11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
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Anonymous
For PP - Troll effort D- (or you are just a really stupid poster) File is still there. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/Winter%20Break%20COVID%20Cases%20Reported%20Through%2010%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf That file was a tally from more than 2 days ago (and says right at the top 1/1/22 10pm). There would have been more cases reported since then - especially by staff on Sunday, before the snow day was called. People don't know they are sick until they are sick. This list is going to change daily, because the situation changes daily. Hopefully they will update the website soon with the information they discussed in the press conference. File is still there. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/Winter%20Break%20COVID%20Cases%20Reported%20Through%2010%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf |
Anonymous
| I was getting a file not found error for a while too but it's there now. |
Anonymous
| Also I'm not the conspiracy theory PPs. I think there's some mathematical way they are making decisions but I think it's not the right way to go about it. |
Anonymous
Given the spread and sheer numbers of cases, a prudent thing to do. I guess MCPS is taking responsible actions to keep the students and teachers safe. I guess all need to relax until this wave passes in next few weeks. |
Anonymous
I guess let us wait in perpetual loops of quarantines....and wait...still waiting |
Anonymous
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There's a good point hidden in some of these posts, and it's that very small schools (Monocacy, Rock Terrace, arguably NCC) are disproportionately represented on this list. Just a few cases can push them over the top.
It doesn't mean anything-- they're just more likely to be bellwethers. Even with a minority of students opting in to in-school testing, many many schools will be put over the top by that alone IMO. |
Anonymous
| Is there a link on the MC PS website that shows which schools will need to go virtual due to the number of Covid cases? I have been searching on that site and I am unable to locate the list that the original poster found. |
Anonymous
Nope |
Anonymous
| If these schools are still over the 5% mark in 14 days, is it another 14 days of virtual? |
Anonymous
From press conference: Beginning Tuesday, MCPS will post a list on its website, to be updated each school day, that shows the # of COVID-19 cases reported at each school & with an indicator of how close each school is to meeting the threshold for possible closure. [Report Post] |
Anonymous
Keep kids safe from what? The whole language of keep kids safe is poisonous. It is emotional not logical. It is destructive to close schools to prevent vaccinated kids from catching what will be a cold….a cold they will be at risk of getting every winter forever. The lunacy has to end in 2022. |
Anonymous
No it would not because it’s 5% with a minimum of 10 cases. |
Anonymous
Exactly! Because they’ve already had 14 days off and the numbers haven’t dropped. How will closing help? |
Anonymous
From The Atlantic team that was running the nations covid tracker in 2020: “This is your annual reminder that positive test data backlogs resolve faster than total test data backlogs after US holidays so the “unbelievable” state test positivity numbers you’re getting from national trackers are nonsense.” https://twitter.com/kissane/status/1478019697261957120?s=21 |
Anonymous
| These closures really serve no purpose and are needlessly disruptive. It also sets a bad precedent going forward. We cannot close schools every time there is a new variant. |