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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an ITDS parent. I expect ITDS to engage staff with the same care I am required to engage with mine. If I were aware of a COVID outbreak among my staff and I told them about it at an in-person all-staff meeting, it would (appropriately) be a major issue with my staff union. If I justified my decision-making based on a legal judgment that was deeply flawed, and if after just 6 weeks on the job, I had a whistleblower complaint from my staff and a scathing report in the local paper, it would be an issue with my board. I care about whether the leadership at ITDS is treating the staff well. Here it seems like they missed the mark.[/quote]

This is well said.  I’m hoping the new director sees this as a wake up call[/quote]

I generally agree with this, and am a person who thinks the school handled things fine with regard to not informing parents.

It sounds like the school could have been more proactive with regard to informing staff and not gathering in a large group (maybe at all, maybe once any positive case happened). However, the way DC health guidance is written, vaccinated “close contacts” (within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more) of a COVID positive case “should” (not must) test 3-5 days after exposure and are not required to quarantine. There are no requirements for testing or quarantine for vaccinated people who shared a large room, if they don’t meet the close contact definition.

My hope is that this is a tough “case study” in how following the guidance might not be good (conservative) enough. But man, it’s difficult to know the right thing to do in the moment when trying to apply the guidance and juggle a million other things. [/quote]

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