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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many threads do we need on this topic? MCPS has a plan. It’s to return in person, full time, 100% masked, following CDC guidelines. This year is not last year. The guidelines are different. In case of positive cases, they will follow the health department guidance, as they are already doing. They already said that they would share contingency plans in case of wider spread of cases n a school at September board meeting.[/quote]

I beg to differ. These are the latest cdc guidelines for schools:

In addition to universal indoor masking, CDC recommends schools maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students within classrooms to reduce transmission risk. When it is not possible to maintain a physical distance of at least 3 feet, such as when schools cannot fully re-open while maintaining these distances, it is especially important to layer multiple other prevention strategies, such as screening testing.

Screening testing, ventilation, handwashing and respiratory etiquette, staying home when sick and getting tested, contact tracing in combination with quarantine and isolation, and cleaning and disinfection are also important layers of prevention to keep schools safe.

By my tally, they aren’t maintaining 3ft of distance (all distancing markers removed). They are not layering in screening testing. [b]It is questionable whether they will do any contact tracing.[/b] They are eliminating attestation and are not screening for illness before letting kids in the door (requiring students to stay home when sick). They’re not requiring sick students to get tested before returning to school, nor are they planning to offer Covid testing when a student is sent to the nurse. The whole quarantine and isolation plan is a big question mark, but I think the plan is to skip that strategy as well. We all know they are not cleaning or disinfecting in a meaningful way. So no, I wouldn’t say they’re following cdc guidelines. They’re relying entirely on masks, except, you know, when they all take them off to eat in the cafeteria. [/quote]

MCPS doesn't do contact tracing. The state does that: https://covidlink.maryland.gov/content/answer-the-call/

The attestations last spring were complete nonsense, and cleaning/disinfecting are covid theater.[/quote]

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