I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

What specifically would you like to see? Sometimes posters make these comments but they don't give us more information, so I'm curious.

- Social distancing. Three feet in the classroom. 6 feet anytime masks are off.
- Contact tracing. My child has one case in the third week back and then another the following week. No instruction to quarantine, etc. Maybe the health department deemed the cases community spread? The lack of clear communication about what was going on was nonexistent. That was honestly fine with me in the spring, but with Delta, that’s just not my risk level.
-Some kind of testing - possibly pool testing, random etc

I know it won’t happen, so we’re staying home.

I wish nothing but the best for the teachers and students that are heading back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

What specifically would you like to see? Sometimes posters make these comments but they don't give us more information, so I'm curious.

- Social distancing. Three feet in the classroom. 6 feet anytime masks are off.
- Contact tracing. My child has one case in the third week back and then another the following week. No instruction to quarantine, etc. Maybe the health department deemed the cases community spread? The lack of clear communication about what was going on was nonexistent. That was honestly fine with me in the spring, but with Delta, that’s just not my risk level.
-Some kind of testing - possibly pool testing, random etc

I know it won’t happen, so we’re staying home.

I wish nothing but the best for the teachers and students that are heading back.

Should be my child’s CLASS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

I'm comfortable with the HVAC improvements. I think that's a good plan to keep kids safe.

They have already done a lot on that with CARES and ESSR II funds and the ARP money is in the process of being allocated by Richmond to do even more. Spread in school in spring was 1.3%. Spread in open schools in the UK during their delta wave (they don't go on summer break until July) was under 2% without masks. The UK has almost the same population vaccination rate as Fairfax County.

I hope you are right!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

Where I was we were 60% full. Lunch was a cafeteria of 100 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

And we can find examples of some that were pretty close. We had ~80% in person. My grade level had 112 of 139 students at one point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

And we can find examples of some that were pretty close. We had ~80% in person. My grade level had 112 of 139 students at one point.

That’s fantastic and I really hope these numbers hold.

I’m just not willing to risk it with Delta. (Especially with the possibility of a vaccine so close!!!)

Hey, look at it this way, for every parent like me, your kids get slightly more space to spread out in the building. Maybe FCPS should be actually encouraging parents to keep ES students home if they are able to. (JK, that would not happen!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

Our ES had about 60-70% back, I believe, 4 days a week but classes were divided by in-person and virtual so while the building was not full, my kids each had 25+ kids in their classes. I saw pictures from one of their classes on a teacher tweet and they were packed in their like sardines. Not touching elbows or anything, but I am talking 3ft from nose to nose so the actual space between shoulders was like a foot maybe. No cases in our school after upper ES when back in March or when they went to 4 days in April (interestingly, there were a few when they had far fewer kids in the building).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

What specifically would you like to see? Sometimes posters make these comments but they don't give us more information, so I'm curious.

- Social distancing. Three feet in the classroom. 6 feet anytime masks are off.
- Contact tracing. My child has one case in the third week back and then another the following week. No instruction to quarantine, etc. Maybe the health department deemed the cases community spread? The lack of clear communication about what was going on was nonexistent. That was honestly fine with me in the spring, but with Delta, that’s just not my risk level.
-Some kind of testing - possibly pool testing, random etc

I know it won’t happen, so we’re staying home.

I wish nothing but the best for the teachers and students that are heading back.

What's the difference between three feet and 18 inches (more normal separation). Like 6 feet, it's literally just a round number that means nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

What specifically would you like to see? Sometimes posters make these comments but they don't give us more information, so I'm curious.

- Social distancing. Three feet in the classroom. 6 feet anytime masks are off.
- Contact tracing. My child has one case in the third week back and then another the following week. No instruction to quarantine, etc. Maybe the health department deemed the cases community spread? The lack of clear communication about what was going on was nonexistent. That was honestly fine with me in the spring, but with Delta, that’s just not my risk level.
-Some kind of testing - possibly pool testing, random etc

I know it won’t happen, so we’re staying home.

I wish nothing but the best for the teachers and students that are heading back.

What's the difference between three feet and 18 inches (more normal separation). Like 6 feet, it's literally just a round number that means nothing.

Especially with masks. Remember the graph from Mayo Clinic? Spread when all parties are masked is the same at 1', 3', and 6' - less than 1%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

And we can find examples of some that were pretty close. We had ~80% in person. My grade level had 112 of 139 students at one point.

That’s fantastic and I really hope these numbers hold.

I’m just not willing to risk it with Delta. (Especially with the possibility of a vaccine so close!!!)

Hey, look at it this way, for every parent like me, your kids get slightly more space to spread out in the building. Maybe FCPS should be actually encouraging parents to keep ES students home if they are able to. (JK, that would not happen!)

PP here. I’ll add that we are in a zip code that has had pretty low rates of Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Cool. That just means a better teacher / student ratio for the rest of us.

I encourage as many families as possible to do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

What specifically would you like to see? Sometimes posters make these comments but they don't give us more information, so I'm curious.

- Social distancing. Three feet in the classroom. 6 feet anytime masks are off.
- Contact tracing. My child has one case in the third week back and then another the following week. No instruction to quarantine, etc. Maybe the health department deemed the cases community spread? The lack of clear communication about what was going on was nonexistent. That was honestly fine with me in the spring, but with Delta, that’s just not my risk level.
-Some kind of testing - possibly pool testing, random etc


It means less people breathing in the same physical space. So the “ambient air” should be safer. It’s also easier for contact tracing.

I know it won’t happen, so we’re staying home.

I wish nothing but the best for the teachers and students that are heading back.

What's the difference between three feet and 18 inches (more normal separation). Like 6 feet, it's literally just a round number that means nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m highly debating just pulling my ES child out and planning to homeschool the first quarter.

Unless I see a better plan to keep kids safe that are months(possibly weeks) away from being vaccinated, I’m not sending him.

Was your ES in school in spring?

Are you able to keep your ES kid in an environment with < 2% spread?

I hope that ES maintains the low transmission rate from the spring when there was distancing. Looking at what is happening in school districts in the south that mandate masks, I’m not confident. And FCPS’ plan is masks and vaccines. So for the ES kids, that’s just masks. And not social distancing while eating or snack.

The FDA is supposed to announce a plan for boosters next week.

They don’t really learn much the first quarter anyways. Hopefully I’m wrong and my kid will be able to rejoin school in October.

At this point, it’s not worth it for one

Fun fact: there was not actually much distancing in ES. Many teachers on here have confirmed this was true at multiple schools. It just wasn't possible.
-classroom monitor

I believe you.

However, schools were not full, many only had 30% of their normal population in person on any given day.

Where I was we were 60% full. Lunch was a cafeteria of 100 kids.

It's been a normal year that would be 300+ kids in that cafeteria.