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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Families are no longer being notified of exposure to close contacts the way they were in the past. When I tested positive for Covid last month, my entire (elementary) class had to quarantine for a period of time. Students who were fully vaccinated were able to return sooner than those unvaccinated. Students who were symptom free were able to test on a certain date and return sooner than the full 10 day quarantine period. Another teacher at my school tested positive today and admin are no longer permitted to share this information with families. A student in my class was in school on Monday and tested positive that night. The only students (families) that were notified were the students who sit at this student’s table. We have snack in the classroom because of a late lunchtime. We unmask for breakfast and snack in the classroom. Before, the entire class would have been notified of a positive case in the classroom. That is no longer the policy.

I counted the number of students we have out for Covid or in quarantine (as of today), and if MCPS was still sharing the color coded charts, our school would be at 11.9% (in the “red”). I also was told today that admin are not allowed to make any requests for someone to take a look at the numbers of students and staff out due to Covid. Schools are on their own to figure out how to make things work. We have large amounts of students in virtual learning at every grade level. Our para-educators are assigned to work with the students in virtual learning every day. This means fewer people are available to cover lunch/recess. As a result, we have altered schedules. We have teachers out without any substitutes. As a result, students are missing their specials. We have had central office staff in our building to help cover a few things here and there, but not enough to fill all the gaps. 25% of my class is in quarantine (majority have Covid themselves).

We are giving everything we have to make this work, but this is hard. We are scrambling every day, all day. This just isn’t sustainable.[/quote]

This is why we need virtual Right Now. Sorry our leaders are not protecting you, it sounds so stressful. My siblings work in healthcare and that is stressful enough, I don’t wish this stress and danger on anyone who doesn’t need to be taking these risks right now.[/quote]

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