Testing protocols at open schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

+1. How despicable the pp's are to determine that safety protocols aren't necessary to protect families. It looks like they're trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen. Newsflash: It's not that we decided that safety doesn't matter; rather that the risks of schools remaining closed are higher than the risks of returning to school WITH THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

at least she's being honest but yeah

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

Yikes yet out of the 178 people tested at Janney, there were exactly 0 positives. Testing, unless done daily, is not an effective means of preventing spread within a classroom or workplace. It’s just theater

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

Yikes yet out of the 178 people tested at Janney, there were exactly 0 positives. Testing, unless done daily, is not an effective means of preventing spread within a classroom or workplace. It’s just theater

Ranting MC white here.

I disagree. testing, if done weekly and covering most of a group, would be very valuable in breaking transmission chains beyond the walls of schools into the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

They probably don't, though, as most studies have shown the schools are not a primary driver of community spread. And if there IS a school-based outbreak (which is less likely with teachers vaccinated), contact tracing should be possible, since the number of kids in school is pretty small.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

+1. How despicable the pp's are to determine that safety protocols aren't necessary to protect families. It looks like they're trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen. Newsflash: It's not that we decided that safety doesn't matter; rather that the risks of schools remaining closed are higher than the risks of returning to school WITH THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

I'm not trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen; our kid is back in school. I just think that if the teachers are vaccinated, the overall risk is pretty low, and families that decided to send their kids in all presumably contemplated it and decided it was worth it regardless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

At Janney, no one is eating in-classroom lunches -- they scheduled the day so no kids are there during lunch times, and all snacks are eaten outdoors and socially distanced (yes, even in the rain).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

At Janney, no one is eating in-classroom lunches -- they scheduled the day so no kids are there during lunch times, and all snacks are eaten outdoors and socially distanced (yes, even in the rain).

That's great! Thank you for clarifying. It does make a huge difference in the risk of in-school transmission. The opacity of the past 3 1/2 weeks without testing is still very concerning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

At Janney, no one is eating in-classroom lunches -- they scheduled the day so no kids are there during lunch times, and all snacks are eaten outdoors and socially distanced (yes, even in the rain).

that was so smart. so all the grades are on an a/b schedule? I actually turned down an in person slot at our school in part because it was the full day, which seemed stressful and more exposure than necessary. I really thought an a/b schedule where all the kids have a chance to do core subjects at school for a shorter time made much more sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

+1. How despicable the pp's are to determine that safety protocols aren't necessary to protect families. It looks like they're trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen. Newsflash: It's not that we decided that safety doesn't matter; rather that the risks of schools remaining closed are higher than the risks of returning to school WITH THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

I'm not trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen; our kid is back in school. I just think that if the teachers are vaccinated, the overall risk is pretty low, and families that decided to send their kids in all presumably contemplated it and decided it was worth it regardless.

Except that, if parents were told there would be regular asymptomatic testing, they included that in their calculation of risk. Most people didn't decide the risk was acceptable in a general sense, they decided that it was acceptable based on, among other things, the safety protocols that the school promised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

+1. How despicable the pp's are to determine that safety protocols aren't necessary to protect families. It looks like they're trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen. Newsflash: It's not that we decided that safety doesn't matter; rather that the risks of schools remaining closed are higher than the risks of returning to school WITH THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

I'm not trying to punish families who wanted schools to reopen; our kid is back in school. I just think that if the teachers are vaccinated, the overall risk is pretty low, and families that decided to send their kids in all presumably contemplated it and decided it was worth it regardless.

Except that, if parents were told there would be regular asymptomatic testing, they included that in their calculation of risk. Most people didn't decide the risk was acceptable in a general sense, they decided that it was acceptable based on, among other things, the safety protocols that the school promised.

You should definitely bring your kid home, if you are concerned.

Honestly, look at how DCPS runs ANYTHING. You thought things would work perfectly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.

+1

Yeah, no. It doesn’t stop with those families. Then those families spread it in the community.

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC. Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive. School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program. Reality.

Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid.
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students. /rant of an MC white.

At Janney, no one is eating in-classroom lunches -- they scheduled the day so no kids are there during lunch times, and all snacks are eaten outdoors and socially distanced (yes, even in the rain).

that was so smart. so all the grades are on an a/b schedule? I actually turned down an in person slot at our school in part because it was the full day, which seemed stressful and more exposure than necessary. I really thought an a/b schedule where all the kids have a chance to do core subjects at school for a shorter time made much more sense.

smart of janney. this won't be bad for the fall if we have to keep to 11 person cohorts with all teachers vaccinated of course