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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shame on us that we can't make test-to-stay happen, vaccination required happen, distanced/outdoor lunch happen, proper ventilation & filtration happen, full-content virtual for those that need it happen...

I get the general exhaustion, but it's a bit of an indictment that they could make no-work-over-winter-break happen instead of hey-this-omicron-thing-looks-a-bit-out-of-control-so-we-might-want-to-take-that-expected-to-be-planning-time-and-actually-make-a-robust-plan happen.[/quote]

They improved ventilation/filtration.  Requiring vaccines under EUA is a non-starter, and most kids 12 - 17 in MCPS are already vaccinated.  Lunch is very dependent on individual schools and their circumstances.  Test to stay, yes, they should have done more on that, for sure.  [b]"Virtual for those that need it" should only refer to those quarantined, not those who were nervous about Omicron.  Nervous isn't a "need."[/b]

But really, she's right.[/quote]

So the only folks that need it, then, are those that signed up for VA when Delta was still being evaluated and 5 months before Omicron changed the landscape or those who test positive or those with documented exposure without vaccination or those with documented exposure who are vaxxed but have symptoms?  It's like you can't put yourself in aanyone else's shpes to see that others might have different conditions like vulnerabilities in the household that would lead to different needs for protection against a backdrop of a different threat.  Everyone's got it just like you, so they shouldn't complain?  Sheesh.[/quote]
DP.. delta was a lot more lethal than omicron.

What did the vulnerable people do during the delta wave when all schools were in person except the VA?[/quote]

we left mcps to opt for a school that actually had a mitigation plan in place.  not every family can do that so mcps needs to make things safer[/quote]

Very few schools have good mitigation plans. We looked/applied to several privates, got it a few last minute, but none really had great plans when you talked to them beyond testing and masking.

MCPS has been clear what they will and will not do. Too many parents screamed last year and MCPS listened this year.  They are to blame.  Parents will not even opt in for testing.

MCPS offered virtual to families who were concerned/wanted it.  If it was safe during delta, it is safer during omicron.  [/quote]
Apparently everyone is to blame except the people who are in charge and paid quite handsomely to boot. Pretty laughable.

McKnight has personally committed to keeping schools open and yet she has proven incompetent at doing so.

That’s all anyone needs to know. Dr. McKnight has gotta go. [/quote]

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