Four days to school and my kids all have a cold
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Anonymous
| Runny nose, sneezing, etc. This is normally a send to school no brainer situation. But what is the protocol now? |
Anonymous
| I would get them tested for COVID and assuming they are negative try and get them well before school starts. Good luck...very frustrating timing! |
Anonymous
| It’s Thursday - maybe by Monday theyll be better. But in general this is what’s going to happen when we re enter life I think. |
Anonymous
| I'd have a negative COVID test ready to show. |
Anonymous
| So we are Covid testing for colds now? |
Anonymous
absolutely. why is this a question? |
Anonymous
| I’m at a charter. Day 2 my kid was sent home as a close contact. PLEASE PLEASE test your kid just to be sure. |
Anonymous
Yes. Because the symptoms overlap but you must not send to school if covid but can send to school if cold (despite some crazies who think kids must stay home for runny nose or cough without fever or lethargy or other symptoms, it is ok to send if there are mild cold symptoms and kid otherwise feels fine). |
Anonymous
| Even with a negative COVID test, please, please keep your kids home if they are symptomatic with something contagious (yes, including a cold). If you send them to school and they transmit the cold to other kids, you're starting a chain reaction of "is it COVID or not?" for other families (and for your school community). |
Anonymous
That could be 2 weeks |
Anonymous
+1. Of course we are. |
Anonymous
Could be, but more likely one. So either one week for you, or one week for a pyramid scheme's worth of families. |
Anonymous
I don’t feel like this is a fair ask with DCPS threatening to call CPS on parents with too many absences. |
Anonymous
Show me where in the DCPS guidance it says this is required. |
Anonymous
"Show me where in the law it says I have to act ethically and responsibly." |