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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question is why is MCPS releasing this changed policy on the Friday of the first week of school just before a holiday weekend? Why wasn’t this the guidance last week? Do they just want to reinforce that they are a clown show and are indecisive about these arbitrary COVID policies? We pulled from private with more sensible policies. Had I known this is have reconsidered. It’s designed to ensure school is disrupted when a masked kid gets a fever on the playground.[/quote]

There must be a ton of cases we don't know about for this radical shift after 1 week.[/quote]

Thanks to this board and conversations between parents from different schools, we know for a fact that no "Covid dashboard" of any local school jurisdiction is remotely accurate. There are multiple cases that are left out.

This means the systems are overwhelmed and so correctly, MCPS changes course to make the system a little safer. Now if it only had the help of parents...[/quote]

Except MCPS isn't acting in good faith. They said they were going to follow CDC guidance on exposures and quarantines, when it is quite clear that was never their intention.  And there are a variety of alternatives they could take that would substantially reduce the negative effects on kids, such as test-to-stay.  That they didn't do those alternatives strongly suggests they simply want to shut classrooms down.[/quote]

If you have an alternative plan you think is better, CONTACT THE BOE AND INTERIM SUPERINTENDANT and tell them! That's what I did with outdoor lunches in mid-August, and by late August, they had a directive sent to Principals to facilitate outdoor lunches. If you write convincingly, they will listen.

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That's really funny that you think you're single handedly responsible for outdoor lunch. 🤣[/quote]

It’s hilarious! I’ve been writing to them since March 2020 and no, they have not listened. Not once.[/quote]

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