Aaaaaand we already have a Covid case in ACPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And ACPS remains outliers not requiring staff and teachers to be vaccinated. This is only the beginning…

This and I am bewildered as to why the city and the school board STILL have not required city and school employees to be vaccinated, LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE. Alexandria city council, the mayor and the school board LOVE to do anything that is uber liberal, anything. Yes, I live in Alexandria for over 20 years and I’m a Democrat but the politics here have gone in a downward spiral (the vaccine equity, the Hutchings’ many anti parent tirades, bike lanes, guaranteed income program, etc). Wilson would go to the opening of an envelope if it meant he got his name in the paper. But the refusal of the city to require employees to get vaccinated (when Northam already required state employees) or Hutchings to refuse to require it of school employees just seems beyond strange, illogical and unsafe.

If all the kids have to wear masks (which I support) then all the adults working there need to be vaccinated. Seriously, WTH?!

Everywhere else? I know Fairfax County hasn’t done this yet. My DW works there.

Nor Loudoun. This board is so dramatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG one whole case!?

Just one case causes significant disruption for lots of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG one whole case!?

Just one case causes significant disruption for lots of people.

Just one case causes a lot more cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG one whole case!?

Just one case causes significant disruption for lots of people.

Just one case causes a lot more cases.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

I mean, what did you expect to happen? COVID is spreading. With Delta, if you are sending your children to school in person you are implicitly okay with the risk of them getting COVID.

This is where we landed. My kids are going in person next week. I’m expecting cases. Hopefully they won’t be ours. But the risk to my children of missing out on socialization, academics (I have one who receives special education services and one kinder), and my job risk are greater than their risk from COVID, which is not zero. If your child is high risk, and one positive case strikes this much fear and anxiety, you should probably stay virtual. This is not March 2020. We don’t need a post for each positive case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine an unvaccinated asymptomatic teacher wearing a surgical mask and working with unvaccinated kiddos around a small reading group table for several days in a row. Is this a good idea?

Even Kansas City's school district is requiring vaccinations or weekly testing for all staff.

A surgical mask is 100x better than the cloth masks most of them wear. Be grateful if your kid’s teacher is in a surgical mask instead of old navy’s fabric scraps.

[Anonymous]

They need random testing. Saw counties further up north doing that and only once did everyone have to quarantine because they caught an asymptomatic case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG one whole case!?

Just one case causes significant disruption for lots of people.

Just one case causes a lot more cases.

Not always. I’m in a work environment that has been in person since last spring and my kids did in person school last year. Multiple examples of the one case not spreading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, what did you expect to happen? COVID is spreading. With Delta, if you are sending your children to school in person you are implicitly okay with the risk of them getting COVID.

This is where we landed. My kids are going in person next week. I’m expecting cases. Hopefully they won’t be ours. But the risk to my children of missing out on socialization, academics (I have one who receives special education services and one kinder), and my job risk are greater than their risk from COVID, which is not zero. If your child is high risk, and one positive case strikes this much fear and anxiety, you should probably stay virtual. This is not March 2020. We don’t need a post for each positive case.

This is exactly it. End the thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, what did you expect to happen? COVID is spreading. With Delta, if you are sending your children to school in person you are implicitly okay with the risk of them getting COVID.

This is where we landed. My kids are going in person next week. I’m expecting cases. Hopefully they won’t be ours. But the risk to my children of missing out on socialization, academics (I have one who receives special education services and one kinder), and my job risk are greater than their risk from COVID, which is not zero. If your child is high risk, and one positive case strikes this much fear and anxiety, you should probably stay virtual. This is not March 2020. We don’t need a post for each positive case.

This is exactly it. End the thread.

Newsflash: There will be covid cases in schools.
Also Newsfash: There will be covid cases in the community.
Final Newsfash: The goal is mitigation not covid-free schools.