I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

Agree. I am happy that FCPS staffers are all checked out and on vaca and not making contingency plans. I don't want anything available for them to fall back on once the Nervous Nellies start freaking out. Its school, open school, or homeschooling. That's it. We tried virtual and it was an abject fail.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

This is what I love about DCUM. The PP is saying, "and we didn't open at all which is just ridiculous." I don't know which year you're referring to but in fact we were open last year from March on.

I meant we didn’t open at the start of the year. And yes it was pretty ridiculous that we didn’t open for real until March.

Let's not kid ourselves...we weren't open "for real" last year. Hybrid, while better that DL, is a poor substitute for real in-person learning.

We were in person... It was not hybrid, students that chose in person received in person instruction. Students that chose virtual received virtual instruction. Sure there was a handful of schools that could only support two days a week but that was the minority not the majority.

Using concurrent. Raise your hand if you think concurrent worked well.

Yeah, me neither.

LOL, you wanted kids in-person. You got kids sitting at desks. You kept pushing and you got what you wanted.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

I don’t think anyone wants DL. They just want information on how things will be handled if wide swathes of the school population become sick .

This! Hope for the best and plan for the worst. Everyone but psychopaths wants this to work. But if it doesn’t? Then what? FCPS being so awesome at reacting to unforeseen circumstances (/s).

So you're asking them to plan for unforeseen circumstances? Alien abduction? Meteor hitting a school? Pretty sure they can only plan for the foreseen circumstances.

Guess you never heard of “emergency planning.” I hope you aren’t responsible for young children.

+1 I had my oldest just after 9/11. My office and his daycare were not near my house. I had a plastic tub with a couple changes of clothes, blankets, extra diapers and wipes, powdered formula, sterile water, clean bottles, walking shoes, a baby bjorn and an emergency backpack in my trunk his first year. I mean, do you want to be stuck on the other side of the Bridge with an infant? 18 year later, I keep two days worth of my medication in my purse.

If aliens abducted us, at least I could keep my kid fed and clean for a couple of days.

Sh*t happen. Large organizations are supposed to have contingency plans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

Agree. I am happy that FCPS staffers are all checked out and on vaca and not making contingency plans. I don't want anything available for them to fall back on once the Nervous Nellies start freaking out. Its school, open school, or homeschooling. That's it. We tried virtual and it was an abject fail.

I'm a little confused. All the OpenFCPSers and DCUM hours that wanted SB 1303 to pass. Now FCPS is planning for 5 days in person, no classroom monitors, no concurrent, minimal social distancing, masks off at recess. Practically everything you wanted.

If I didn't know better, I'd say FCPS learned quite a bit in the past year. If they don't tell you anything then you won't threaten to sue every 5 seconds. Sounds like a pretty solid plan to me.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

Two things can be true at once. I didn’t feel this way a year ago, but I am coming to believe we can destroy our Hs kids mental health, happiness and futures by being too afraid. They are vaccinated. They are low risk. It is unlikely they will ever be no risk. Time to suck it up and go. We are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

AND, I believe COVID is going to be very disruptive this fall and FCPS should be working overtime to minimize risk and plan for the inevitable absences and glitches.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

I don’t think anyone wants DL. They just want information on how things will be handled if wide swathes of the school population become sick .

This! Hope for the best and plan for the worst. Everyone but psychopaths wants this to work. But if it doesn’t? Then what? FCPS being so awesome at reacting to unforeseen circumstances (/s).

So you're asking them to plan for unforeseen circumstances? Alien abduction? Meteor hitting a school? Pretty sure they can only plan for the foreseen circumstances.

Guess you never heard of “emergency planning.” I hope you aren’t responsible for young children.

+1 I had my oldest just after 9/11. My office and his daycare were not near my house. I had a plastic tub with a couple changes of clothes, blankets, extra diapers and wipes, powdered formula, sterile water, clean bottles, walking shoes, a baby bjorn and an emergency backpack in my trunk his first year. I mean, do you want to be stuck on the other side of the Bridge with an infant? 18 year later, I keep two days worth of my medication in my purse.

If aliens abducted us, at least I could keep my kid fed and clean for a couple of days.

Sh*t happen. Large organizations are supposed to have contingency plans.

The contingency plan is to go back to virtual. Any adult who has lived in FCPS during a pandemic knows that's the plan, even if they're not telling us. Prepare for that!

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

Agree. I am happy that FCPS staffers are all checked out and on vaca and not making contingency plans. I don't want anything available for them to fall back on once the Nervous Nellies start freaking out. Its school, open school, or homeschooling. That's it. We tried virtual and it was an abject fail.

I'm a little confused. All the OpenFCPSers and DCUM hours that wanted SB 1303 to pass. Now FCPS is planning for 5 days in person, no classroom monitors, no concurrent, minimal social distancing, masks off at recess. Practically everything you wanted.

If I didn't know better, I'd say FCPS learned quite a bit in the past year. If they don't tell you anything then you won't threaten to sue every 5 seconds. Sounds like a pretty solid plan to me.

Many parents (including me) learned last year that we can't trust FCPS administration. (To be clear, I'm saying the administration/school board — not the teachers.) The angst you're hearing on this board now stems from that.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

Two things can be true at once. I didn’t feel this way a year ago, but I am coming to believe we can destroy our Hs kids mental health, happiness and futures by being too afraid. They are vaccinated. They are low risk. It is unlikely they will ever be no risk. Time to suck it up and go. We are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

AND, I believe COVID is going to be very disruptive this fall and FCPS should be working overtime to minimize risk and plan for the inevitable absences and glitches.

Yep, time to move on. This the new world. Rising and crashing waves. It doesn't make sense to wait it out because there's nothing to wait for...it's going to be never ending.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

Agree. I am happy that FCPS staffers are all checked out and on vaca and not making contingency plans. I don't want anything available for them to fall back on once the Nervous Nellies start freaking out. Its school, open school, or homeschooling. That's it. We tried virtual and it was an abject fail.

See. And most of us want open should with sensible precautions and contingency for when the teacher has COVID, or half the class went to the same indoor party and was exposed or when more kids are out than in. And SB1303 won’t save you here. Under those circumstances, FCPS can revert a classroom to DL. Or maybe if you have a kid old enough for grades to matter for college and they are out for two weeks. A plan would be great.

It isn’t open school or home school. It’s open schools with some classrooms or schools unable to function fully in person or homeschool.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

Agree. I am happy that FCPS staffers are all checked out and on vaca and not making contingency plans. I don't want anything available for them to fall back on once the Nervous Nellies start freaking out. Its school, open school, or homeschooling. That's it. We tried virtual and it was an abject fail.

I'm a little confused. All the OpenFCPSers and DCUM hours that wanted SB 1303 to pass. Now FCPS is planning for 5 days in person, no classroom monitors, no concurrent, minimal social distancing, masks off at recess. Practically everything you wanted.

If I didn't know better, I'd say FCPS learned quite a bit in the past year. If they don't tell you anything then you won't threaten to sue every 5 seconds. Sounds like a pretty solid plan to me.

If you lose the trust if families and then don’t tell people anything, people panic and wonder what they are hiding. And that is exactly what we don’t need.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god for SB 1303, because all of you distance learning nutters are insane. Keep your kids locked in the basement and home school. My kids need school.

I don’t think anyone wants DL. They just want information on how things will be handled if wide swathes of the school population become sick .

This! Hope for the best and plan for the worst. Everyone but psychopaths wants this to work. But if it doesn’t? Then what? FCPS being so awesome at reacting to unforeseen circumstances (/s).

So you're asking them to plan for unforeseen circumstances? Alien abduction? Meteor hitting a school? Pretty sure they can only plan for the foreseen circumstances.

Guess you never heard of “emergency planning.” I hope you aren’t responsible for young children.

+1 I had my oldest just after 9/11. My office and his daycare were not near my house. I had a plastic tub with a couple changes of clothes, blankets, extra diapers and wipes, powdered formula, sterile water, clean bottles, walking shoes, a baby bjorn and an emergency backpack in my trunk his first year. I mean, do you want to be stuck on the other side of the Bridge with an infant? 18 year later, I keep two days worth of my medication in my purse.

If aliens abducted us, at least I could keep my kid fed and clean for a couple of days.

Sh*t happen. Large organizations are supposed to have contingency plans.

The contingency plan is to go back to virtual. Any adult who has lived in FCPS during a pandemic knows that's the plan, even if they're not telling us. Prepare for that!

What the contingency plan for a teacher? An upper level student?

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

Two things can be true at once. I didn’t feel this way a year ago, but I am coming to believe we can destroy our Hs kids mental health, happiness and futures by being too afraid. They are vaccinated. They are low risk. It is unlikely they will ever be no risk. Time to suck it up and go. We are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

AND, I believe COVID is going to be very disruptive this fall and FCPS should be working overtime to minimize risk and plan for the inevitable absences and glitches.

Yep, time to move on. This the new world. Rising and crashing waves. It doesn't make sense to wait it out because there's nothing to wait for...it's going to be never ending.

But, you missed the part about contingency planning and taking reasonable precautions.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

Two things can be true at once. I didn’t feel this way a year ago, but I am coming to believe we can destroy our Hs kids mental health, happiness and futures by being too afraid. They are vaccinated. They are low risk. It is unlikely they will ever be no risk. Time to suck it up and go. We are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

AND, I believe COVID is going to be very disruptive this fall and FCPS should be working overtime to minimize risk and plan for the inevitable absences and glitches.

Yep, time to move on. This the new world. Rising and crashing waves. It doesn't make sense to wait it out because there's nothing to wait for...it's going to be never ending.

But, you missed the part about contingency planning and taking reasonable precautions.

Any good contingency plan should be one that is temporary and specific to the issue. Do your two weeks and get back inside the building.

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Anonymous wrote:They do have a okan. It's to open schools with masks and everything else normal until and if kids and teachers start dropping like flies. Not sure what else you want to hear? They have a plan, now it's up to principals to start implementing their individual school set ups.

There are school districts in the south that were open ALL of last year that are now being forced to go virtual. Delta is different.

Francis Collins yesterday:

"This is really a different virus than last year, and everything we learned about COVID a year ago, you got to sort of hit the reset button on now how we need to react to it," Collins said.”

Where is the reset button FCPS???

Reset for what? You want to have another virtual year?

We have to stop comparing to other schools. These schools did have to close last year for times. Do you remember the famous picture last year of a crowded Georgia high school hallway and then they went virtual for a few weeks?

The reality is that in THIS AREA private and catholic schools were open all year even with quarantine or disturbances. And we didn’t open at all which is just ridiculous. We need to be open this year.

Ha, yeah...'reset' is code for "where is our DL-for-all?" The difference is that these schools forced to close down are doing it temporarily to "flatten the curve" or "reset" if you will. They'll be right back in-person in a few weeks. I believe FCPS would behave likewise. I.e., you're not getting "DL-for-all" for the entire next school year.

I have a senior and want her in school unless kids are bleeding from their eyeballs. To me “reset” means updating quarantining protocols and clarifying for parents (with FCHD) when kids will quarantine. Does my asymptomatic + kid have to miss 2 weeks of school? Does a “close contact”? What’s a close contact for a vaxxed kid with masks? Someone at her lunch table? If kids get delta once and are exposed, do we start over? And if so, she’s carrying 5 APs this year. There needs to be a better plan communicated for keeping on top of school work than, “like an ordinary sick day”. It’s very unusual for kids to be out sick for 2 weeks. Is there going to be an asynchronous recording of classes to watch, or ???

There won't be quarantining. If a student is wearing a mask and/or vaccinated, they're not considered a close contact. This is outlined on their website.

So one kid at the lunch table can take out 6 unvaxxed kids. And likely make an vaxxed 12+ sick, even if quarantine isn’t required.

Sure but according to many DCUM posters we must move on. Kids will get sick and we should just accept it. (Not necessarily my belief but apparently the belief of the majority of this board)

Two things can be true at once. I didn’t feel this way a year ago, but I am coming to believe we can destroy our Hs kids mental health, happiness and futures by being too afraid. They are vaccinated. They are low risk. It is unlikely they will ever be no risk. Time to suck it up and go. We are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

AND, I believe COVID is going to be very disruptive this fall and FCPS should be working overtime to minimize risk and plan for the inevitable absences and glitches.

Yep, time to move on. This the new world. Rising and crashing waves. It doesn't make sense to wait it out because there's nothing to wait for...it's going to be never ending.

But, you missed the part about contingency planning and taking reasonable precautions.

Any good contingency plan should be one that is temporary and specific to the issue. Do your two weeks and get back inside the building.

Great! Now about that pile of work HS kids missed…