118 teachers in Carroll county already qurrantined

[Anonymous]

Today in "highly predictable news that anyone could have pointed out" Carroll county voted to go back even though the metrics were too high. Now a bunch of teachers and students are qurrantined so it's back to virtual learning for them

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/01/13/118-carroll-county-public-schools-staff-members-quarantining-for-covid-as-of-monday/?fbclid=IwAR2z2NqjNlHnn6nlf5ytG-SD2zynRu_HuFsueDgAChP5Q3E-6-W8q8dzeqQ#.YADAkYvyqN4.facebook

[Anonymous]

Are they back to virtual? I don't see any news about that.

I think they must have subs lined up? Or they can just double kids up in classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Not sure about Carroll but in most cases where teacher quarantining the class is sent home for DL as well. Whether the school is depends on exposure and set up. I don’t think they have subs available nor are they doubling up classrooms in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they back to virtual? I don't see any news about that.

I think they must have subs lined up? Or they can just double kids up in classrooms.

How do you double kids up and maintain social distancing? And who wants to sub during COVID? Same thing is happening across the county - schools have to go back to virtual due to lack of staffing.

[Anonymous]

First, quarantining is exactly what they should be doing. It cannot be used to support an argument OP that schools cannot have in person learning. Do you want schools to be closed until quarantining or other safety measures are not necessary?

Also the article is useful as it provides no information and says these individuals may not even have COVID and even if they do could have caught it in the community. Again, quanrantining is what they should be doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about Carroll but in most cases where teacher quarantining the class is sent home for DL as well. Whether the school is depends on exposure and set up. I don’t think they have subs available nor are they doubling up classrooms in this situation.

That must be hard on families to go back to in person for a week and then have to switch to virtual. Obviously you can't double up kids in a pandemic, not would that be a great solution for a ten day qurrantine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, quarantining is exactly what they should be doing. It cannot be used to support an argument OP that schools cannot have in person learning. Do you want schools to be closed until quarantining or other safety measures are not necessary?

Also the article is useful as it provides no information and says these individuals may not even have COVID and even if they do could have caught it in the community. Again, quanrantining is what they should be doing.

I'm just pointing out that if community spread is high it's hard to maintain enough staffing for in person. Especially if there aren't enough subs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about Carroll but in most cases where teacher quarantining the class is sent home for DL as well. Whether the school is depends on exposure and set up. I don’t think they have subs available nor are they doubling up classrooms in this situation.

That must be hard on families to go back to in person for a week and then have to switch to virtual. Obviously you can't double up kids in a pandemic, not would that be a great solution for a ten day qurrantine

Not harder than all virtual. At least they got a little school. The default should be real school, switching a
class to virtual if there’s a case, then moving back to in person based on health department guidance. That’s what privates have been doing very successfully all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, quarantining is exactly what they should be doing. It cannot be used to support an argument OP that schools cannot have in person learning. Do you want schools to be closed until quarantining or other safety measures are not necessary?

Also the article is useful as it provides no information and says these individuals may not even have COVID and even if they do could have caught it in the community. Again, quanrantining is what they should be doing.

I'm just pointing out that if community spread is high it's hard to maintain enough staffing for in person. Especially if there aren't enough subs.

Sure. Seems like a problem solvable by pulling in admins, school system paper pushers, etc.
Not a reason to keep schools closed.

[Anonymous]

I’m a big proponent of in person learning but the cases are way way way too high. We had chances to bring kids back. Public schools blew it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, quarantining is exactly what they should be doing. It cannot be used to support an argument OP that schools cannot have in person learning. Do you want schools to be closed until quarantining or other safety measures are not necessary?

Also the article is useful as it provides no information and says these individuals may not even have COVID and even if they do could have caught it in the community. Again, quanrantining is what they should be doing.

I'm just pointing out that if community spread is high it's hard to maintain enough staffing for in person. Especially if there aren't enough subs.

Sure. Seems like a problem solvable by pulling in admins, school system paper pushers, etc.
Not a reason to keep schools closed.

There are districts with custodians watching classes. That’s pretty clearly not school. What you’re advocating for is warehousing kids during a pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, quarantining is exactly what they should be doing. It cannot be used to support an argument OP that schools cannot have in person learning. Do you want schools to be closed until quarantining or other safety measures are not necessary?

Also the article is useful as it provides no information and says these individuals may not even have COVID and even if they do could have caught it in the community. Again, quanrantining is what they should be doing.

I'm just pointing out that if community spread is high it's hard to maintain enough staffing for in person. Especially if there aren't enough subs.

Sure. Seems like a problem solvable by pulling in admins, school system paper pushers, etc.
Not a reason to keep schools closed.

Sure would be interesting if we actually made the board of education work as lowly paid subs so they could actually see what school looks like on the ground

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about Carroll but in most cases where teacher quarantining the class is sent home for DL as well. Whether the school is depends on exposure and set up. I don’t think they have subs available nor are they doubling up classrooms in this situation.

That must be hard on families to go back to in person for a week and then have to switch to virtual. Obviously you can't double up kids in a pandemic, not would that be a great solution for a ten day qurrantine

Yes, but it is less hard for many than having virtual only with no end in sight. The unpredictability is definitely stressful, but parents understand that is the choice they are making.