MCPS will now send kids home for ten days based on symptoms only

[Anonymous]

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And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Rosemary Hills

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Rosemary Hills

The student did not test over the weekend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reopening groups wanted to open at any cost, no matter what, well, this is the price you have to pay for that.

Unfortunately, the reopening crowd is stuck with the MCPS band of idiots. They could look north, south, east, or west and just copy/paste more sensible policy. Covid is never going away. MCPS has simply decided that they’d like to be an inferior educational district going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

I know people don't understand things but the CDC says the same thing Gayles says. Call them
and ask they have a hotline. And I doubt any school district is going to go against the recommendation of their county health officer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

I know people don't understand things but the CDC says the same thing Gayles says. Call them
and ask they have a hotline. And I doubt any school district is going to go against the recommendation of their county health officer.

Our county health officer didn’t let our schools open last year, remember?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

I'll add that even our mostly worthless school board asked MCPS to establish an independent panel of experts for health policies because they knew Gayles hasn't been acting in good faith. Of course Smith made sure that would never happen.

[Anonymous]

What happens in winter when more kids have a bit coughing and stuffy nose /runny nose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

I know people don't understand things but the CDC says the same thing Gayles says. Call them
and ask they have a hotline. And I doubt any school district is going to go against the recommendation of their county health officer.

They don't. Did you miss all the people complaining about the CDC guidance after MCPS said they were going to follow it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

Because it was the Superintendent's decision. She got advice from Gayles, but it was her decision whether to follow the CDC or go with Gayles. She chose Gayles.

I know people don't understand things but the CDC says the same thing Gayles says. Call them
and ask they have a hotline. And I doubt any school district is going to go against the recommendation of their county health officer.

Our county health officer didn’t let our schools open last year, remember?

Right that's my point, direct the outrage towards the health department not the school system
That is just following what they were told.

[Anonymous]

Why won’t the Health Department take responsibility for the directive? Is it possible Dr. McKnight misinterpreted their guidance? And why not communicate to the public what is going on? When you start quarantining 1000 kids overnight with no warning or explanation, and yoU have different principals sending different notes out and interpreting the advice differently, you absolutely erode any grace the public might have given you if you were transparent. Also, why not do rapid testing? Why not push back against the health department, corral some support from parents if needed. Something doesn’t compute here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ this just happened to us

And did you force the rest of the class into quarantine or get your kid tested?

Ridiculous question. Nobody is forcing a class to quarantine. Tested and false alarm

At our school, multiple full classes are currently in quarantine based on one student exhibiting one symptom.

Which school?

Every single school. No principal, teacher, superintendent is making health decisions. The Department of Health and by extension the nurses and health techs in the school make all of these decisions.

They're implementing Superintendent McKnight's policy once symptoms are identified by the teacher. There isn't much for the nurses to do once it gets to them.

What makes you think that is Dr. McKnights policy? The community message I received said at the direction of the Department of Health.

I mean it's a tradition to blame MCPS so I just ASSumed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why won’t the Health Department take responsibility for the directive? Is it possible Dr. McKnight misinterpreted their guidance? And why not communicate to the public what is going on? When you start quarantining 1000 kids overnight with no warning or explanation, and yoU have different principals sending different notes out and interpreting the advice differently, you absolutely erode any grace the public might have given you if you were transparent. Also, why not do rapid testing? Why not push back against the health department, corral some support from parents if needed. Something doesn’t compute here.

Sounds like the Dept of health is following best practices and doing its job.