Quarantining entire classrooms at ES level

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

I thought parents were supposed to use common sense. The soccer player was in MCPS quarantine as part of a class, not as a close contact. The parents' had no reason to think he was a legitimate close contact, and certainly had no reason to think he was infected. And if he was infected, he might not be infectious. And if he was infectious, soccer is presumably outside where transmissions would be rare anyway.

Common sense would dictate that child isn't a greater transmission risk to others on the team as many, many others others that the teammates would interact with on a daily basis.

Yeah I think what schools are slow to realize is that when you blanket send everyone home rather than identifying true close contacts, everyone assumes their kid was not *really* a close contact. Our elementary school had around 75 kids quarantined for ONE positive case. You can’t tell me that all 75 of those kids had really spent 15 minutes within 3ft of that child. They say they’re just being cautious, but really they’re losing credibility, especially with no test-out option. And they’re not even asking the quarantined kids to provide test results so they can document spread. The whole system makes no sense to me.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

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Keep your sick kids at home and instead of screaming allergies get them tested. Simple. Yes, 75 kids could all have contact. They get mixed up at lunch time, different classes, specials, after school activities, etc. It makes more sense to send all 75 home then 60 when those 60 then would not get even virtual schooling and just assignments. Stop being selfish. You knew this was going to happen when you choose in person. You need to make a back up child care plan for your kids as this will continue to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

OK? why are you surprised by this? If parents and adults in our community would act more responsibly we'd have this better under control. Its not Anne's fault that her parents are clueless and don't care.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

K. But were you, or your kid, near Anne? Otherwise, you are worried about your child on the soccer field with a 'contact of a contact'

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

I thought parents were supposed to use common sense. The soccer player was in MCPS quarantine as part of a class, not as a close contact. The parents' had no reason to think he was a legitimate close contact, and certainly had no reason to think he was infected. And if he was infected, he might not be infectious. And if he was infectious, soccer is presumably outside where transmissions would be rare anyway.

Common sense would dictate that child isn't a greater transmission risk to others on the team as many, many others others that the teammates would interact with on a daily basis.

Yeah I think what schools are slow to realize is that when you blanket send everyone home rather than identifying true close contacts, everyone assumes their kid was not *really* a close contact. Our elementary school had around 75 kids quarantined for ONE positive case. You can’t tell me that all 75 of those kids had really spent 15 minutes within 3ft of that child. They say they’re just being cautious, but really they’re losing credibility, especially with no test-out option. And they’re not even asking the quarantined kids to provide test results so they can document spread. The whole system makes no sense to me.

Yes, exactly, the policy means that no one is taking it seriously - some schools are quarantining entire grades for one positive. It's ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

I thought parents were supposed to use common sense. The soccer player was in MCPS quarantine as part of a class, not as a close contact. The parents' had no reason to think he was a legitimate close contact, and certainly had no reason to think he was infected. And if he was infected, he might not be infectious. And if he was infectious, soccer is presumably outside where transmissions would be rare anyway.

Common sense would dictate that child isn't a greater transmission risk to others on the team as many, many others others that the teammates would interact with on a daily basis.

Yeah I think what schools are slow to realize is that when you blanket send everyone home rather than identifying true close contacts, everyone assumes their kid was not *really* a close contact. Our elementary school had around 75 kids quarantined for ONE positive case. You can’t tell me that all 75 of those kids had really spent 15 minutes within 3ft of that child. They say they’re just being cautious, but really they’re losing credibility, especially with no test-out option. And they’re not even asking the quarantined kids to provide test results so they can document spread. The whole system makes no sense to me.

Yes, exactly, the policy means that no one is taking it seriously - some schools are quarantining entire grades for one positive. It's ridiculous.

Classes are quarantined because it's easier to remote teach a whole class. Not sure what whole grades are quarantining tho...is that still happening beyond first week panic?

In terms of sports, if my child has to quarantine, we will follow CDC guidance or club guidance for going back, including getting a negative PCR test.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

This happened with us this weekend. Larla’s class is quarantined for 10 days because of a positive case in the classroom. The next day I see Larla at a soccer game hanging out with everyone. Asked if she is tested negative and her mom said she didn’t get her tested. May get her tested later next week so Larla can attend her after school activities. Speechless. I would’ve been okay if she was tested and came back negative.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep your sick kids at home and instead of screaming allergies get them tested. Simple. Yes, 75 kids could all have contact. They get mixed up at lunch time, different classes, specials, after school activities, etc. It makes more sense to send all 75 home then 60 when those 60 then would not get even virtual schooling and just assignments. Stop being selfish. You knew this was going to happen when you choose in person. You need to make a back up child care plan for your kids as this will continue to happen.

No, this didn't need to happen. MCPS is just handling this extraordinarily poorly (big surprise...) Other local districts aren't applying quarantine "hammers". They're using "scalpels" and have been fine.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

This happened with us this weekend. Larla’s class is quarantined for 10 days because of a positive case in the classroom. The next day I see Larla at a soccer game hanging out with everyone. Asked if she is tested negative and her mom said she didn’t get her tested. May get her tested later next week so Larla can attend her after school activities. Speechless. I would’ve been okay if she was tested and came back negative.

You can be speechless, but this is where we are headed. This back to normal.

Only quarantine sick kids. Only test kids with symptoms. That is what normal looks like

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

I thought parents were supposed to use common sense. The soccer player was in MCPS quarantine as part of a class, not as a close contact. The parents' had no reason to think he was a legitimate close contact, and certainly had no reason to think he was infected. And if he was infected, he might not be infectious. And if he was infectious, soccer is presumably outside where transmissions would be rare anyway.

Common sense would dictate that child isn't a greater transmission risk to others on the team as many, many others others that the teammates would interact with on a daily basis.

Yeah I think what schools are slow to realize is that when you blanket send everyone home rather than identifying true close contacts, everyone assumes their kid was not *really* a close contact. Our elementary school had around 75 kids quarantined for ONE positive case. You can’t tell me that all 75 of those kids had really spent 15 minutes within 3ft of that child. They say they’re just being cautious, but really they’re losing credibility, especially with no test-out option. And they’re not even asking the quarantined kids to provide test results so they can document spread. The whole system makes no sense to me.

Yes, exactly, the policy means that no one is taking it seriously - some schools are quarantining entire grades for one positive. It's ridiculous.

Classes are quarantined because it's easier to remote teach a whole class. Not sure what whole grades are quarantining tho...is that still happening beyond first week panic?

In terms of sports, if my child has to quarantine, we will follow CDC guidance or club guidance for going back, including getting a negative PCR test.

Exactly this. But again, it makes it hard for parents to take it seriously when classes are quarantined for this reason. Parents have no way of knowing if the positive kid sat within 3ft of their DC, thus meeting the actual close contact definition. Our school has assigned seats for everything other than recess, I thought in part for this reason of being able to more easily identify close contacts. If they want to send the entire class home, that's within their power to do so, but it would be helpful for parents to know if their child was an actual close contact.

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

This happened with us this weekend. Larla’s class is quarantined for 10 days because of a positive case in the classroom. The next day I see Larla at a soccer game hanging out with everyone. Asked if she is tested negative and her mom said she didn’t get her tested. May get her tested later next week so Larla can attend her after school activities. Speechless. I would’ve been okay if she was tested and came back negative.

Ok, but almost anywhere else, Larla would not have been sent home to begin with UNLESS she sat within 3ft of the positive child. MCPS is the only district I know of that is doing this. Everyone else has moved on to only quarantining actual close contacts (as defined by the CDC), not entire classrooms/grades.

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test at day 5 return on day 6 if close contact
that should be the policy
10 days without a testing option or exception for kids who have had corona within the last 90 days is so beyond unacceptable

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Anonymous wrote:If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school.

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom.

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer. I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school.

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring.

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine? If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact.

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend.

This happened with us this weekend. Larla’s class is quarantined for 10 days because of a positive case in the classroom. The next day I see Larla at a soccer game hanging out with everyone. Asked if she is tested negative and her mom said she didn’t get her tested. May get her tested later next week so Larla can attend her after school activities. Speechless. I would’ve been okay if she was tested and came back negative.

Ok, but almost anywhere else, Larla would not have been sent home to begin with UNLESS she sat within 3ft of the positive child. MCPS is the only district I know of that is doing this. Everyone else has moved on to only quarantining actual close contacts (as defined by the CDC), not entire classrooms/grades.

Yep, MCPS is taking a "half in/half out" approach to this. They're the only district doing it this way. I don't know how they plan to navigate the future. Maybe the availability of pediatric vaccines will be the goal post they need to pull their heads out of their butts.