How is MCPS determining red, yellow, green?

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Anonymous wrote:Hope the pro-virtual-no-inperson-school-for-anyone crowd is rejoicing..

You can bet it will be the worst of all options.

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Anonymous wrote:Note that hitting that 5% "red" threshold doesn't automatically mean closure, it just means that virtual will be considered for that school.

"Red" just means they've hit 5% total, which triggers the health department to begin discussions with the school system. MCPS and the county health department will work together decide whether the cases are widespread enough to send the whole school virtual, or if they can contain it by quarantining a class or shutting down an athletic team, for example.

Considering that all red schools are now virtual, I'm thinking it's more of an automatic closure than they're admitting.

I think that this initial 5% closing is triggered more by staff absences than by student absences. Staff self reporting is likely to be more accurate (since they have to say they can't come to work). There are likely more cases than were reported among students right now, but it doesn't matter because they haven't been at school to transmit Covid. Once we are back in person, monitoring transmission at school becomes more important.

Do you think staff are fake calling in sick or saying they have covid or are quarantining when they aren’t? Honest question. System seems ripe for dishonesty on both sides and the “data” shouldn’t be relied upon to close a school.

I actually think staff need to be tested weekly, mandatory. its their shortages that are actually driving the school closings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Note that hitting that 5% "red" threshold doesn't automatically mean closure, it just means that virtual will be considered for that school.

"Red" just means they've hit 5% total, which triggers the health department to begin discussions with the school system. MCPS and the county health department will work together decide whether the cases are widespread enough to send the whole school virtual, or if they can contain it by quarantining a class or shutting down an athletic team, for example.

Considering that all red schools are now virtual, I'm thinking it's more of an automatic closure than they're admitting.

I think that this initial 5% closing is triggered more by staff absences than by student absences. Staff self reporting is likely to be more accurate (since they have to say they can't come to work). There are likely more cases than were reported among students right now, but it doesn't matter because they haven't been at school to transmit Covid. Once we are back in person, monitoring transmission at school becomes more important.

Do you think staff are fake calling in sick or saying they have covid or are quarantining when they aren’t? Honest question. System seems ripe for dishonesty on both sides and the “data” shouldn’t be relied upon to close a school.

I was thinking the same thing...mcps isn't validating the reporting of positive cases.

I actually think staff need to be tested weekly, mandatory. its their shortages that are actually driving the school closings.

[Anonymous]

Full list https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Full list https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

Wow, thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:Full list https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

Wow, thank you!

It's up on the MCPS website.

[Anonymous]

I thought they said there had to be a minimum of 10 cases? One only had 9 and was still sent to virtual

It's also discouraging to hear them announce the initial plan that says if a school hits the 5% metric, it would only be assessed for closure and not automatically trigger closure.

But I bet if we asked to see the receipts on all 11 of those assessments, MCPS would be left empty-handed. That was another lie from MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought they said there had to be a minimum of 10 cases? One only had 9 and was still sent to virtual

It's also discouraging to hear them announce the initial plan that says if a school hits the 5% metric, it would only be assessed for closure and not automatically trigger closure.

But I bet if we asked to see the receipts on all 11 of those assessments, MCPS would be left empty-handed. That was another lie from MCPS

I thought this was going to be based on verifiable results. They set up a system inviting fraudulent reporting.

[Anonymous]

Who's sending their kids into a yellow zone? Show of hands..

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Yep, I literally don't believe this list that pp placed above. I think this is all reporting - some parents/teachers are more transparently reporting cases in some schools. And other aren't getting tested or just not reporting even when positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who's sending their kids into a yellow zone? Show of hands..

I would. Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought they said there had to be a minimum of 10 cases? One only had 9 and was still sent to virtual

It's also discouraging to hear them announce the initial plan that says if a school hits the 5% metric, it would only be assessed for closure and not automatically trigger closure.

But I bet if we asked to see the receipts on all 11 of those assessments, MCPS would be left empty-handed. That was another lie from MCPS

I thought this was going to be based on verifiable results. They set up a system inviting fraudulent reporting.

Good point. Poorly planned and executed from multiple different perspectives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who's sending their kids into a yellow zone? Show of hands..

We are. Fully boosted house. Fully vaxxed kids.

Keeping them home would do LITERALLY nothing to stop the spread. So of course I'll send them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Full list https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

I count 23 (?) yellow schools with rates at or above 4% as of this morning.

39 more from 3.4-3.99%

So that's a total of 72 schools that have a decent chance of going red by tonight.

I'd say the likely outcome is around 50 total schools +/-10 in the red by 7 pm tonight. (Yes, even accounting for positives that age out.)

So about 20-30% of all MCPS schools.

Just my best guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who's sending their kids into a yellow zone? Show of hands..

I would. Absolutely.

This PP again.

Actually, I just checked the link and my kids ARE at a yellow school. My kids will be going to school tomorrow as long as they are open.