS policy when you are not in MCPS?