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[Anonymous]

My HS principal was out all last week due to testing positive for covid. It was hush hush. Even staff weren’t told.

MCPS will bury any specific school Covid news. It doesn’t fit their narrative that everything is normal and schools are doing great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS principal was out all last week due to testing positive for covid. It was hush hush. Even staff weren’t told.

MCPS will bury any specific school Covid news. It doesn’t fit their narrative that everything is normal and schools are doing great!

Do they normally broadcast other staff illnesses? That would be weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, people still test for Covid?

RIGHT!

Why wouldn't you test if you have symptoms and are sick? I know you all aren't alone in thinking that but that is irresponsible when there is still so much sickness around.

Why would you test for Covid? Are you suggesting that if you’re sick, but are negative for Covid, then you can carry on like normal? Otherwise, how are you expecting it to affect behavior?

Because if you have COVID you need to isolate at least 5 days (in our family we wait longer if rapid test isn't negative yet by 5 days.) With other illnesses we go back to work/school a day after we're better, or for mild colds don't stay home at all.

Do you seriously not test anymore? Do you not act any differently if you're contagious with COVID that can hospitalize and kill people you spread it to, versus having a cold that just runs the risk of giving someone the sniffles? That's... a really interesting set of morals you've got there.

You realize other viral infections can still be contagious after you feel better, don’t you? But, like covid, the risk of transmission is significantly reduced at that point, so we’ve collectively agreed that it isn’t worth it to continue isolating for common illnesses under those circumstances. There's no reason to treat covid differently, particularly when its about as serious in vaccinated people as the flu is. How long have you historically isolated for the flu after a fever subsided?

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares? Schools need to get back to teaching and stop wasting so much time on covid.

Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know of a school with multiple covid cases (staff and students). The MCPS dashboard is showing zero for that school.

I would warn parents and staff to check their school covid dashboards and if you've found the same issue that you take anything MCPS says with a grain of salt.

It's clear that the current Central Office is rotten to the core.

As if Bocce and the kid's museum weren't enough!!! OMG OMG rotten to the core you say!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My HS principal was out all last week due to testing positive for covid. It was hush hush. Even staff weren’t told.

MCPS will bury any specific school Covid news. It doesn’t fit their narrative that everything is normal and schools are doing great!

Wait, what? Do you expect MCPS to send out a mass email whenever a principal has a cold or the flu? Why would everyone need to know when a principal is sick.

People have lost their minds. It is none of anyone’s business if the principal takes a day off because he/she has Covid, menstrual cramps or a sprained ankle. Parents and staff are not entitled to that info.

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Anonymous wrote:When my kids got Covid, I emailed the schools about their absences and the attendance office/nurse called me to calculate the number of days the kid would have to stay out. I told them I’d fill out the Covid reporting form online. Parents are probably not as conscientious and are not filling out the form.

It’s not mandatory anymore so why would people fill it out. Who really wants to give up their private health information if it’s not required. I was fine with filling out the form before it was voluntary. But since it’s voluntary and we are not going to have accurate counts I’m not doing it if my kid gets covid. What’s the purpose?

It was never "mandatory."

Yes, thankfully we don’t live in China. People could (or not) self-report when they wanted. And opt out of testing in school, if desired. Thank goodness.

Why would anyone not want to self-report? That is so inconsiderate and, frankly, kinda paranoid.

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Anonymous wrote:My HS principal was out all last week due to testing positive for covid. It was hush hush. Even staff weren’t told.

MCPS will bury any specific school Covid news. It doesn’t fit their narrative that everything is normal and schools are doing great!

Do they normally broadcast other staff illnesses? That would be weird.

It’s private medical information. The school can’t share it with anyone. The individual can, if they want to, but they’re not required to. Even when the school system was notifying and quarantining close contacts, they never specified who the positive individuals were.