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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who says this isn't following CDC guidelines can't read, chooses not to read, or doesn't understand what they are reading. 
Close contact is with anyone positive for Covid (confirmed test result) OR clinically compatible (aka having a Covid SYMPTOM). 
[b]The CDC exemption for the classroom ONLY exempts students if they are 3, 4, 5, 6 feet apart AND wearing a mask.  If students are 1 foot or 2 feet apart, that is close contact even if wearing a mask.  Lunch and recess is still 6 feet.  It's so annoying that the loudest voices are the ones who don't understand the rules.[/b] 
That said, DHHS needs to implement rapid tests for school nurses and techs to give so right away a school can know if a student with
symptoms is positive. DHHS needs to lead this work as the health experts. MCPS doesn't make health decisions, they make educational ones. [/quote]

We do get it, dingus. Every masked kid in the classroom is assumed to be within 1-2 feet of the offending student for over 15 minutes? How are they managing that magic trick?[/quote]

15 minutes total in a 24 hour period. So they are 1-2ft for 5 minutes on the reading carpet, 5 minutes 4ft apart while eating lunch, 5 min. outside during recess while on the playground, 5 minutes working at a classroom center.  That right there is 20 minutes of close contact. [/quote]

How does an entire classroom occupy that small amount of physical space during reading carpet and lunch? And what grade does reading carpet end? Try again. Do better this time.[/quote]

Because you have 25+ kids in a 30x30 size room genius.  And ES puts desks of 4 in a group. Reading circle is in primary, but centers, group work, collaborative project assignments are K-12.  Tell me you've never been inside a school without telling me you've never been inside a school. [/quote]

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