Anyone know what happened at TJMS with Covid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My son goes to a Catholic high school in Northern Virginia. He has been in person since September. He has been a "close contact" twice along with many of his friends. No one from the school other than the original Covid-positive kid has gotten Covid.

Masks work. Wear them. Send your kids to school in person.



Correction. No one was SYMPTOMATIC.

As you know, this pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.



DP. Wrong, kids are tested every week. Negative tests. I'm sorry this is not what you want to hear but this is not a spreading event. This thread is so obviously a parent trying to "prove" there is vast unreported covid at this school. Just chomping at the bit really. Sorry to disappoint. Go read the pfizer vax thread for 12-15 year olds and cry.

DP: This is false. Students at APS are not tested every week. This thread is about APS, not the Catholic schools. Also, the pfizer vax thread refers to vaccinated 12-15 year olds, not unvaccinated ones.

[Anonymous]

The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also defined by the SCHOOL. The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. [b]The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. [b]The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

Maybe you’re not understanding, the school contacts all students that have been exposed to the positive case. Those students are then required to fill out the Screener saying they are a close contact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
As you know, this pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

No, I don't know this. Fauci originally said he didn't believe this was the case, and even commissioned an NIH study endorsing this idea.
Respiratory illnesses are generally based on symptomatic transmission. It is why they ask people with symptoms to stay home, rather than regular testing of all students.
It is also why the official protocols by the health department and in the schools(at least LCPS) is that they don't care if infected students come to school.
For a student who tests positive, there is no requirement that they test negative before returning to school. They just have to quarantine 10 days.
The state and county health departments do not ask for negative tests before infected adults go around, they just request a stay at home quarantine for ten days.

[Anonymous]

Follolwup of previous post, I think the pandemic is driven by the fact that the virus is airborne. It stays in the air in poorly ventilated areas and infects people. It's how people got infected in a restaurant by being in the flow of the AC.
It's how there were many infections at a chorus practice.
CDC investigated where everyone was standing and determined that they were generally distanced, particular the kid who infected everyone.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous
TJMS is APS, not FCPS.

I this Thomas Jefferson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
TJMS is APS, not FCPS.

I this Thomas Jefferson?
Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. [b]The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

Maybe you’re not understanding, the school contacts all students that have been exposed to the positive case. Those students are then required to fill out the Screener saying they are a close contact.

Not misunderstanding anything. The screener is not required. You can do the daily check at school and not the questionnaire. Never filled it out and don’t plan on starting. Mine goes directly to spam. There will be covid cases in school. That’s a risk I’m willing to take. If you are t ok with that don’t send your kid back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. [b]The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

Maybe you’re not understanding, the school contacts all students that have been exposed to the positive case. Those students are then required to fill out the Screener saying they are a close contact.

I don't think this is true. It is one of the pieces that people were freaking out about, but APS does not need to tell you whether some other kid in the building had covid and this is the very reason for all of the mitigation measures. If your kid sits in math class 6' away from another kid with a mask on, this is not a "close contact" and if the other kid reports a positive case, the school is not calling you to say that you have to answer the screener as a "close contact" every day. I have no idea if APS is even notifying families if there's a positive case in a classroom in which all mitigation measures are being taken. A dozen of those W&L "close contacts" are in full DL so your explanation doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. [b]The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

Maybe you’re not understanding, the school contacts all students that have been exposed to the positive case. Those students are then required to fill out the Screener saying they are a close contact.

I don't think this is true. It is one of the pieces that people were freaking out about, but APS does not need to tell you whether some other kid in the building had covid and this is the very reason for all of the mitigation measures. If your kid sits in math class 6' away from another kid with a mask on, this is not a "close contact" and if the other kid reports a positive case, the school is not calling you to say that you have to answer the screener as a "close contact" every day. I have no idea if APS is even notifying families if there's a positive case in a classroom in which all mitigation measures are being taken. A dozen of those W&L "close contacts" are in full DL so your explanation doesn't make sense.

They are in sports together.

[Anonymous]

My child was one of the kids notified as a "close contact" for TJMS. There was a student who had one class with my child, who tested positive. The whole entire
class was notified, and requested to quarantine for 14 days regardless of if they were adjacent seats or across the room. At least in our case, this
is not us answering the screener as a close contact. This is the school (and then the county) telling us our child was in a class with known case.

I'm surprised it wasn't more than 23 kids. The number is lower, because some folks were staying home before spring break travel.

My child took two covid tests, negative.

[Anonymous]

PP here: just looked at the qualtrix data.

Matching the report to the timing of when we were notified:
There was a positive case listed at TJMS. And then I believe all the students who were in-class on Thursday with the reported positive case were then listed by the school as "close contact". In our case, we were put into the system as a "close contact" bc of an in-person exposure in one of the class.

I was glad to hear that they are telling the whole classroom, but less thrilled that it means that the whole class quarantines. With the 6' seating, I was fearful that APS wouldn't
deem anyone in "close contact".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "close contacts" that you can see on the APS website are NOT close contacts as defined by the health department, the CDC, or anyone else apart from the parents completing the Qualtrics screener. So, not "close contacts" based on in-school transmission but rather "I am reporting that my kid was in contact with someone who has covid."

These could be a bunch of kids who were together outside of school. These could be several families who have nothing to do with one another and all happened to have a family member test positive for covid at around the same time. This is not a reported outbreak at the school which is what some PPs seem to be implying. If your kid walks by another kid with covid in a hallway at APS with both of them wearing masks, you are not going to be notified of a "close contact" because this does not meet the definition.

You are partially correct, but the close contacts are also[/b] defined by the SCHOOL. The parents do not know who the kids have been sitting next to in school for hours. The W&L contacts is over 50 and it's only W&L students, not friends/familly.

Nope this is the self reported BS screener. Nothing is reported by the school. This is why we don’t fill it out. Complete and utter BS.

Maybe you’re not understanding, the school contacts all students that have been exposed to the positive case. Those students are then required to fill out the Screener saying they are a close contact.

I don't think this is true. It is one of the pieces that people were freaking out about, but APS does not need to tell you whether some other kid in the building had covid and this is the very reason for all of the mitigation measures. [b]If your kid sits in math class 6' away from another kid with a mask on, this is not a "close contact" and if the other kid reports a positive case, the school is not calling you to say that you have to answer the screener as a "close contact" every day. I have no idea if APS is even notifying families if there's a positive case in a classroom in which all mitigation measures are being taken. A dozen of those W&L "close contacts" are in full DL so your explanation doesn't make sense.

APS has said all along that if you are in class together you will be called. Given an actual family who has been through this process has indicated they were called when their kid was in class with a positive case at TJMS, you were obviously talking out of your ass. Posting untrue or assumed info is not helpful.