Are School metics going Away
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Anonymous
| After teachers get the vaccine will they get rid of the medicis? |
Anonymous
| Huh? |
Anonymous
| Loudoun is voting tonight if they will do this. |
Anonymous
Weird. I thought community spread mattered, too. |
Anonymous
| the medicis are not the problem. |
Anonymous
They’ll get rid of the metrics even if teachers don’t get the vaccine. It’s the new science: If the data doesn’t support the results you want, just introduce another variable and fudge it. |
Anonymous
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VDOE already released guidance that says that schools should look at in-school mitigation and spread measures also. FCPS already has a measure of those (at the January RTS meeting it was at "yellow"). A matrix of in-school spread metrics and community spread metrics determine who should be back for schools. So with FCPS's yellow metric for in-school + red metric for community spread, it would leave "priority learners" in school. I think VDOE defined that as severe SPED, ESOL, and K-3, but I am not certain.
VDOE guidance isn't based on fudging it, but on the many school districts in the US and abroad that have proven that schools can be islands of low/no spread (see the study out of NC, for example) even when community spread is high. |
Anonymous
| Which school district? |
Anonymous
You are completely ignoring the fact that the “metrics” were a completely random guess to being with. When you know better, do better. |
Anonymous
| FCCPS said they are no longer looking at metrics starting 2/22. The teachers should have the second dose by then. I agree, there is still concern about spread between students and the community but parents can choose to stay virtual. |
Anonymous
Yes, here is a link to the LCPS briefing from the school staff. https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/loudoun/Board.nsf/files/BXHUQD796871/$file/012621_Hybrid%20Implementation%20Update.pdf It outlines the metrics for safety mitigation, which was a prior concern for several board members. They were hearing from teachers several months back that the mitigation measures were not being implemented consistently. The county was apparently tracking it and the mitigation measures were being implemented 90+ percent of the time (which you can see in the briefing). Given the new VDOE guidance that advises school districts to consider these measures, as well as the vaccine pod that is going so well, the school staff is now behind returning K-5 to hybrid by mid-Feb and the upper grades by early Mar. |
Anonymous
Good lord. So the hell with CDC school based recommendations. Free market? Government plays no role in determining public safety so long as you have the option to stay home?? Wow. |
Anonymous
The teachers will not have the second dose by then. I'm not saying teachers need to be vaccinated to reopen. I'm just stating facts. |
Anonymous
Good gracious, there's so much case law in the US that says that states are the ones who control both education and public health it's not even funny. So if districts meet VDH/VDOE guidance, they can open. AFAIK, most districts represented here are working from that guidance. That guidance is based on study after study after study of open schools showing that it's safer to be in school that to be out doing many other things. https://whyy.org/articles/chop-doctors-endorse-return-to-in-person-school-in-philly-area/ https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/study-covid-transmission-rare-in-north-carolina-schools/19467580/ https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/01/infectious-disease-scientist-mom-says-reopen-schools/ |
Anonymous
FCCPS is falls church city. Not FCPS. They told staff they would be scheduled around 2/16. Let’s see if it happens. |