Why is testing not part of the reopening plan?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer more testing to these blanket quarantine rules, because there is some indication that it’s just as effective (if not more so since people can’t lie) but far less burdensome. Of course I’d rather my kid get tested regularly than have to quarantine every time there’s a positive case or we travel (since all our travel is extremely cautious).

But I am also fine with just doing more of our own testing if that’s what it takes. We’ll test before we visit family as well as before returning to school after travel, as required. Plus we’ll test periodically anyway since our kid is at risk by going to school. It’s not as good as DCPS having a robust testing protocol, but at least it’s in our control. And it’s free! Why not?

Those posters claiming asymptomatic testing is meaningless will send their contagious kid into my kid's classroom. My testing my kid daily will not protect my kid. If half of the families in the class believe children shouldn't be infected with covid, and are willing to make some behavior adjustments, it will do that half little good to be the only kids in the classroom to do asymptomatic testing.
If the YOLCO (you only live childhood once?) refuse to participate in asymptomatic testing, just keep us separated! Those who don't want covid before the 5-11 vaccine, and those who don't want to be inconvenienced, in separate classrooms, whenever there are more that one class per grade. How about that?

Given that that’s not going to happen, the way for you to separate your kid from “those kids” is to keep them home. How hard is it to get into Friendship Online?

FWIW, I will not consent to testing because my kid has sensory issues and is very afraid of it, but I will otherwise do my best not to have my kid be contagious, with Covid or anything else. The only risk we will be taking is school, so if we had Covid, it would most likely have come from there. Not everyone who doesn’t opt into testing is careless about Covid.

Thank you for sharing, and for clarifying that #notallparents , I guess.
I think in this pandemic emergency, kids who cannot be tested because of neuropsychiatric reasons should be given the option of Virtual Academy since their special needs makes then unable to not be a risk to their peers. There should be flexibility in the self-contained classrooms, as well.

No, sorry. My kid needs in person school. We will test if there is known exposure or symptoms. But we will not subject her to the constant worry of whether she will be pulled for asymptomatic testing. We actually discussed this with both the teacher and the student support staff at our school this spring. You are the one who should look into the virtual option if a kid not opting into random asymptomatic testing is so threatening to you.

The PP cannot possibly be for real. Kids with SN are the ones who need IPL the most.

Mine did far better with DL as they got far more support... from us. Its not a need, its a want. With families in activities, socializing, traveling and eating out, it absolutely should be a requirement.

You are mistaken and your experience is not typical. Sounds like you might want to stay virtual if it went so well for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer more testing to these blanket quarantine rules, because there is some indication that it’s just as effective (if not more so since people can’t lie) but far less burdensome. Of course I’d rather my kid get tested regularly than have to quarantine every time there’s a positive case or we travel (since all our travel is extremely cautious).

But I am also fine with just doing more of our own testing if that’s what it takes. We’ll test before we visit family as well as before returning to school after travel, as required. Plus we’ll test periodically anyway since our kid is at risk by going to school. It’s not as good as DCPS having a robust testing protocol, but at least it’s in our control. And it’s free! Why not?

Those posters claiming asymptomatic testing is meaningless will send their contagious kid into my kid's classroom. My testing my kid daily will not protect my kid. If half of the families in the class believe children shouldn't be infected with covid, and are willing to make some behavior adjustments, it will do that half little good to be the only kids in the classroom to do asymptomatic testing.
If the YOLCO (you only live childhood once?) refuse to participate in asymptomatic testing, just keep us separated! Those who don't want covid before the 5-11 vaccine, and those who don't want to be inconvenienced, in separate classrooms, whenever there are more that one class per grade. How about that?

Given that that’s not going to happen, the way for you to separate your kid from “those kids” is to keep them home. How hard is it to get into Friendship Online?

FWIW, I will not consent to testing because my kid has sensory issues and is very afraid of it, but I will otherwise do my best not to have my kid be contagious, with Covid or anything else. The only risk we will be taking is school, so if we had Covid, it would most likely have come from there. Not everyone who doesn’t opt into testing is careless about Covid.

Thank you for sharing, and for clarifying that #notallparents , I guess.
I think in this pandemic emergency, kids who cannot be tested because of neuropsychiatric reasons should be given the option of Virtual Academy since their special needs makes then unable to not be a risk to their peers. There should be flexibility in the self-contained classrooms, as well.

No, sorry. My kid needs in person school. We will test if there is known exposure or symptoms. But we will not subject her to the constant worry of whether she will be pulled for asymptomatic testing. We actually discussed this with both the teacher and the student support staff at our school this spring. You are the one who should look into the virtual option if a kid not opting into random asymptomatic testing is so threatening to you.

The PP cannot possibly be for real. Kids with SN are the ones who need IPL the most.

Yeah, maybe. But this is a global medical emergency, and it's so obvious that I'm trying to explain that testing should be the norm, not the optional extra. Her jumping in about her SN kid and basically her 'I'll have you know that not all parents are irresponsible" is super-irritating and in the way of the actual dialogue needed, between the yes-test and the no-test normie families.

No dialogue is needed. covid is a minimal risk to kids. If you can’t get over the fact that a single kid declines to test asymptomatically, YOU need to stay home.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer more testing to these blanket quarantine rules, because there is some indication that it’s just as effective (if not more so since people can’t lie) but far less burdensome. Of course I’d rather my kid get tested regularly than have to quarantine every time there’s a positive case or we travel (since all our travel is extremely cautious).

But I am also fine with just doing more of our own testing if that’s what it takes. We’ll test before we visit family as well as before returning to school after travel, as required. Plus we’ll test periodically anyway since our kid is at risk by going to school. It’s not as good as DCPS having a robust testing protocol, but at least it’s in our control. And it’s free! Why not?

Those posters claiming asymptomatic testing is meaningless will send their contagious kid into my kid's classroom. My testing my kid daily will not protect my kid. If half of the families in the class believe children shouldn't be infected with covid, and are willing to make some behavior adjustments, it will do that half little good to be the only kids in the classroom to do asymptomatic testing.
If the YOLCO (you only live childhood once?) refuse to participate in asymptomatic testing, just keep us separated! Those who don't want covid before the 5-11 vaccine, and those who don't want to be inconvenienced, in separate classrooms, whenever there are more that one class per grade. How about that?

Given that that’s not going to happen, the way for you to separate your kid from “those kids” is to keep them home. How hard is it to get into Friendship Online?

FWIW, I will not consent to testing because my kid has sensory issues and is very afraid of it, but I will otherwise do my best not to have my kid be contagious, with Covid or anything else. The only risk we will be taking is school, so if we had Covid, it would most likely have come from there. Not everyone who doesn’t opt into testing is careless about Covid.

Thank you for sharing, and for clarifying that #notallparents , I guess.
I think in this pandemic emergency, kids who cannot be tested because of neuropsychiatric reasons should be given the option of Virtual Academy since their special needs makes then unable to not be a risk to their peers. There should be flexibility in the self-contained classrooms, as well.

No, sorry. My kid needs in person school. We will test if there is known exposure or symptoms. But we will not subject her to the constant worry of whether she will be pulled for asymptomatic testing. We actually discussed this with both the teacher and the student support staff at our school this spring. You are the one who should look into the virtual option if a kid not opting into random asymptomatic testing is so threatening to you.

The PP cannot possibly be for real. Kids with SN are the ones who need IPL the most.

Yeah, maybe. But this is a global medical emergency, and it's so obvious that I'm trying to explain that testing should be the norm, not the optional extra. Her jumping in about her SN kid and basically her 'I'll have you know that not all parents are irresponsible" is super-irritating and in the way of the actual dialogue needed, between the yes-test and the no-test normie families.

What’s super irritating is your assumption that all families who don’t opt into asymptomatic testing are reckless Covid deniers. That’s not going to be true for non-SN families either. And your suggestion that kids with SN should be denied IPL over asymptomatic testing was callous and ridiculous. By the way, the emergency in DC officially ended yesterday. That doesn’t mean that the pandemic is over, but adults in DC are now free to do whatever they want, and the virus hasn’t ever been an emergency for kids.

One would assume that the "sensory" issues/ASD are well documented and then that would be reasonable to opt out. But, if its parent diagnosed sensory, child should be with a mental health therapist and OT to work on those issues and to work on being able to be tested. A lot fo those who opt out are engaging in behaviors that put all our unvaccinated kids at risk. Yes, you can do what ever you want as an adult and child but that doesn't mean you should do it. When you choose to engage in risky behaviors during covid, you put all your kids, not just yours at risk.

DP. Are you joking? We special needs parents are busy putting our kids back together after the disaster of forced DL. You have a lot of nerve lecturing PP that she needs to also take on a new challenge - one that makes a minimal difference if any to covid risk.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer more testing to these blanket quarantine rules, because there is some indication that it’s just as effective (if not more so since people can’t lie) but far less burdensome. Of course I’d rather my kid get tested regularly than have to quarantine every time there’s a positive case or we travel (since all our travel is extremely cautious).

But I am also fine with just doing more of our own testing if that’s what it takes. We’ll test before we visit family as well as before returning to school after travel, as required. Plus we’ll test periodically anyway since our kid is at risk by going to school. It’s not as good as DCPS having a robust testing protocol, but at least it’s in our control. And it’s free! Why not?

Those posters claiming asymptomatic testing is meaningless will send their contagious kid into my kid's classroom. My testing my kid daily will not protect my kid. If half of the families in the class believe children shouldn't be infected with covid, and are willing to make some behavior adjustments, it will do that half little good to be the only kids in the classroom to do asymptomatic testing.
If the YOLCO (you only live childhood once?) refuse to participate in asymptomatic testing, just keep us separated! Those who don't want covid before the 5-11 vaccine, and those who don't want to be inconvenienced, in separate classrooms, whenever there are more that one class per grade. How about that?

Given that that’s not going to happen, the way for you to separate your kid from “those kids” is to keep them home. How hard is it to get into Friendship Online?

FWIW, I will not consent to testing because my kid has sensory issues and is very afraid of it, but I will otherwise do my best not to have my kid be contagious, with Covid or anything else. The only risk we will be taking is school, so if we had Covid, it would most likely have come from there. Not everyone who doesn’t opt into testing is careless about Covid.

Thank you for sharing, and for clarifying that #notallparents , I guess.
I think in this pandemic emergency, kids who cannot be tested because of neuropsychiatric reasons should be given the option of Virtual Academy since their special needs makes then unable to not be a risk to their peers. There should be flexibility in the self-contained classrooms, as well.

No, sorry. My kid needs in person school. We will test if there is known exposure or symptoms. But we will not subject her to the constant worry of whether she will be pulled for asymptomatic testing. We actually discussed this with both the teacher and the student support staff at our school this spring. You are the one who should look into the virtual option if a kid not opting into random asymptomatic testing is so threatening to you.

The PP cannot possibly be for real. Kids with SN are the ones who need IPL the most.

Yeah, maybe. But this is a global medical emergency, and it's so obvious that I'm trying to explain that testing should be the norm, not the optional extra. Her jumping in about her SN kid and basically her 'I'll have you know that not all parents are irresponsible" is super-irritating and in the way of the actual dialogue needed, between the yes-test and the no-test normie families.

What’s super irritating is your assumption that all families who don’t opt into asymptomatic testing are reckless Covid deniers. That’s not going to be true for non-SN families either. And your suggestion that kids with SN should be denied IPL over asymptomatic testing was callous and ridiculous. By the way, the emergency in DC officially ended yesterday. That doesn’t mean that the pandemic is over, but adults in DC are now free to do whatever they want, and the virus hasn’t ever been an emergency for kids.

One would assume that the "sensory" issues/ASD are well documented and then that would be reasonable to opt out. But, if its parent diagnosed sensory, child should be with a mental health therapist and OT to work on those issues and to work on being able to be tested. A lot fo those who opt out are engaging in behaviors that put all our unvaccinated kids at risk. Yes, you can do what ever you want as an adult and child but that doesn't mean you should do it. When you choose to engage in risky behaviors during covid, you put all your kids, not just yours at risk.

PP who started this discussion here. Yes, the sensory issues are well documented, which is why the support staff at our school was completely supportive of our decision. I am aware that the PP did not have children with any sort of SN in mind, and so my point was simply that people may have reasons for not opting in to testing that you don’t know about and that may have nothing to do with their level of Covid cautiousness. Her snarky retort was no surprise, given that she had previously indicated she wishes her children to be shielded from the non-testers at all costs. I personally think that if you truly believe that universal asymptomatic testing is so crucial to your kid’s safety that you would rather keep kids with SN out of school, then maybe it’s you who should keep your child at home.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer more testing to these blanket quarantine rules, because there is some indication that it’s just as effective (if not more so since people can’t lie) but far less burdensome. Of course I’d rather my kid get tested regularly than have to quarantine every time there’s a positive case or we travel (since all our travel is extremely cautious).

But I am also fine with just doing more of our own testing if that’s what it takes. We’ll test before we visit family as well as before returning to school after travel, as required. Plus we’ll test periodically anyway since our kid is at risk by going to school. It’s not as good as DCPS having a robust testing protocol, but at least it’s in our control. And it’s free! Why not?

Those posters claiming asymptomatic testing is meaningless will send their contagious kid into my kid's classroom. My testing my kid daily will not protect my kid. If half of the families in the class believe children shouldn't be infected with covid, and are willing to make some behavior adjustments, it will do that half little good to be the only kids in the classroom to do asymptomatic testing.
If the YOLCO (you only live childhood once?) refuse to participate in asymptomatic testing, just keep us separated! Those who don't want covid before the 5-11 vaccine, and those who don't want to be inconvenienced, in separate classrooms, whenever there are more that one class per grade. How about that?

Given that that’s not going to happen, the way for you to separate your kid from “those kids” is to keep them home. How hard is it to get into Friendship Online?

FWIW, I will not consent to testing because my kid has sensory issues and is very afraid of it, but I will otherwise do my best not to have my kid be contagious, with Covid or anything else. The only risk we will be taking is school, so if we had Covid, it would most likely have come from there. Not everyone who doesn’t opt into testing is careless about Covid.

Thank you for sharing, and for clarifying that #notallparents , I guess.
I think in this pandemic emergency, kids who cannot be tested because of neuropsychiatric reasons should be given the option of Virtual Academy since their special needs makes then unable to not be a risk to their peers. There should be flexibility in the self-contained classrooms, as well.

No, sorry. My kid needs in person school. We will test if there is known exposure or symptoms. But we will not subject her to the constant worry of whether she will be pulled for asymptomatic testing. We actually discussed this with both the teacher and the student support staff at our school this spring. You are the one who should look into the virtual option if a kid not opting into random asymptomatic testing is so threatening to you.

The PP cannot possibly be for real. Kids with SN are the ones who need IPL the most.

Yeah, maybe. But this is a global medical emergency, and it's so obvious that I'm trying to explain that testing should be the norm, not the optional extra. Her jumping in about her SN kid and basically her 'I'll have you know that not all parents are irresponsible" is super-irritating and in the way of the actual dialogue needed, between the yes-test and the no-test normie families.

What’s super irritating is your assumption that all families who don’t opt into asymptomatic testing are reckless Covid deniers. That’s not going to be true for non-SN families either. And your suggestion that kids with SN should be denied IPL over asymptomatic testing was callous and ridiculous. By the way, the emergency in DC officially ended yesterday. That doesn’t mean that the pandemic is over, but adults in DC are now free to do whatever they want, and the virus hasn’t ever been an emergency for kids.

One would assume that the "sensory" issues/ASD are well documented and then that would be reasonable to opt out. But, if its parent diagnosed sensory, child should be with a mental health therapist and OT to work on those issues and to work on being able to be tested. A lot fo those who opt out are engaging in behaviors that put all our unvaccinated kids at risk. Yes, you can do what ever you want as an adult and child but that doesn't mean you should do it. When you choose to engage in risky behaviors during covid, you put all your kids, not just yours at risk.

PP who started this discussion here. Yes, the sensory issues are well documented, which is why the support staff at our school was completely supportive of our decision. I am aware that the PP did not have children with any sort of SN in mind, and so my point was simply that people may have reasons for not opting in to testing that you don’t know about and that may have nothing to do with their level of Covid cautiousness. Her snarky retort was no surprise, given that she had previously indicated she wishes her children to be shielded from the non-testers at all costs. I personally think that if you truly believe that universal asymptomatic testing is so crucial to your kid’s safety that you would rather keep kids with SN out of school, then maybe it’s you who should keep your child at home.

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Well said.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it useful if so many opt out? People were complaining last year that it was an issue that it wasn’t complete enough. Now, with people tired and untrusting of guidelines, you are going to get less opt in. Shame people all you want, but that isn’t likely to change their behaviors. So it seems it isn’t likely to be 1) satisfactory to the loudest parents, and 2) particularly useful , and 3) probably cost beneficial.

It is very useful to know the spread and stop the spread. Parents and the school systems don't want to know so they can fully open as normal to appease parents who demand full reopening. It has nothing to do with cost.

NP but what PP is saying is that you won’t necessarily know the spread if too many kids opt out.

They should not be allowed to opt out.
If my family cannot opt for concurrent simulcast, other families in my child's classroom shouldn't be allowed to opt out of covid testing.

Can you force medical testing on kids? You can't force vaccinations on adults.

I don't know. Can you tell families it's testing or simulcast?

You can’t, because they aren’t offering simulcast. If you are uncomfortable with the protocols, you can homeschool. The public system isn’t required to accommodate your anxiety when the risk of Covid to kids is objectively very low.

Actually 3 charters have been approved by OSSE and the PSCB to offer online school with no medical documentation necessary. Not sure why OSSE approved their request (for no medical waiver) but not DCPS.

I think it’s kind of unreal too. Disappointed.

As far as I have heard, DCPS did not apply for a waiver. Which probably means that the mayor did not want there to be one.

to be clear, I am disappointed that the charters (including KIPP) pursued an online option and OSSE approved it. DC kids deserve better than DL.

The families are refusing to attend in person. Would you round them up and march them in forcibly?

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Anonymous wrote:Is it useful if so many opt out? People were complaining last year that it was an issue that it wasn’t complete enough. Now, with people tired and untrusting of guidelines, you are going to get less opt in. Shame people all you want, but that isn’t likely to change their behaviors. So it seems it isn’t likely to be 1) satisfactory to the loudest parents, and 2) particularly useful , and 3) probably cost beneficial.

It is very useful to know the spread and stop the spread. Parents and the school systems don't want to know so they can fully open as normal to appease parents who demand full reopening. It has nothing to do with cost.

NP but what PP is saying is that you won’t necessarily know the spread if too many kids opt out.

They should not be allowed to opt out.
If my family cannot opt for concurrent simulcast, other families in my child's classroom shouldn't be allowed to opt out of covid testing.

Can you force medical testing on kids? You can't force vaccinations on adults.

I don't know. Can you tell families it's testing or simulcast?

You can’t, because they aren’t offering simulcast. If you are uncomfortable with the protocols, you can homeschool. The public system isn’t required to accommodate your anxiety when the risk of Covid to kids is objectively very low.

Actually 3 charters have been approved by OSSE and the PSCB to offer online school with no medical documentation necessary. Not sure why OSSE approved their request (for no medical waiver) but not DCPS.

I think it’s kind of unreal too. Disappointed.

As far as I have heard, DCPS did not apply for a waiver. Which probably means that the mayor did not want there to be one.

to be clear, I am disappointed that the charters (including KIPP) pursued an online option and OSSE approved it. DC kids deserve better than DL.

The families are refusing to attend in person. Would you round them up and march them in forcibly?

K-12 education is compulsory, so yes, they would be required to attend. and beyond that, I would clearly communicate that schools are safe instead of perpetuating the false belief that they are unsafe. it’s a cruel state of affairs where insitutions prey on the doubts and reduced access to information of lower income communities- meanwhile the JKLM parents all know it’s safe.

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The JKLM schools are all in a ward with the highest vaccination rates so the rates of transmission and positive cases in the ward 3 community has to be less and much safer than in other wards. This is a simple fact.

Nevertheless I believe there should be random testing at schools, at least at the start of the school year. I don't have an issue with my kids being pulled for testing. I wish DCPS would reconsider.

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Better not to know. The vast majority of kids are going to be asymptomatic and totally fine. Those who test positive already spread it.

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Anonymous wrote:The JKLM schools are all in a ward with the highest vaccination rates so the rates of transmission and positive cases in the ward 3 community has to be less and much safer than in other wards. This is a simple fact.

Nevertheless I believe there should be random testing at schools, at least at the start of the school year. I don't have an issue with my kids being pulled for testing. I wish DCPS would reconsider.

The numbers are not much different for child bearing age and below

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Anonymous wrote:Is it useful if so many opt out? People were complaining last year that it was an issue that it wasn’t complete enough. Now, with people tired and untrusting of guidelines, you are going to get less opt in. Shame people all you want, but that isn’t likely to change their behaviors. So it seems it isn’t likely to be 1) satisfactory to the loudest parents, and 2) particularly useful , and 3) probably cost beneficial.

It is very useful to know the spread and stop the spread. Parents and the school systems don't want to know so they can fully open as normal to appease parents who demand full reopening. It has nothing to do with cost.

NP but what PP is saying is that you won’t necessarily know the spread if too many kids opt out.

They should not be allowed to opt out.
If my family cannot opt for concurrent simulcast, other families in my child's classroom shouldn't be allowed to opt out of covid testing.

Can you force medical testing on kids? You can't force vaccinations on adults.

I don't know. Can you tell families it's testing or simulcast?

You can’t, because they aren’t offering simulcast. If you are uncomfortable with the protocols, you can homeschool. The public system isn’t required to accommodate your anxiety when the risk of Covid to kids is objectively very low.

Actually 3 charters have been approved by OSSE and the PSCB to offer online school with no medical documentation necessary. Not sure why OSSE approved their request (for no medical waiver) but not DCPS.

I think it’s kind of unreal too. Disappointed.

As far as I have heard, DCPS did not apply for a waiver. Which probably means that the mayor did not want there to be one.

to be clear, I am disappointed that the charters (including KIPP) pursued an online option and OSSE approved it. DC kids deserve better than DL.

The families are refusing to attend in person. Would you round them up and march them in forcibly?

Who is refusing to attend in person school? Why couldn’t they do Friendship? Or homeschool? Why did the school think it was wise to appease the DLers?

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If the city could manage false positives better, then I would opt in to testing. But this spring showed us that it can’t. So nope, they won’t be testing my kid again.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it useful if so many opt out? People were complaining last year that it was an issue that it wasn’t complete enough. Now, with people tired and untrusting of guidelines, you are going to get less opt in. Shame people all you want, but that isn’t likely to change their behaviors. So it seems it isn’t likely to be 1) satisfactory to the loudest parents, and 2) particularly useful , and 3) probably cost beneficial.

It is very useful to know the spread and stop the spread. Parents and the school systems don't want to know so they can fully open as normal to appease parents who demand full reopening. It has nothing to do with cost.

NP but what PP is saying is that you won’t necessarily know the spread if too many kids opt out.

They should not be allowed to opt out.
If my family cannot opt for concurrent simulcast, other families in my child's classroom shouldn't be allowed to opt out of covid testing.

Can you force medical testing on kids? You can't force vaccinations on adults.

I don't know. Can you tell families it's testing or simulcast?

You can’t, because they aren’t offering simulcast. If you are uncomfortable with the protocols, you can homeschool. The public system isn’t required to accommodate your anxiety when the risk of Covid to kids is objectively very low.

Actually 3 charters have been approved by OSSE and the PSCB to offer online school with no medical documentation necessary. Not sure why OSSE approved their request (for no medical waiver) but not DCPS.

I think it’s kind of unreal too. Disappointed.

As far as I have heard, DCPS did not apply for a waiver. Which probably means that the mayor did not want there to be one.

to be clear, I am disappointed that the charters (including KIPP) pursued an online option and OSSE approved it. DC kids deserve better than DL.

The families are refusing to attend in person. Would you round them up and march them in forcibly?

Who is refusing to attend in person school? Why couldn’t they do Friendship? Or homeschool? Why did the school think it was wise to appease the DLers?

Are you nuts?
Good on KIPP for caring for their students and planning enough ahead to be DL-ready for the coming school year.

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Anonymous wrote:If the city could manage false positives better, then I would opt in to testing. But this spring showed us that it can’t. So nope, they won’t be testing my kid again.

what happened with the false positive? a long time out of school?

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Anonymous wrote:If the city could manage false positives better, then I would opt in to testing. But this spring showed us that it can’t. So nope, they won’t be testing my kid again.

what happened with the false positive? a long time out of school?

Good question. Can’t you just test again?