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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize they just ended the presser, but where is the information in writing? Seems like they should get that out ASAP to avoid misinterpretation and rumor mill confusion....[/quote]

They just put out this press release:

[url]https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=12567&type=&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode=[/url]

Here is the key paragraph:

The following parameter will require the consideration of individual school closures.
To ensure the safety of students and staff, MCPS will be following DHHS guidance around individual school outbreaks as defined by the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).  Beginning in January, if 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 [b]unrelated students/teachers/staff[/b]) test positive in a 14-day period, then DHHS and MCPS will work together to determine if the school should be closed for 14 days and the students would transition to virtual learning.[/quote]

As always there is something unclear in what MCPS says. What exactly does unrelated mean? That they are not biologically related or live in the same household? Or that they are in different classrooms? Such a shame these are the people teaching our children to think and express themselves clearly.[/quote]

This is what it says in Bethesda Magazine:

[b]The “unrelated” label for the school population means there is spread throughout various activities and/or parts of the building, he added.[/b]

This doesn't make sense to me. If the students and staff who test positive are in different classrooms and activities, couldn't that also support that COVID is from outside and not spreading in school? Seems like a logical fallacy to say if kids in different classes have it, it is spreading in school. If the students and staff were related, that would seem more to support spreading in school.[/quote]

No it means there's insufficient testing and a lot asymptomatic people are running around the school spreading it.[/quote]

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