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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry if I missed it, but what are the protocols not being implemented? Just not 100% daily testing?[/quote]

Has OP been back to say what’s not being done? I’m really not sure what anyone wants other than a miracle. I honestly think DCPS should concede that it’s not safe, cancel school for two weeks and tack it on to the end of the school year like snow days. Best of both worlds, honestly. (I’m a WTU member.)[/quote]

OP here. Thanks to everyone for your perspectives. Chancellor said the 100 percent testing of students and staff is a one-off until it proves necessary to do more (mayor later said the next massive testing will be upon return from end of February break). That was to me the most glaring deficiency. Tests come in a two pack. At a minimum parents could be required to present another test result the following Monday. The omicron peak will certainly occur during the first couple weeks of school when mitigating measures will be crucial. The CDC has also approved and recommends test-to-stay which keeps a maximum of kids in school just as effectively as having them quarantine (Moco and FCPS are doing this - FCPS as a pilot). City has been discussing implementing this for months but no plan is in place.[/quote]

I agree about test-to-stay.  Ang I agree that they could probably implement greater testing, although more testing = more logistical headaches.  This burdens staff and schools, and they are already overburdened.  People here constantly complain about the inefficiency of Central Office, so it's not like giving them huge new tasks is going to go perfectly, particularly the first time.

Plus I think this board really just doesn't think about the majority of DCPS parents who aren't nearly as concerned, or aren't following guidance, like everyone here.  I'm not judging them.  It's just that if you have A LOT of parents that aren't following guidance, this is going to lead to logistical problems, which creates headaches again for school staff and uses resources.  Plus there are optics to it all.

People just need to adjust their expectations for a major metropolitan city public school system, where like three-quarters of students are 'at risk'.[/quote]

Not disagreeing w you except all kids are at risk. Seeing lots of umc families traveling in unvaxxed zones, not masking, acting like there is no covid. These people also love the excuse of we don’t do x, y and x because of covid. They are all vaxxed but omnicron spreads like crazy.

If we say virtual school then parents who can travel will. I would too but I’d travel to isolate elsewhere. we didn’t travel this holiday because of the omnicron[/quote]

But for the holiday anyway, the people that went elsewhere were potentially less likely to be exposed.  I really, really wouldn't blame umc families for covid, though, particularly talking about "travelling to unvaccinated areas".  There's a huge contingent in DC that's unvaccinated, and you don't have to leave the city to be around them.[/quote]

+ We have the highest rate of COVID in the country i think . Anywhere else would be better.[/quote]

The number one place in the country that is testing? Most places in the country doesn’t test.

Also Florida….. hello Orlando![/quote]

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