Covid Update from Central Office

[Anonymous]

This is stupid. It was already a case by case basis decision. The 5% threshold and red/yellow/green indicator provided more info by which to make and visualize danger. The only additional thing needed was separate out the numbers by staff and students.

This just makes things more obscure and sounds like no plan. In reality its probably the same criteria as before folks just won’t easily know.

They should have stuck with the original plan.

[Anonymous]

Imagine this corporate communications disaster coming out of your workplace and the people responsible still having jobs

[Anonymous]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220107-final.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the update! I prefer case-by-case basis. I applaud how MCPS is handling this, although I think this announcement should have gone out Wednesday night with the updated covid count.

Case by case is code for they’re done. They won’t track, they won’t report. COVID is officially over in mcps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can confirm from Central Office that all 11 virtual schools will resume in-person learning on Monday.

Yay!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like many on this thread, I think a school-by-school approach is the right choice.

HOWEVER, it's so hard to watch this huge, well-funded, bureaucracy continue to trip over it's own shoelaces again and again and again.

Veering in panic from approach to approach is not what we as parents or the BOE should expect from someone who is gunning for the Superintendent job.

Can we not get ONE person at the senior level with the ability to look at a calendar, look at trend lines, and make a plan?

Actually this should be "look at a calendar, look at trend lines, make a plan, and execute that plan for more than 48 hours at a time."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the update! I prefer case-by-case basis. I applaud how MCPS is handling this, although I think this announcement should have gone out Wednesday night with the updated covid count.

Case by case is code for they’re done. They won’t track, they won’t report. COVID is officially over in mcps

If that’s the case then thats awesome! No more nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the update! I prefer case-by-case basis. I applaud how MCPS is handling this, although I think this announcement should have gone out Wednesday night with the updated covid count.

+1. Keep schools open.

+2

[Anonymous]

It"s pretty obvious they're saying "no virtual unless we're forced into it because there's not enough staff to stay open."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TL, DR " We still don't have a plan and don't know what to do."

In actuality, they are saying that they have taken this long to finally decide to copy what DCPS decided to do 3 weeks ago.

What a mess. How incompetent can these people be?

[Anonymous]

What a disaster. We made some progress past week and all of a sudden, back to square one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK "high vaccination rates" are not "measures" the school system is implementing. When MCPS requires vaccination for all staff and students (unless otherwise exempted) then we will be looking at measures the school system is implementing.

To be fair, MCPS is actually running a ton of vaccine clinics and outreach. I'll allow it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TL, DR " We still don't have a plan and don't know what to do."

In actuality, they are saying that they have taken this long to finally decide to copy what DCPS decided to do 3 weeks ago.

What a mess. How incompetent can these people be?

True story.

[Anonymous]

It's better to admit a mistake rather than doubling down on it. So, they'll now get in national alignment as predicted by several posters here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the update! I prefer case-by-case basis. I applaud how MCPS is handling this, although I think this announcement should have gone out Wednesday night with the updated covid count.

+1