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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The number of cases in my kids 8th grade cohort makes me think that it wasn't just community spread and that they were getting exposed at school.  Can't say if it was kid to kid or teacher to kid but I am fairly confident that they were exposed to Covid at school.  
My kids is in a specialty program with about 120 kids in the grade.  At least 10 of the kids in that cohort tested positive in less than a week.  At least half (probably more) were fully vaccinated.  I am friends with 2 of the parents and those families are very cautious and the kids are masked all the time.  The parents think the kids were exposed at lunch.

When they changed the criteria for quarantining, there was no way they could keep the schools staffed because even vaccinated teachers had to quarantine if they were in close contact.

That said, I think that PGCPS could have kept younger kids in school who seem to be less impacted by Covid(K-3rd) and are known to really struggle with online learning.

But [b]I don't know what Dr Goldson was seeing[/b].  She is a very thoughtful person and wouldn't have done it unless she was being advised by experts to do so.

What we need is for the people in power to make the hard call and mandate vaccinations for all students.  It wouldn't completely end infections but it would certainly slow things down.  FDA also needs to get booster shots approved for the 12-15 year olds.  
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From WTOP:
Dr. Monica Goldson, the school system’s CEO, revealed that 994 students and 261 teacher’s have tested positive for the virus in the past week.

That resulted in county schools placing approximately 16,778 students and 492 staff members in quarantine.

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My first question is: Are they quarantining vaccinated students?
My follow-on question is: If they are, why are so many students and staff unvaccinated/boosted?

PG county may have high numbers but if they are quarantining regardless of vaccination status, the numbers aren't comparable to other area counties which aren't.[/quote]

I am a teacher in PGCPS. They are not quarantining students or staff that are vaccinated and not showing symptoms. As far as why are so many students and staff not vaccinated, that is because it is a choice. In addition, we have no clue who is or isn’t vaccinated. It is not necessary to report it. Speaking for my school only, a lot of grade levels went into quarantine unnecessarily. It was to the point that no one was in school except two grade levels. Staying home until the 18th does nothing. There is no additional cleaning in the building. No additional vaccination appointments being available (pretty hard to find an open appointment right now). No requirement to get vaccinated or boosted, no incentive for it to encourage people to get it. Just pointless. Students are already so far behind. I am talking grade levels behind. A month truly makes a difference. Sorry but this was the wrong call in my eyes. [/quote]

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