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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sure I will be attacked. I’m glad MCPS is taking it seriously though they definitely need more specific criteria so they aren’t going overboard. My child’s principal certainly isn’t doing this.  The criteria shared has basically nobody quarantining and allows for uncontrolled spread. Frankly it’s unacceptable to me. 
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What I’d like to see is mandatory weekly testing.[/b] And to clarify, I want schools open 5 days a week in person with minimal disruption. My kids want to be in school. They need to be in school. Sick kids going to school is the reason my kids probably will have multiple disruptions this year. [/quote]

My only experience is with ES, but I hope many families opt into the pool testing. In the spring at my kid's ES, they had to send multiple messages out to get enough families to consent (of course, there were far fewer kids in the room).[/quote]

We had been planning on opting into testing (which is individual, not pooled, this year), but we are not now. It is clear MCPS wants to take every chance to shut down classes and send kids home. We are not going to contribute to that. [/quote]

Where did you find out the details about the random testing? The opt in sheet is not very informative. [/quote]

I think they covered it in the last BoE meeting. Caitlynn Peetz put it in her q&a article maybe a week ago.

“ Unlike the spring semester, it will not be ‘pooled’ testing. That means each student who is tested will have their sample tested individually.”
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/answers-to-some-common-questions-about-mcps-fall-semester-plans/[/quote]

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