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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the upside of the whole-class quarantine, which we experienced this week, as being that they are all virtual together with their teacher, so no one is missing out on instruction. [/quote]

I'm sure they weren't all virtual together. I'm sure some of those kids were forced into situations where virtual classes were not possible to join. Not everyone can just stay home with their kids on workdays.[/quote]

If you cannot stay home with your kids you [b]hire help, friend, family or figure it out.[/b]  That's what parents do.[/quote]

Kids under the age of 8 cant be home by themselves according to MD law. If the government via the health department is requiring quarantine they should be paying parents if they need to miss work and enable protections of jobs. Not all of us have family. Most of us have friends that are in the same age group and WORKING so they have their own jobs and own children to care for during school hours. Im not leaving my child with a stranger for PT hours and exorbitant pay that isnt a choice parents should have to make. [/quote]

+1.  Not to mention, good luck finding a sitter for a child who has been designated as "exposed" to covid.  I certainly wouldn't ask my 70yo parents to travel in from out of state to care for them either, since MCPS can't really tell me if my child was a legit close contact or not.[/quote]

I actually find the suggestion to use friends, family, or hire help for a quarantined child pretty poor advice, because they are supposed to be QUARENTINED at home and not interacting with people outside their household.  I could see the argument for one of these arrangements after 7 days and a negative test like the CDC recommends.  But the point of these quarantines is to reduce spread, and given that a child could still pass covid to a vaccinated individual, who could in turn pass it to others, you're just potentially changing one avenue of spread for another.

Which means parents are pretty much on their own like last year, only a lot of employers are not terribly sympathetic anymore.[/quote]

This. I teach at a college in person. My son is currently in a class that has quarantined for 10 days. My DH can be home with him for a few days but I have to figure out care the other days. He tested negative so my mom will keep an eye on him while she works from home but technically, he is supposed to avoid being around other people. I can probably move my classes online for 1 10-day quarantine but I'm worried about this happening again before the end of my semester. Should I hire a stranger who could potentially be exposed by my kid next time or expose us to covid? Rely on my mom whose health isn't great?

Yes, I have a partner who can help but more than one10-day quarantine will affect our ability to do our jobs. I am thankful distance learning is being provided but why do the leaders at MCPS assume everyone has either a SAHP, WAH parent or non-vulnerable caregiver on call to help with quarantine childcare? [/quote]

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