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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not totally sure this is a terrible problem for the whole system, anyway -- teachers and in-person staff, having been vaccinated, should be protected. So the risk is only to families of other in-person kids, who presumably were willing to take on some additional risk.[/quote]

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Yeah, no.  It doesn’t stop with those families.  Then those families spread it in the community.[/quote]

Covid spread is mostly about demographics in DC.  Our kid has been back at school 4.5 days a week in a DCPS program that hasn't seen a single kid test positive.  School is overwhelmingly white and UMC. The risk is totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same way in a more diverse program.  Reality.[/quote]
Oh, lovely, UMC white doesn't actually get covid. 
https://twitter.com/DCPSCovidCases/status/1365415750547238929 
As of February 26, some Lafayette students were finally tested, 3 1/2 weeks after school started but 11 classes (100+ kids in K and 1st) were not tested, as DC Health 'ran out of time.' Also, teachers have now gone 3+ wks w/out testing.[/quote]

Janney was finally tested last week. They sent one tech for 160 kids. It was slow going but they got thru everyone. Families were notified about 24 hours later (I was impressed by the turn around time.)

I hope they can test more often.

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Yikes, Janney as well. Thanks for sharing that. Those WOTP not testing and bringing enormous numbers of kids into buildings add up to a lot of people wearing comfortable pretty cloth masks, except when eating in-classroom lunches, all sharing indoor air and likely to become asymptomatic carriers if infected. It's so odd how this deluded UC white exceptionalism comes through just like that. The elite farts don't smell, and their classrooms have zero covid positive students - because they tested zero students.  /rant of an MC white.[/quote]

At Janney, no one is eating in-classroom lunches -- they scheduled the day so no kids are there during lunch times, and all snacks are eaten outdoors and socially distanced (yes, even in the rain). [/quote]

that was so smart. so all the grades are on an a/b schedule? I actually turned down an in person slot at our school in part because it was the full day, which seemed stressful and more exposure than necessary. I really thought an a/b schedule where all the kids have a chance to do core subjects at school for a shorter time made much more sense. [/quote]

smart of janney.  this won't be bad for the fall if we have to keep to 11 person cohorts with all teachers vaccinated of course[/quote]

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