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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This would send entire grades in quarantine. Is this a plan to put so many kids in quarantine so that they have an excuse to shut down all elementary schools and put the kids in virtual? Thats what it seems like to me. In the UK, when they remained open in the spring during the Delta surge they concluded that daily testing as as effective as quarantine and that its not good for the kids to stay home due to quarantine for long periods of time. Now this is even more ridiculous what MCPS is planning. They should end quarantine for elementary kids if the kids can show a negative test each day.

There was no Delta in the Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would send entire grades in quarantine. Is this a plan to put so many kids in quarantine so that they have an excuse to shut down all elementary schools and put the kids in virtual? Thats what it seems like to me. In the UK, when they remained open in the spring during the Delta surge they concluded that daily testing as as effective as quarantine and that its not good for the kids to stay home due to quarantine for long periods of time. Now this is even more ridiculous what MCPS is planning. They should end quarantine for elementary kids if the kids can show a negative test each day.

There was no Delta in the Spring.

There was delta. It was beginning in other countries and brought here. Thanks to those who traveled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm calling it. This policy is BS. Dr. Gayles spent the past year insisting in person schooling is unsafe, now he is digging and going against the CDC and the AAP who recommend policies that actually let kids go to school. And the BOE and the Council will go for it because they have spent the past year trusting this man, who may have done some smart things but really. Kids need to be in school. We'd have more options now if he had made some real effort bring kids back last year before the last second

The CDC also recommends many safety precautions including regular testing which isn't being done. There are zero efforts beyond masking to keep our kids safe.

That is not an excuse for creating a policy that discourages kids from going to the nurse when they need care and encourages kids that want to cause trouble to say they have a "headache". This is the creation of a madman who is right to resign his position. He needs a break.

No one is discouraging kids. If you as a parent discourage your kid from receiving care that’s on you (and makes you a pos).

Kids are not dumb. They know they are sending their entire class home for having a headache. Many are not going to want to be that kid. It's not like it will be a secret. Since we are namecalling, you're a POS if you think kids just do what their parents tell them and aren't influenced by social norms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This would send entire grades in quarantine. Is this a plan to put so many kids in quarantine so that they have an excuse to shut down all elementary schools and put the kids in virtual? Thats what it seems like to me. In the UK, when they remained open in the spring during the Delta surge they concluded that daily testing as as effective as quarantine and that its not good for the kids to stay home due to quarantine for long periods of time. Now this is even more ridiculous what MCPS is planning. They should end quarantine for elementary kids if the kids can show a negative test each day.

There was no Delta in the Spring.

There was delta. It was beginning in other countries and brought here. Thanks to those who traveled.

+1 The UK has a much shorter summer break than US schools and a closer relationship with India.

[Anonymous]

I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

I think it’s always tough, especially for kids. Try a pediatric urgent care or your ped’s office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm calling it. This policy is BS. Dr. Gayles spent the past year insisting in person schooling is unsafe, now he is digging and going against the CDC and the AAP who recommend policies that actually let kids go to school. And the BOE and the Council will go for it because they have spent the past year trusting this man, who may have done some smart things but really. Kids need to be in school. We'd have more options now if he had made some real effort bring kids back last year before the last second

The CDC also recommends many safety precautions including regular testing which isn't being done. There are zero efforts beyond masking to keep our kids safe.

That is not an excuse for creating a policy that discourages kids from going to the nurse when they need care and encourages kids that want to cause trouble to say they have a "headache". This is the creation of a madman who is right to resign his position. He needs a break.

No one is discouraging kids. If you as a parent discourage your kid from receiving care that’s on you (and makes you a pos).

Kids are not dumb. They know they are sending their entire class home for having a headache. Many are not going to want to be that kid. It's not like it will be a secret. Since we are namecalling, you're a POS if you think kids just do what their parents tell them and aren't influenced by social norms.

a covid headache is serious business

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm calling it. This policy is BS. Dr. Gayles spent the past year insisting in person schooling is unsafe, now he is digging and going against the CDC and the AAP who recommend policies that actually let kids go to school. And the BOE and the Council will go for it because they have spent the past year trusting this man, who may have done some smart things but really. Kids need to be in school. We'd have more options now if he had made some real effort bring kids back last year before the last second

The CDC also recommends many safety precautions including regular testing which isn't being done. There are zero efforts beyond masking to keep our kids safe.

That is not an excuse for creating a policy that discourages kids from going to the nurse when they need care and encourages kids that want to cause trouble to say they have a "headache". This is the creation of a madman who is right to resign his position. He needs a break.

No one is discouraging kids. If you as a parent discourage your kid from receiving care that’s on you (and makes you a pos).

Kids are not dumb. They know they are sending their entire class home for having a headache. Many are not going to want to be that kid. It's not like it will be a secret. Since we are namecalling, you're a POS if you think kids just do what their parents tell them and aren't influenced by social norms.

We are talking about elementary students here. That is not how they operate. No one is going to be too scared to go to the nurse and on the flip side, no one is going to make up symptoms to get their classmates out of class. The MCPS parents are a hysterical bunch. Have you even met your own kids? They are actually very chill in comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

Try Sameday-testing.com

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

I think it’s always tough, especially for kids. Try a pediatric urgent care or your ped’s office.

Our ped will do a virtual visit this morning to determine if testing is needed, but the results aren’t guaranteed today (it’s a 24 hour window).

^^^
This is why parents will send their kid to school if they look/feel/act fine.

If it’s impossible to get a same day rapid test at cvs, etc. then how will the mcps policy work? It’s likely most people won’t be able to get same day results. I tried looking for an appointment at 2am, and I couldn’t find anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

I think it’s always tough, especially for kids. Try a pediatric urgent care or your ped’s office.

Our ped will do a virtual visit this morning to determine if testing is needed, but the results aren’t guaranteed today (it’s a 24 hour window).

^^^
This is why parents will send their kid to school if they look/feel/act fine.

If it’s impossible to get a same day rapid test at cvs, etc. then how will the mcps policy work? It’s likely most people won’t be able to get same day results. I tried looking for an appointment at 2am, and I couldn’t find anything.

It’s not going to work. It wasn’t designed to work. It was designed to get everybody into virtual. Nobody else I’m the country is doing this. This was a corrupt bit of leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

Try Sameday-testing.com

Yep, they seem to have plenty of appointments at their drive-through sites. Even their non-expedited test came back in 24 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm calling it. This policy is BS. Dr. Gayles spent the past year insisting in person schooling is unsafe, now he is digging and going against the CDC and the AAP who recommend policies that actually let kids go to school. And the BOE and the Council will go for it because they have spent the past year trusting this man, who may have done some smart things but really. Kids need to be in school. We'd have more options now if he had made some real effort bring kids back last year before the last second

The CDC also recommends many safety precautions including regular testing which isn't being done. There are zero efforts beyond masking to keep our kids safe.

That is not an excuse for creating a policy that discourages kids from going to the nurse when they need care and encourages kids that want to cause trouble to say they have a "headache". This is the creation of a madman who is right to resign his position. He needs a break.

No one is discouraging kids. If you as a parent discourage your kid from receiving care that’s on you (and makes you a pos).

Kids are not dumb. They know they are sending their entire class home for having a headache. Many are not going to want to be that kid. It's not like it will be a secret. Since we are namecalling, you're a POS if you think kids just do what their parents tell them and aren't influenced by social norms.

We are talking about elementary students here. That is not how they operate. No one is going to be too scared to go to the nurse and on the flip side, no one is going to make up symptoms to get their classmates out of class. The MCPS parents are a hysterical bunch. Have you even met your own kids? They are actually very chill in comparison.

Sounds like you have not met your own kids, JFC. Do you even have kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

Try Sameday-testing.com

+1 you can pay for faster results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how people will be able to get rapid tests?

FWIW, my kid woke up vomiting at 1:30am, and I tried to find a rapid test appointment in MoCo through cvs today but none are available.

Are we spiking, or is it always tough to get a test when you need one?

I think it’s always tough, especially for kids. Try a pediatric urgent care or your ped’s office.

Our ped will do a virtual visit this morning to determine if testing is needed, but the results aren’t guaranteed today (it’s a 24 hour window).

^^^
This is why parents will send their kid to school if they look/feel/act fine.

If it’s impossible to get a same day rapid test at cvs, etc. then how will the mcps policy work? It’s likely most people won’t be able to get same day results. I tried looking for an appointment at 2am, and I couldn’t find anything.

Now you're starting to understand why it was a bad idea for MCPS to re-open in-person.

Go to the CVS at 360 Hungerford Dr.. As of this morning, it says that there are still home testing kits available there. Home tests give more false positives, but it's better than nothing while you try to arrange a PCR. Good luck.