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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked my kid to tell me if a group of kids are ever absent from her class. Then we'll know there was a COVID case. Problem solved.[/quote]

This. Our school has been notifying classes all along but I have to laugh when people say “omg, we will never know unless we get emails.” Umm, kids are the nosiest, best reporters in the world. Every day, I get a report of exactly who was absent in each of my kids’ classrooms. When one of my kid’s had a positive in the class, I knew an hour before I got the call about it because the moment I picked my kid up, I got told that a group of “friends” got picked up early from school today. These were the close contacts. That was a Tuesday. I asked my kid, who did you say was absent yesterday? My kid told me “X” was absent yesterday and today. I assumed then and there it was X. When all the kids returned to class the following Monday, my kid excitedly told me how X told everyone she had Covid. It’s not at all a secret or some puzzle to decipher. And for those panicky folks, here is a fun tidbit - no one else in the class got Covid, not even my child who actually happens to be best friends with X and plays with X everyday, including the day X apparently took the Covid test (still no clue why my child wasn’t identified as a close contact but the experience just underscored how unnecessary these quarantines are)[/quote]

That's true, but you can't trust Kindergarteners as much although my son does tell me a lot. [/quote]

I’m the PP. My child IS a kindergartener. While there may be some things Kindergarteners can’t be fully trusted to accurately recount things involving subjectivity due to developing understandings and perspectives, they are incredibly accurate and reliable for black and white facts. Who was and was not in your class today is one of those things. Teachers do attendance with the class everyday. It’s not just a matter of seeing an empty chair. Everyone knows who is missing because of the roll calls. My older kids’ classes also do the roll calls which is why they too know exactly who is missing.[/quote]

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