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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. If they’d offered surveillance or rapid testing in schools, I would have felt differently as both a parent and a staff member. They didn’t, and most of us who were in person with students before the vaccine was available have a pretty good idea why. I know people don’t want to hear this, but my personal experience is that schools have not been honest about reporting or contact tracing.[/quote]

what schools weren’t doing any testing at all? and contact tracing is generally the responsibility of the health department. I was able to read the research and see that frequent asymptomatic testing wasn’t necessary for safety, and also be reassured by the lack of spread in open schools. We knew that as early as October if not earlier. people are really trying to rewrite history and wish we would forget that privates, parochials, and **all of NYC** successfully and safely reopened well prior to vaccines. [/quote]

FCPS has offered zero testing. They sent some small cohorts back in person in October and a lot of them had to revert back to virtual less than two weeks later. There was also a lot of red tape in getting tested through the FCHD at the time. They will not contact trace at schools unless a parent provides notification of a case. If you don't report, there's no tracing. I don't buy it that frequent asymptomatic testing wasn't necessary before the vaccine was widely available.  I do think FCPS/APS/LCPS didn't want to do it. NYC, many private schools, professional sports teams, and colleges all did surveillance testing.

Anyway, the OP asked if we regret our choice to stay virtual. My answer is no.[/quote]

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