FCPS Covid policy? daughter just tested postive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

I hope you also stopped going to the grocery store, and all indoor entertainment.

The teacher above wasn’t talking about COVID, they were referring to the callousness (and entitlement) of the posters - who are parents.

I’m the teacher PP and you are absolutely correct. This isn’t about Covid to me as much as it is about callousness and entitlement.

I’m not worried about sniffles. I’m worried about the 102 degree fevers, vomiting, and sleeping students parents regularly send to school. Regularly.

I end up taking care of them instead of teaching content. I then get to wait for it to spread, meaning I’ll have 4-5 other kids out the following week.

At my child’s school in FCPS, kids with the symptoms you describe are sent to the school clinic to be monitored by the clinic aid who watches them until a parent, or another emergency contact, takes them home within the hour. Does your school have a clinic?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for the “the teacher has been out so much, my child isn’t learning!” posts, after the teacher gets Covid from a kid who came to school with it, then their own kids get it, and the next thing you know, the teacher is out for 2 weeks straight. Yay.

2 weeks? Try again. Most teachers will come back after 5 days if symptoms are improving; maybe even less if they can’t find subs.

LOL ok all knowing one

Maybe it is different now, but when I was teaching it was quite rare for teachers to be out very long. The only time I was out a week was when my dad had a terrible automobile accident and I lived far away. This was true for most of my collegues. Nothing like coming back to school and finding the sub had messed up all your plans and materials. Real incentive to go to work.

I’ve been teaching high school for 20 years. The longest I’ve been out is 6 days in a row, and it was for a really bad case of Covid. I couldn’t have taught if I wanted to. I’ve had the flu and really bad colds, but nothing has taken me out of work like Covid.

A member of my department missed 2 entire weeks last year because of a bad case of Covid. Others were like me, able to come back in a week once the strength to stand up for 6 hours in a row came back.

I’m not looking forward to being that sick again, but I’m assuming it’s coming my way.

DP
If someone is that sick, sure, they will stay home. But very few are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok.

The other PP was saying the teacher will be sick and then could have a family member out sick. Remember teachers have families too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

I hope you also stopped going to the grocery store, and all indoor entertainment.

The teacher above wasn’t talking about COVID, they were referring to the callousness (and entitlement) of the posters - who are parents.

I’m the teacher PP and you are absolutely correct. This isn’t about Covid to me as much as it is about callousness and entitlement.

I’m not worried about sniffles. I’m worried about the 102 degree fevers, vomiting, and sleeping students parents regularly send to school. Regularly.

I end up taking care of them instead of teaching content. I then get to wait for it to spread, meaning I’ll have 4-5 other kids out the following week.

At my child’s school in FCPS, kids with the symptoms you describe are sent to the school clinic to be monitored by the clinic aid who watches them until a parent, or another emergency contact, takes them home within the hour. Does your school have a clinic?

Okay but by that point they have already spread whatever they have everywhere....STOP sending your sick kids to school!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

I hope you also stopped going to the grocery store, and all indoor entertainment.

The teacher above wasn’t talking about COVID, they were referring to the callousness (and entitlement) of the posters - who are parents.

I’m the teacher PP and you are absolutely correct. This isn’t about Covid to me as much as it is about callousness and entitlement.

I’m not worried about sniffles. I’m worried about the 102 degree fevers, vomiting, and sleeping students parents regularly send to school. Regularly.

I end up taking care of them instead of teaching content. I then get to wait for it to spread, meaning I’ll have 4-5 other kids out the following week.

These things happen regularly in your classroom? What grade level(s)? I've taught ES grade for 30 years and of course I've had students with fevers, but they get sent to the clinic and sent home. Sometimes kids start to not feel well during the day. I can probably count on one hand the number of students that have vomited in the classroom. Few have fallen asleep.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for the “the teacher has been out so much, my child isn’t learning!” posts, after the teacher gets Covid from a kid who came to school with it, then their own kids get it, and the next thing you know, the teacher is out for 2 weeks straight. Yay.

2 weeks? Try again. Most teachers will come back after 5 days if symptoms are improving; maybe even less if they can’t find subs.

LOL ok all knowing one

Maybe it is different now, but when I was teaching it was quite rare for teachers to be out very long. The only time I was out a week was when my dad had a terrible automobile accident and I lived far away. This was true for most of my collegues. Nothing like coming back to school and finding the sub had messed up all your plans and materials. Real incentive to go to work.

I’ve been teaching high school for 20 years. The longest I’ve been out is 6 days in a row, and it was for a really bad case of Covid. I couldn’t have taught if I wanted to. I’ve had the flu and really bad colds, but nothing has taken me out of work like Covid.

A member of my department missed 2 entire weeks last year because of a bad case of Covid. Others were like me, able to come back in a week once the strength to stand up for 6 hours in a row came back.

I’m not looking forward to being that sick again, but I’m assuming it’s coming my way.

DP
If someone is that sick, sure, they will stay home. But very few are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok.

The other PP was saying the teacher will be sick and then could have a family member out sick. Remember teachers have families too.

PP here. I am a teacher. Very few teachers are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok. That's what I'm saying. It's basically like it was pre-pandemic. Of course a teacher might stay home if a child is sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for the “the teacher has been out so much, my child isn’t learning!” posts, after the teacher gets Covid from a kid who came to school with it, then their own kids get it, and the next thing you know, the teacher is out for 2 weeks straight. Yay.

2 weeks? Try again. Most teachers will come back after 5 days if symptoms are improving; maybe even less if they can’t find subs.

LOL ok all knowing one

Maybe it is different now, but when I was teaching it was quite rare for teachers to be out very long. The only time I was out a week was when my dad had a terrible automobile accident and I lived far away. This was true for most of my collegues. Nothing like coming back to school and finding the sub had messed up all your plans and materials. Real incentive to go to work.

I’ve been teaching high school for 20 years. The longest I’ve been out is 6 days in a row, and it was for a really bad case of Covid. I couldn’t have taught if I wanted to. I’ve had the flu and really bad colds, but nothing has taken me out of work like Covid.

A member of my department missed 2 entire weeks last year because of a bad case of Covid. Others were like me, able to come back in a week once the strength to stand up for 6 hours in a row came back.

I’m not looking forward to being that sick again, but I’m assuming it’s coming my way.

DP
If someone is that sick, sure, they will stay home. But very few are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok.

The other PP was saying the teacher will be sick and then could have a family member out sick. Remember teachers have families too.

PP here. I am a teacher. Very few teachers are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok. That's what I'm saying. It's basically like it was pre-pandemic. Of course a teacher might stay home if a child is sick.

It's not and you are not all teachers. A teacher can be out for their covid infection and then have a child out for another 3-4 day and they have every right to take care of their family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for the “the teacher has been out so much, my child isn’t learning!” posts, after the teacher gets Covid from a kid who came to school with it, then their own kids get it, and the next thing you know, the teacher is out for 2 weeks straight. Yay.

2 weeks? Try again. Most teachers will come back after 5 days if symptoms are improving; maybe even less if they can’t find subs.

LOL ok all knowing one

Maybe it is different now, but when I was teaching it was quite rare for teachers to be out very long. The only time I was out a week was when my dad had a terrible automobile accident and I lived far away. This was true for most of my collegues. Nothing like coming back to school and finding the sub had messed up all your plans and materials. Real incentive to go to work.

I’ve been teaching high school for 20 years. The longest I’ve been out is 6 days in a row, and it was for a really bad case of Covid. I couldn’t have taught if I wanted to. I’ve had the flu and really bad colds, but nothing has taken me out of work like Covid.

A member of my department missed 2 entire weeks last year because of a bad case of Covid. Others were like me, able to come back in a week once the strength to stand up for 6 hours in a row came back.

I’m not looking forward to being that sick again, but I’m assuming it’s coming my way.

DP
If someone is that sick, sure, they will stay home. But very few are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok.

The other PP was saying the teacher will be sick and then could have a family member out sick. Remember teachers have families too.

PP here. I am a teacher. Very few teachers are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok. That's what I'm saying. It's basically like it was pre-pandemic. Of course a teacher might stay home if a child is sick.

It's not and you are not all teachers. A teacher can be out for their covid infection and then have a child out for another 3-4 day and they have every right to take care of their family.

PP here. Of course. Nobody is saying they don't or shouldn't.

[Anonymous]

How many FCPS students employees or people in their household died from or are permanently affected by COVID?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

Human decency is long gone.

Long gone.

Yes. Masking toddlers for 2 years after data was clear this was not a child illness shredded any human decency left in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for the “the teacher has been out so much, my child isn’t learning!” posts, after the teacher gets Covid from a kid who came to school with it, then their own kids get it, and the next thing you know, the teacher is out for 2 weeks straight. Yay.

2 weeks? Try again. Most teachers will come back after 5 days if symptoms are improving; maybe even less if they can’t find subs.

LOL ok all knowing one

Maybe it is different now, but when I was teaching it was quite rare for teachers to be out very long. The only time I was out a week was when my dad had a terrible automobile accident and I lived far away. This was true for most of my collegues. Nothing like coming back to school and finding the sub had messed up all your plans and materials. Real incentive to go to work.

I’ve been teaching high school for 20 years. The longest I’ve been out is 6 days in a row, and it was for a really bad case of Covid. I couldn’t have taught if I wanted to. I’ve had the flu and really bad colds, but nothing has taken me out of work like Covid.

A member of my department missed 2 entire weeks last year because of a bad case of Covid. Others were like me, able to come back in a week once the strength to stand up for 6 hours in a row came back.

I’m not looking forward to being that sick again, but I’m assuming it’s coming my way.

DP
If someone is that sick, sure, they will stay home. But very few are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok.

The other PP was saying the teacher will be sick and then could have a family member out sick. Remember teachers have families too.

PP here. I am a teacher. Very few teachers are staying home for 5 days just for the sake of staying home when they feel ok. That's what I'm saying. It's basically like it was pre-pandemic. Of course a teacher might stay home if a child is sick.

It's not and you are not all teachers. A teacher can be out for their covid infection and then have a child out for another 3-4 day and they have every right to take care of their family.

PP here. Of course. Nobody is saying they don't or shouldn't.

If I end up taking draining my sick leave because of Covid infections (me, followed by my children), there will be a thread right here on DCUM complaining about my excessive absences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

I hope you also stopped going to the grocery store, and all indoor entertainment.

The teacher above wasn’t talking about COVID, they were referring to the callousness (and entitlement) of the posters - who are parents.

I’m the teacher PP and you are absolutely correct. This isn’t about Covid to me as much as it is about callousness and entitlement.

I’m not worried about sniffles. I’m worried about the 102 degree fevers, vomiting, and sleeping students parents regularly send to school. Regularly.

I end up taking care of them instead of teaching content. I then get to wait for it to spread, meaning I’ll have 4-5 other kids out the following week.

At my child’s school in FCPS, kids with the symptoms you describe are sent to the school clinic to be monitored by the clinic aid who watches them until a parent, or another emergency contact, takes them home within the hour. Does your school have a clinic?

You are right.
It is a perfect system and works just like this with every single student every time.
The clinic never gets overwhelmed, the kids never scream in fear at the ruses office, the parents all have cars and working phone numbers so they show up within an hour. The parents are always able to leave work and the nurse never sends kids back to class who are complaining of stomach aches and vomiting.

No of that happens. The system works smoothlyevery single time, every kid just like you stated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

I hope you also stopped going to the grocery store, and all indoor entertainment.

The teacher above wasn’t talking about COVID, they were referring to the callousness (and entitlement) of the posters - who are parents.

I’m the teacher PP and you are absolutely correct. This isn’t about Covid to me as much as it is about callousness and entitlement.

I’m not worried about sniffles. I’m worried about the 102 degree fevers, vomiting, and sleeping students parents regularly send to school. Regularly.

I end up taking care of them instead of teaching content. I then get to wait for it to spread, meaning I’ll have 4-5 other kids out the following week.

At my child’s school in FCPS, kids with the symptoms you describe are sent to the school clinic to be monitored by the clinic aid who watches them until a parent, or another emergency contact, takes them home within the hour. Does your school have a clinic?

You are right.
It is a perfect system and works just like this with every single student every time.
The clinic never gets overwhelmed, the kids never scream in fear at the ruses office, the parents all have cars and working phone numbers so they show up within an hour. The parents are always able to leave work and the nurse never sends kids back to class who are complaining of stomach aches and vomiting.

No of that happens. The system works smoothlyevery single time, every kid just like you stated.

any nurse that sends a potentially contagious kid back to the classroom to infect everyone else should be fired instantly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

Human decency is long gone.

Long gone.

Yes. Masking toddlers for 2 years after data was clear this was not a child illness shredded any human decency left in this area.

Good.

Do you realize the damage done to these toddlers in speech and social growth. Kindergarten is getting dozens of incoming IEPS for various reasons and you can probably trail most back to the masking and isolation mandates of Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

Human decency is long gone.

Long gone.

Yes. Masking toddlers for 2 years after data was clear this was not a child illness shredded any human decency left in this area.

Good.

Do you realize the damage done to these toddlers in speech and social growth. Kindergarten is getting dozens of incoming IEPS for various reasons and you can probably trail most back to the masking and isolation mandates of Covid.

And children spending insane amounts of time in front of screens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s one of the many reasons I’m quitting teaching.

Human decency is long gone.

Long gone.

Yes. Masking toddlers for 2 years after data was clear this was not a child illness shredded any human decency left in this area.

2 years? Was your child in daycare because we weren’t wearing mask that long in school? Especially for toddlers.