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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What you have to demand from MCPS, tonight, by emailing the BOE and interim super, is to test every symptomatic student onsite immediately, unless they have a doctor's note with an alternate diagnosis, such as allergies or asthma. That way, close contacts won't have to quarantine as often, since some of these symptoms won't be due to Covid.[/quote]
I have mixed feelings about the new guidelines but I absolutely agree that MCPS should offer more testing - not just for grades K-6 but all the way through. My vaccinated HS kid was exposed right before school started through sports. The school wasn't cautious enough in that case - didn't require kids to get tested, didn't cancel practice for even a day - but just notified us and quarantined kids confirmed to be within 3 feet of the infected person for 15 mins or more.
To those who say, "just test your kid," do you know how hard it is to get a test these days? CVS, Walgreens and a county testing site were all booked for days. I'm pretty savvy about knowing where/how to get tested and able to take time to do it, but it was tough. MCPS should 1) test symptomatic kids and any exposed kids and 2) do more widespread routine weekly testing by making it an opt-out system, not opt-in, and by testing older grades, too.
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It was a given that testing centers would be overwhelmed by schools fully opening.
A lot of people didn't pause to think what a sh1tshow opening schools would be in practice.

Public schools need to work with providers and open their own testing sites, just like private schools do.[/quote]

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