DCPS Double Down on Travel Policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no intention of following this rule

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no intention of following this rule

Same.

same. they’re asking me to chose between hurting my kid or hurting my elderly relatives, for no good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So someone can take their kids to Kings Dominion, into a massive crowded lines and lots of unvaccinated people and it's fine because it's Virginia. But taking my kids to visit grandma in MA via car requires them to quarantine 10 days?

That's why it is infuriating. It demonstrates important public health decisions are being made with no sound rationale or even pretending to be evidence based. I am all for rules with a chance of making anyone safer. Mask a little longer? Sure. But, arbitrary ones that can't possibly make anyone safe, no?

Is camping in MD safer than camping in DE for labor day? No.

[Anonymous]

The camp my kids are attending only asks about international travel. Now that I can live with.

[Anonymous]

They are looking for any excuse not to return full time.

And a few years down the road Bowser will push for graduating all these kids who basically didn't finish HS.

And make it illegal not to hire them.

[Anonymous]

No one is going to follow this stupidity.

[Anonymous]

We will not follow this rule.

My kids and I have been good soldiers. We locked down. We restricted travel. We vaccinated as soon as we could.

Schools stayed closed. Bars and gyms opened. Tourists come and go from DC. The vaccination rate in DC is ridiculously low.

I am tired of telling them they have to sacrifice when they see so many adults who don’t bother.

[Anonymous]

Does Dc really think that no one with kids in DC is really going to not see grandparents outside DC for another year? Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Dc really think that no one with kids in DC is really going to not see grandparents outside DC for another year? Lol

NP but when you put it that way that is exactly what this policy is requiring families to do. Also to not have juniors or seniors visit universities outside the DMV. Many schools fly kids down to visit, take them on tours, etc. This can help kids have opportunities for scholarships, make decisions on which school to attend, etc.

My guess? DCPS will make 'exceptions' for travel like that, which reiterates how ridiculous and useless this policy is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Dc really think that no one with kids in DC is really going to not see grandparents outside DC for another year? Lol

NP but when you put it that way that is exactly what this policy is requiring families to do. Also to not have juniors or seniors visit universities outside the DMV. Many schools fly kids down to visit, take them on tours, etc. This can help kids have opportunities for scholarships, make decisions on which school to attend, etc.

My guess? DCPS will make 'exceptions' for travel like that, which reiterates how ridiculous and useless this policy is.

But those juniors and seniors can be vaccinated, and there is no post-travel quarantine for the vaccinated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Dc really think that no one with kids in DC is really going to not see grandparents outside DC for another year? Lol

It’s fun bc grandparents can come here but we can’t go see grandparents elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Dc really think that no one with kids in DC is really going to not see grandparents outside DC for another year? Lol

NP but when you put it that way that is exactly what this policy is requiring families to do. Also to not have juniors or seniors visit universities outside the DMV. Many schools fly kids down to visit, take them on tours, etc. This can help kids have opportunities for scholarships, make decisions on which school to attend, etc.

My guess? DCPS will make 'exceptions' for travel like that, which reiterates how ridiculous and useless this policy is.

But those juniors and seniors can be vaccinated, and there is no post-travel quarantine for the vaccinated

Fair enough- that actually didn't even cross my mind. I do think DCPS will have some issues on their hands when the majority of kids who are vaccinated are white and don't miss school but unvaccinated kids, who are black or brown, have to quarantine and miss school for 7 days.

[Anonymous]

DCPS is forcing people to teach their kids to lie. This is something I usually would never do, but this policy is just too stupid to follow. We just traveled to visit vaccinated family - drove, didn’t eat anywhere indoors, didn’t take the kids into any indoor public places (except the occasional bathroom along the road, and then we were masked). The area we visited had similar vaccination rates as DC.

Then they attended summer acceleration under strict orders not to mention the trip. Sorry, DCPS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS is forcing people to teach their kids to lie. This is something I usually would never do, but this policy is just too stupid to follow. We just traveled to visit vaccinated family - drove, didn’t eat anywhere indoors, didn’t take the kids into any indoor public places (except the occasional bathroom along the road, and then we were masked). The area we visited had similar vaccination rates as DC.

Then they attended summer acceleration under strict orders not to mention the trip. Sorry, DCPS!

I feel for you. Sounds pretty safe.

We've decided NOT to travel so our kids don't have to lie. That too is an option.

Can you vouch for the rest of the travelers going out of the DMV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS is forcing people to teach their kids to lie. This is something I usually would never do, but this policy is just too stupid to follow. We just traveled to visit vaccinated family - drove, didn’t eat anywhere indoors, didn’t take the kids into any indoor public places (except the occasional bathroom along the road, and then we were masked). The area we visited had similar vaccination rates as DC.

Then they attended summer acceleration under strict orders not to mention the trip. Sorry, DCPS!

I feel for you. Sounds pretty safe.

We've decided NOT to travel so our kids don't have to lie. That too is an option.

Can you vouch for the rest of the travelers going out of the DMV?

No, but I’m pretty sure those who are traveling less safely than we did also won’t have any qualms about teaching their kids to lie. Not to mention there are many opportunities to behave much more riskily in MD or VA.

And, yes, it is always an option to follow even the most nonsensical rule in order to avoid having to lie. I guess my commitment to honesty, which I otherwise consider to be quite solid, doesn’t go as far as yours. In my mind, there is also a difference between honesty and blind adherence to rules. I’m the person who would always tell a cashier if they rung up my purchase at too low a price, who would never sell you a car with hidden defects I know about, and who would never send my sick kid to school on Tylenol. But this policy? I make my own judgment.