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.

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?

If a teachers get COVID or needs to quarantine? They get a sub.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

This is not a plan. So kids are supposed to learn by self-teaching? Yeah, that’s not to last.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

This is not a plan. So kids are supposed to learn by self-teaching? Yeah, that’s not to last.

Pre-COVID, this was the same plan if they were sick for that time. Why is that not "a plan"?

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

We have? Where did you see or hear this?

Dual Teacher Household (ES)

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

This is not a plan. So kids are supposed to learn by self-teaching? Yeah, that’s not to last.

Pre-COVID, this was the same plan if they were sick for that time. Why is that not "a plan"?

Because a kid who misses two weeks of AP instruction will never catch up. Two weeks of self taught BC Calc? Good luck with that. And the FCPS site says 14 day mandatory quarantine for for vaxxed siblings of positive unvaxxed ES kids. Vs ten days for the positive kid. So younger sibling gets COvId because unvaxxed. They are out 10 days. Big sister is vaxxed and never tests positive about it out 14 days. What sense does that make?

Guidelines also say within 3 feet at lunch for >15 minutes is not a close contact *because the mitigation strategy of masking is being used*. While eating lunch. Wut?

Have you really read these guidelines? They make no sense, are unworkable, keep kids out who don’t need to be, don’t pull kids out who do and encourage kids to lie and come to school contagious— especially HS kids who can’t afford to miss two weeks.

It’s a bad document that makes no logical sense. Especially as it pertains to vaxxed mS and HS kids.


Vaccinated teachers are treated differently than kids. But vaccinated teens go in the unvaxxed kids bucket, not the vaccinated teachers bucket. That makes no sense.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

We have? Where did you see or hear this?

Dual Teacher Household (ES)

From our SBTS, it is more of an expectation in upper ES than lower (and even more of an expectation if kids are out). Essentially, if you teach 3rd and no one was out, you don't need to post the day. But we are "encouraged" to scan in worksheet pages and online activities when kids miss or need to make-up.

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One reason posting assignments on Schoology is not a plan for HS students because kids will be incentivized to hide their illness/exposure. They (and their parents) will think twice before getting a test. They will NOT share the results of the test. They won’t even answer calls from the health departments.

Part of the layered/Swiss cheese approach to keeping everyone safe is having those that are sick stay home. Not providing support to sick/quarantining students undermines that.

You are delusional if you think the adminsration will just bless “posting on Schoology”. It took them a while last year, but they ended up with policies that were very student-friendly.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

This is not a plan. So kids are supposed to learn by self-teaching? Yeah, that’s not to last.

Pre-COVID, this was the same plan if they were sick for that time. Why is that not "a plan"?

Because a kid who misses two weeks of AP instruction will never catch up. Two weeks of self taught BC Calc? Good luck with that. And the FCPS site says 14 day mandatory quarantine for for vaxxed siblings of positive unvaxxed ES kids. Vs ten days for the positive kid. So younger sibling gets COvId because unvaxxed. They are out 10 days. Big sister is vaxxed and never tests positive about it out 14 days. What sense does that make?

Guidelines also say within 3 feet at lunch for >15 minutes is not a close contact *because the mitigation strategy of masking is being used*. While eating lunch. Wut?

Have you really read these guidelines? They make no sense, are unworkable, keep kids out who don’t need to be, don’t pull kids out who do and encourage kids to lie and come to school contagious— especially HS kids who can’t afford to miss two weeks.

It’s a bad document that makes no logical sense. Especially as it pertains to vaxxed mS and HS kids.

Vaccinated teachers are treated differently than kids. But vaccinated teens go in the unvaxxed kids bucket, not the vaccinated teachers bucket. That makes no sense.

So contact the school board or superintendent.

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Anonymous wrote:One reason posting assignments on Schoology is not a plan for HS students because kids will be incentivized to hide their illness/exposure. They (and their parents) will think twice before getting a test. They will NOT share the results of the test. They won’t even answer calls from the health departments.

Part of the layered/Swiss cheese approach to keeping everyone safe is having those that are sick stay home. Not providing support to sick/quarantining students undermines that.

You are delusional if you think the adminsration will just bless “posting on Schoology”. It took them a while last year, but they ended up with policies that were very student-friendly.

By student-friendly, do you mean concurrent instruction?

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

We have? Where did you see or hear this?

Dual Teacher Household (ES)

There was some info on the county document that outlined creating weekly folders to upload info - did you see that doc?

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Anonymous wrote:One reason posting assignments on Schoology is not a plan for HS students because kids will be incentivized to hide their illness/exposure. They (and their parents) will think twice before getting a test. They will NOT share the results of the test. They won’t even answer calls from the health departments.

Part of the layered/Swiss cheese approach to keeping everyone safe is having those that are sick stay home. Not providing support to sick/quarantining students undermines that.

You are delusional if you think the adminsration will just bless “posting on Schoology”. It took them a while last year, but they ended up with policies that were very student-friendly.

+1. I have a junior heading into 4 AP classes. She could DL for 2 weeks. But she can’t afford to just miss for two weeks. What would I do if she had the sniffles? Last year, 1000% test. This year? It’s hard to say test when the academic stakes are so high. She’s vaxxed. She wears masks with filters well. But this is my #1 concern. She has trouble missing a day. 10 school days? Not as things are currently set up.

HS kids have been going to school sick since I was a Hs kid. FCPS is just encouraging kids to go to school sick and not test. And almost worse than kids in class are athletes who don’t want to miss a big piece of their season. Drama kids with a big role in the play. Kids who don’t want to miss Homecoming. They are scheduled for the SAT. It’s PSAT Day.

De-incentivizing testing is a big mistake. HS kids need to know if they are out— not because they feel that bad, but to keep everyone else safe— they won’t academically penalized.

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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…

Teachers have been instructed to post work on Schoology daily.

We have? Where did you see or hear this?

Dual Teacher Household (ES)

From our SBTS, it is more of an expectation in upper ES than lower (and even more of an expectation if kids are out). Essentially, if you teach 3rd and no one was out, you don't need to post the day. But we are "encouraged" to scan in worksheet pages and online activities when kids miss or need to make-up.

Oh god, that’s terrible. This just encourages teachers to use google slides and laptops again this year instead of real pen and paper and hands on learning. UGH.

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Anonymous wrote:One reason posting assignments on Schoology is not a plan for HS students because kids will be incentivized to hide their illness/exposure. They (and their parents) will think twice before getting a test. They will NOT share the results of the test. They won’t even answer calls from the health departments.

Part of the layered/Swiss cheese approach to keeping everyone safe is having those that are sick stay home. Not providing support to sick/quarantining students undermines that.

You are delusional if you think the adminsration will just bless “posting on Schoology”. It took them a while last year, but they ended up with policies that were very student-friendly.

By student-friendly, do you mean concurrent instruction?

Concurrent instruction isn’t student friendly. Or teacher friendly. It’s universally hated. Policies like taping content heavy classes for students to watch asynchronously, allowing students to miss/ not makeup tests or projects due while they are in quarantine, spelling out ample time for makeups and paying teachers to work a TJ 8th period in base schools to work with students who have been absent and are missing content. Or, to be hold virtual 8th periods to work with students at home. (Hi CARES Act!). These are student friendly.

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Anonymous wrote:One reason posting assignments on Schoology is not a plan for HS students because kids will be incentivized to hide their illness/exposure. They (and their parents) will think twice before getting a test. They will NOT share the results of the test. They won’t even answer calls from the health departments.

Part of the layered/Swiss cheese approach to keeping everyone safe is having those that are sick stay home. Not providing support to sick/quarantining students undermines that.

You are delusional if you think the adminsration will just bless “posting on Schoology”. It took them a while last year, but they ended up with policies that were very student-friendly.

By student-friendly, do you mean concurrent instruction?

Concurrent instruction isn’t student friendly. Or teacher friendly. It’s universally hated. Policies like taping content heavy classes for students to watch asynchronously, allowing students to miss/ not makeup tests or projects due while they are in quarantine, spelling out ample time for makeups and paying teachers to work a TJ 8th period in base schools to work with students who have been absent and are missing content. Or, to be hold virtual 8th periods to work with students at home. (Hi CARES Act!). These are student friendly.

Having a safe, supervised, distanced place for sniffly kids to go during the school day would be working parents friendly and keep sick little kids out of school. But it will never happen.