CDC guidelines for opening a K-12 school.

[Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/kristinthorne/status/1261044124024791040?s=21

Pretty sure no school in the city can meet these guidelines.

[Anonymous]

I guess I don’t understand why the focus on symptomatic people when we know there are so many asymptomatic carriers especially children. I understand that asymptomatic people are less contagious but still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I don’t understand why the focus on symptomatic people when we know there are so many asymptomatic carriers especially children. I understand that asymptomatic people are less contagious but still.

Well I guess right now there’s no possible way to deal with that so they’re going to do what they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I don’t understand why the focus on symptomatic people when we know there are so many asymptomatic carriers especially children. I understand that asymptomatic people are less contagious but still.

Because we still don't have, and I guess at this point arent really trying for, the testing capacity to focus on asymptomatic carriers.

[Anonymous]

These aren't guidelines. They are generic bullet points that don't mean anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These aren't guidelines. They are generic bullet points that don't mean anything.

They are written so vague that they are open to interpretation. What distance is “increased spacing”? Technically an inch is an increase. “Small groups” is all relative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/kristinthorne/status/1261044124024791040?s=21

Pretty sure no school in the city can meet these guidelines.

Really? A lot of the hardest guidelines say “if feasible”

I actually think this is pretty easy to meet as written!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I don’t understand why the focus on symptomatic people when we know there are so many asymptomatic carriers especially children. I understand that asymptomatic people are less contagious but still.

Symptomatic persons are more likely to spread the virus (coughing, higher viral load, etc) than asymptomatic

[Anonymous]

Not being snarky, but how would you conduct meaningful daily screening of students at a high school with 2000 plus people?

[Anonymous]

I work in a school and these guidelines all seem quite easy to meet. "Encourage..." "Promote..." "If feasible..."

I don't see how we are assured the minimum level of safety when the guidelines are so flexible and nothing is listed as required. Hopefully DC provides its own guidelines with a checklist for schools to follow and some sort of audit process to ensure minimum standards are in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and these guidelines all seem quite easy to meet. "Encourage..." "Promote..." "If feasible..."

I don't see how we are assured the minimum level of safety when the guidelines are so flexible and nothing is listed as required. Hopefully DC provides its own guidelines with a checklist for schools to follow and some sort of audit process to ensure minimum standards are in place.

I agree. That seems totally doable. Safe? Not sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a school and these guidelines all seem quite easy to meet. "Encourage..." "Promote..." "If feasible..."

I don't see how we are assured the minimum level of safety when the guidelines are so flexible and nothing is listed as required. Hopefully DC provides its own guidelines with a checklist for schools to follow and some sort of audit process to ensure minimum standards are in place.

I agree. That seems totally doable. Safe? Not sure.

I think the draft guidelines were much more specific and detailed, but the administration nixed them. Those are just bullet points with no concrete content and no requirements. I hope that DC/MD/VA get together and formulate some real guidelines that would improve safety.

[Anonymous]

Thank your president for not being willing to release or listen to the cdca real report

[Anonymous]

Will the schools give out masks in their school colors?

[Anonymous]

Send half the kids in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. All wear masks, wash hands often and sit far apart.
Everybody eats lunch at home. I'd rather DC go to school 3-3.5 hours than try to learn online in elementary school.