ACPS is a covid cluster

[Anonymous]

The numbers are not out but geez, so many cases. Not sure why such a small school system should be doing so poorly compared to the other systems.

[Anonymous]

Is it lots of cases or are they overquarantining?

[Anonymous]

I think ACPS is small but the kids that are going to public there are usually in multifamily living situations, etc. Also not a highly vaccinated population. There will be more cases.

[Anonymous]

It’s a poor school district. Many of the kids live with lots of family members who must go to jobs that deal with the public. Plus, they probably can’t afford good masks.

[Anonymous]

No school is allowed to do outdoor lunch, so there is a portion of time when students are unmasked in an indoor environment. Not good.

[Anonymous]

No school testing program, no distancing or proper ventilation, overcrowded cafeterias and buses, questionable definition of close contacts, inadequate notification and tracing of cases, etc. It’s a dream for COVID-19 and likely already spreading more than the community realizes. Again, I’d really like to know how they spent the millions received in federal funding for mitigation measures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The numbers are not out but geez, so many cases. Not sure why such a small school system should be doing so poorly compared to the other systems.

I haven't heard anything to suggest that Alexandria is doing proportionally better or worse than any of the other neighboring school jurisdictions, and it doesn't sound like OP has any actual information like that, either. Yes, there are cases. There are cases everywhere, and it appears Virginia is doing what all the modeling suggested-- increase of cases in September. That modeling also predicts it drops again in October.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The numbers are not out but geez, so many cases. Not sure why such a small school system should be doing so poorly compared to the other systems.

I haven't heard anything to suggest that Alexandria is doing proportionally better or worse than any of the other neighboring school jurisdictions, and it doesn't sound like OP has any actual information like that, either. Yes, there are cases. There are cases everywhere, and it appears Virginia is doing what all the modeling suggested-- increase of cases in September. That modeling also predicts it drops again in October.

If you believe cases are going to drop in October, then I have a bridge I’d like to sell to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No school testing program, no distancing or proper ventilation, overcrowded cafeterias and buses, questionable definition of close contacts, inadequate notification and tracing of cases, etc. It’s a dream for COVID-19 and likely already spreading more than the community realizes. Again, I’d really like to know how they spent the millions received in federal funding for mitigation measures.

All of this. No testing, no distancing, no outdoor lunch, etc. The plan seems to be a wish and a prayer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school testing program, no distancing or proper ventilation, overcrowded cafeterias and buses, questionable definition of close contacts, inadequate notification and tracing of cases, etc. It’s a dream for COVID-19 and likely already spreading more than the community realizes. Again, I’d really like to know how they spent the millions received in federal funding for mitigation measures.

All of this. No testing, no distancing, no outdoor lunch, etc. The plan seems to be a wish and a prayer.

PP again. What about inadequate tracking of cases? The Covid dashboard was last updated August 30th. It's now September 7th. FCPS manages to update daily AND split cases between staff and students.

[Anonymous]

No one here is providing anything to show that positive cases are disproportionately higher in ACPS han they are in any of the other school districts in NOVA. Between friends and DCUM reports, there appears to be positive cases in every single school district. There were definitely going to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No school testing program, no distancing or proper ventilation, overcrowded cafeterias and buses, questionable definition of close contacts, inadequate notification and tracing of cases, etc. It’s a dream for COVID-19 and likely already spreading more than the community realizes. Again, I’d really like to know how they spent the millions received in federal funding for mitigation measures.

Bonuses to the teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school testing program, no distancing or proper ventilation, overcrowded cafeterias and buses, questionable definition of close contacts, inadequate notification and tracing of cases, etc. It’s a dream for COVID-19 and likely already spreading more than the community realizes. Again, I’d really like to know how they spent the millions received in federal funding for mitigation measures.

All of this. No testing, no distancing, no outdoor lunch, etc. The plan seems to be a wish and a prayer.

PP again. What about inadequate tracking of cases? The Covid dashboard was last updated August 30th. It's now September 7th. FCPS manages to update daily AND split cases between staff and students.

This. And FCPS numbers are actually really good when you look at the population. ACPS is updating weekly??? Really?

[Anonymous]

ACPS has does less than most Nova schools in terms of outdoor lunches and student Covid testing. Therefore I’d anticipate more Covid cases there.

[Anonymous]

ACPS is very small. They have 15,000 students total. The Arlington Catholic school system is bigger than ACPS. FCPS has 189,000 students and 25,000 employees. APS has 90,000 students.

ACPS is still doing poorer than any of these and you would think with such a small district that they could. But their crappy reporting is something.