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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the one who's been keeping track of the final 8 "Green" Schools as of a week ago (7, excluding Bradley Hills).

They are all very high FARMS and ESOL and almost all in SS/TP

Except for ESS as of Monday/Tuesday's high "catchup" numbers, and Rolling Terrace's moderate numbers in the past few days, they continued to post 0-2 cases per day since being designated "Green."

I don't understand what's happening there, but Occam's Razor suggests poor communication or admin organization or lack of in-school testing, or even (still?) lack of at-home tests.

Jan 12 Numbers:

Schools with consistently very very low numbers (0-2 daily) prior to Jan 12:

Cresthaven Elementary School-- 1
Greencastle Elementary School-- 4
Kemp Mill Elementary School-- 16
New Hampshire Estates ES-- 7
Twinbrook Elementary School-- 2

Mixed/moderate numbers &lt;Jan 12:

Rolling Terrace Elem School-- 16

Very low numbers, then very high numbers Jan 10-11:
East Silver Spring Elem School-- 1

So there's some movement (that ESS number seems wrong), but Cresthaven, Greencastle and Twinbrook in particular...

If anyone is at any of these schools and would like to weigh in, please do.

IIRC, there was a Twinbrook teacher on the Hucker call several days ago saying that 25-50% of kids were already out last week, so that could explain part of this, but not all of it IMO.&gt;[/quote]

I have a child at Cresthaven. The tests were sent home on Monday. My child was negative, which I reported. [b]People wear masks to walk outside in the neighborhood. People are COVID cautious. [/b]That being said, there are probably some missed numbers.

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Thanks, I am that PP.

Good to know tests were sent home. I am skeptical this accounts for all the missed numbers (which you agree with)-- not that I disbelieve you, but just going specifically by what you said.

I am in SS/TP and people do wear masks outside, and they are COVID cautious.

However, the immediately neighboring schools have much higher numbers, and the population in the general area is less-vaccinated. The BOE/etc. folks even mentioned this on the meeting last night.

I am at ESS, and we had implausibly low numbers, and saw a truly massive jump once tests were handed out. What accounts for this disparity between ESS and most of the others, besides what I don't think is very likely-- an actual huge surge in actual cases (not just positive tests reported), limited to just ESS?

I wonder how you feel in general about the admin at your school, whether they are communicative and responsive. Also how many kids are already staying home, regardless, and how many people reported tests, and how likely admin is to have reported accurately (for any reason)? You seem to speak English fluently, but what about families who don't?

(You don't actually have to answer these questions, of course.)

I mean... I'm theoretically willing to believe that these specific schools actually have less (actual) COVID. That doesn't really explain why many schools with similar demographics and/or in the same area are reporting very high or moderate numbers. And the reasons that people are very cautious and wear masks and so on-- sure, but that's true in the surrounding SS/TP area. Maybe these parents are keeping kids home at extremely high rates, but again, I'm not sure they are doing that more than other, similar schools with high positives.

I definitely take your comment to heart, I just would love to understand more. I don't know if I know anyone else, personally, at these other schools. Maybe one. [/quote]

I am the PP with a child at Cresthaven. I think the school could communicate more. I know there were unreported cases before the break. My child told me the teacher shared that some classmates were out due to COVID. This is second hand information. I have not received any notices about COVID cases at the school. I was called to pick my child up from school because they were coughing in class. One episode of coughing due to something in their throat and I was called. The nurse acknowledged no fever and after drinking water, no cough. This happened before the break. So, the school is not playing with COVID.

Absences could be a factor. I did not send my child to school the week of December 20th, or last week. Monday was their first day back at school after the break. There are less kids at the bus stop.

The letter that came home on Monday with the test was in English. That could be because we are an English speaking family and they probably had different letters for Spanish speaking families. They usually give out both versions.

Cresthaven is a grade 3 to 5 school. My child is vaccinated. We went to  clinics at a local middle school that was packed for the first shot, but not the second. [/quote]

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