APS fall guidelines posted- masks and quarantine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

That’s not what this says: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

That’s not what this says: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html

You posted the entire guidance so which part are you referring to? Also, your link is: K-12 School Operational Strategy
Updated May 15, 2021. They updated guidance in July 9th.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html
Specifically:


8. Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine
Schools should continue to collaborate with state and local health departments, to the extent allowable by privacy laws and other applicable laws, to confidentially provide information about people diagnosed with or exposed to COVID-19. This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine. See the added exception in the close contact definition for the exclusion of students in the K-12 indoor classroom who are within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student with masking and other prevention strategies. See the Department of Education’s Protecting Student Privacy FERPA and the Coronavirus Disease 2019external icon for more information.

Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) where
both students were engaged in consistent and correct use of well-fitting masks; and
other K–12 school prevention strategies (such as universal and correct mask use, physical distancing, increased ventilation) were in place in the K–12 school setting.[i]

[Anonymous]

What happens if a vaccinated high schooler gets Covid and has symptoms and has to quarantine?

Do they just fall way behind?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

Not the whole class but Patient 0 and those at the immediately adjacent desks. Let’s say 4 kids for each incident. Boom 10 days of missed school unless the close contacts can test out early. While I think from a public health perspective it’s the right decision, this could have massive ramifications.

School systems need to have a plan for all these kids. In the meantime, get everyone you know to vaccinate and mask up,to get the case levels down around here. Test when you get back from summer vacation of you traveled. It would be so. Jcejf as a community we all worked together on this for the sake of our kids.

[Anonymous]

*so nice if as a community

Typing too fast on an iPad without proofreading what I wrote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

Not the whole class but Patient 0 and those at the immediately adjacent desks. Let’s say 4 kids for each incident. Boom 10 days of missed school unless the close contacts can test out early. While I think from a public health perspective it’s the right decision, this could have massive ramifications.

School systems need to have a plan for all these kids. In the meantime, get everyone you know to vaccinate and mask up,to get the case levels down around here. Test when you get back from summer vacation of you traveled. It would be so. Jcejf as a community we all worked together on this for the sake of our kids.

No, see above. CDC updated guidance in July to say if all masked, even kid in the next desk does not quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Hope schools everywhere are ready to pivot quickly to full-time DL again if necessary—until kids under 12 can be fully vaxxed. I think that this is where things are going to end up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*so nice if as a community

Typing too fast on an iPad without proofreading what I wrote.

Relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hope schools everywhere are ready to pivot quickly to full-time DL again if necessary—until kids under 12 can be fully vaxxed. I think that this is where things are going to end up.

You shut your filthy mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

Not the whole class but Patient 0 and those at the immediately adjacent desks. Let’s say 4 kids for each incident. Boom 10 days of missed school unless the close contacts can test out early. While I think from a public health perspective it’s the right decision, this could have massive ramifications.

School systems need to have a plan for all these kids. In the meantime, get everyone you know to vaccinate and mask up,to get the case levels down around here. Test when you get back from summer vacation of you traveled. It would be so. Jcejf as a community we all worked together on this for the sake of our kids.

+1 million

Schools should have a plan for kids quarantining.

People should vax & mask up to drive numbers low!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope schools everywhere are ready to pivot quickly to full-time DL again if necessary—until kids under 12 can be fully vaxxed. I think that this is where things are going to end up.

You shut your filthy mouth.

Excuse me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hope schools everywhere are ready to pivot quickly to full-time DL again if necessary—until kids under 12 can be fully vaxxed. I think that this is where things are going to end up.

Not everywhere but definitely in NOVA. The rest of the country (and privates will carry on )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

Not the whole class but Patient 0 and those at the immediately adjacent desks. Let’s say 4 kids for each incident. Boom 10 days of missed school unless the close contacts can test out early. While I think from a public health perspective it’s the right decision, this could have massive ramifications.

School systems need to have a plan for all these kids. In the meantime, get everyone you know to vaccinate and mask up,to get the case levels down around here. Test when you get back from summer vacation of you traveled. It would be so. Jcejf as a community we all worked together on this for the sake of our kids.

No, see above. CDC updated guidance in July to say if all masked, even kid in the next desk does not quarantine.

What if they all took their masks off to eat their snack or sat next to each other in the cafeteria for lunch? What if there is more than one positive case in an elementary class? Surely with a few cases they'd quarantine the classroom or risk a major outbreak.

[Anonymous]

What a mess. I'm so glad I chose DL even though we are all vaxxed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CDC says the class does not quarantine if all are masked. This goes out the window with cafeteria lunch.

That’s not what this says: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html

You posted the entire guidance so which part are you referring to? Also, your link is: K-12 School Operational Strategy
Updated May 15, 2021. They updated guidance in July 9th.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html
Specifically:


8. Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine
Schools should continue to collaborate with state and local health departments, to the extent allowable by privacy laws and other applicable laws, to confidentially provide information about people diagnosed with or exposed to COVID-19. This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine. See the added exception in the close contact definition for the exclusion of students in the K-12 indoor classroom who are within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student with masking and other prevention strategies. See the Department of Education’s Protecting Student Privacy FERPA and the Coronavirus Disease 2019external icon for more information.

Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) where
both students were engaged in consistent and correct use of well-fitting masks; and
other K–12 school prevention strategies (such as universal and correct mask use, physical distancing, increased ventilation) were in place in the K–12 school setting.[i]

Because we all know all Elementary students wear their masks correctly, not pulling them down past their nose… 😒