so let's say kids/teachers in the fall come down with positive tests, what to do?

[Anonymous]

So if a kid in your kid's class or teacher comes down positive, what does the school do? Just tell everyone else in the class? Shut down the class? Shut down the school? For how long?
This is bound to happen by week 2.
What about a kids' parents? What happens if they are sick and their kids were exposed to them for weeks?
What happens to those kids? Do they stay home from school? For how long? Do their classmates stay home?

How wide do you make the circle? Just kids in that kid's class and maybe their siblings' classes? I can see this working in elementary (only 25 kids in a class).
But my middle schooler easily has 125 kids in his own classes each day at Deal (between all members of the team plus language and math).

If he comes down positive (or we do) do you keep all 125 kids that were exposed to him home? For how long? What if one of the team teachers comes down positive? Do you keep home all the kids on the team?

Anyone have any thoughts?

Basically my questions is---Will a school keep home select classes of kids but allow others to attend?

[Anonymous]

No. For all the scenarios you just outlined in your post. Everyone will be home with their kids distance learning for the foreseeable future. Get used to it.

[Anonymous]

It's very clear that every governor's reopening plan has eyes toward reopening in the fall, allowing the virus to spread in a flattened curve over the summer. That's what we're doing. Will it fail come fall? Maybe (though given that the virus doesn't seem to die off in warm temps the odds seem to favor us). But that's the plan.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

Who, the teachers? No, I fully expect these teachers and most other people to continue social distancing through the summer. I don't have any particular risk factors, and I know that I am not going to be going to any movie theaters or bars for a long, long time. I won't start facing exposure unless/until I have to start going into the office and taking public transportation, just like the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

Who, the teachers? No, I fully expect these teachers and most other people to continue social distancing through the summer. I don't have any particular risk factors, and I know that I am not going to be going to any movie theaters or bars for a long, long time. I won't start facing exposure unless/until I have to start going into the office and taking public transportation, just like the teachers.

Then you won't be exposed in a movie theater or bar, but instead at work, or at a grocery store, or in an elevator. But the plan isn't to avoid people getting sick. It's to slow how quickly people get sick. Otherwise we wouldn't open schools until there is a vaccine, and that is not any state or country's plan.

[Anonymous]

Face to face school can’t occur in any meaningful way due to what will surely be widespread absences of at least two weeks. Most of the class will be in different places through out a marking period. Better to just do DL and look at school as an activity rather than a location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

I’m pregnant. I plan to stay home or go to my family’s summer home in the country. Unless something changes drastically, i don’t see myself spending much time socializing until school goes back. I may still be exposed but I won’t count on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

Who, the teachers? No, I fully expect these teachers and most other people to continue social distancing through the summer. I don't have any particular risk factors, and I know that I am not going to be going to any movie theaters or bars for a long, long time. I won't start facing exposure unless/until I have to start going into the office and taking public transportation, just like the teachers.

Then you won't be exposed in a movie theater or bar, but instead at work, or at a grocery store, or in an elevator. But the plan isn't to avoid people getting sick. It's to slow how quickly people get sick. Otherwise we wouldn't open schools until there is a vaccine, and that is not any state or country's plan.

Huh? You don’t think other countries are trying to keep people from getting sick? Of course they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully DCPS will do a better job than in March, when they basically left it up to parents to tell whomever they felt like telling.

Although I don't believe the flu comparison is correct, I don't see this going down much differently than a bad flu season at elementary schools. The focus will be on instructing symptomatic kids to stay home until fever resolves (maybe 3-7 days after no fever). The biggest disruption will be all the staff and teachers that get seriously ill/dies. That's what I am dreading -- so many of the amazing teachers & staff at our school are vulnerable.

But they will already have been exposed by then unless they plan on locking themselves down until there is a vaccine and ignoring the reopening happening over the summer.

Who, the teachers? No, I fully expect these teachers and most other people to continue social distancing through the summer. I don't have any particular risk factors, and I know that I am not going to be going to any movie theaters or bars for a long, long time. I won't start facing exposure unless/until I have to start going into the office and taking public transportation, just like the teachers.

Then you won't be exposed in a movie theater or bar, but instead at work, or at a grocery store, or in an elevator. But the plan isn't to avoid people getting sick. It's to slow how quickly people get sick. Otherwise we wouldn't open schools until there is a vaccine, and that is not any state or country's plan.

Huh? You don’t think other countries are trying to keep people from getting sick? Of course they are.

That's right, other countries are flattening the curve, not changing the volume of the curve.

[Anonymous]

probably inevitable that kids and teachers get sick.

the point of social distancing and closing everything isn't to stop people from getting sick -- it's to slow the rate at which people get sick so they don't overwhelm the hospitals. instead of everyone getting sick at the same time, they're trying to stagger things so some people get sick now, and some people get sick later.

schools can't be closed forever. at some point, they need to reopen. my guess is that sick kids will be sent home just as if they had any other sickness.

[Anonymous]

The problem with the theory that people should allow themselves to be exposed over the summer to build immunity is that we have absolutely no evidence that you have immunity after COVID. All these armchair epidemiologists are running out there to have their chickenpox parties like this will solve a global pandemic.
I’m a teacher and I’m not running out to expose myself to avoid absences in the fall. You’re literally insane if you think I would risk my health and that of my own family to be present for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:probably inevitable that kids and teachers get sick.

the point of social distancing and closing everything isn't to stop people from getting sick -- it's to slow the rate at which people get sick so they don't overwhelm the hospitals. instead of everyone getting sick at the same time, they're trying to stagger things so some people get sick now, and some people get sick later.

schools can't be closed forever. at some point, they need to reopen. my guess is that sick kids will be sent home just as if they had any other sickness.

So you really think that we will just send kids home like it's no big deal at all?

"Oh, Eric's in the hospital with the virus. He should be back in a few weeks. Now everyone let's start circle time!"

REALLY?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:probably inevitable that kids and teachers get sick.

the point of social distancing and closing everything isn't to stop people from getting sick -- it's to slow the rate at which people get sick so they don't overwhelm the hospitals. instead of everyone getting sick at the same time, they're trying to stagger things so some people get sick now, and some people get sick later.

schools can't be closed forever. at some point, they need to reopen. my guess is that sick kids will be sent home just as if they had any other sickness.

So you really think that we will just send kids home like it's no big deal at all?

"Oh, Eric's in the hospital with the virus. He should be back in a few weeks. Now everyone let's start circle time!"

REALLY?

Eric's probably sitting at home on the couch watching TV and taking a nap. The number of hospitalizations for 5-17 year olds is incredibly low.