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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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). 
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. 
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]

CDC say in K-12 school guidance that close contacts are those in close contact with someone who has a positive COVID test--not someone with a COVID symptom. "This allows identifying which students, teachers, and staff with positive COVID-19 test results should isolate, and which close contacts should quarantine." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing (see section 8, Contact Tracing in Combination with Isolation and Quarantine)[/quote]

Except they also recommend regular testing and MCPS isn't doing that.

As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
Regular testing, along with COVID-19 vaccination, helps protect students, staff, family members, and others who are not currently vaccinated against COVID-19 or are otherwise at risk for getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Testing programs help keep students in the classroom and allow them to take part in the other activities they love.[/quote]

Yes they are -- they have a testing program. But no way am I opting in given this, as MCPS appears focused on quarantining as many kids as possible rather than keeping them in school. [/quote]

Sorry, if your child tests positive you plan on sending them in? This is why MCPS created this policy. It's kind of genius actually. Shame people into keeping their kids home. Sounds like it's the right move.[/quote]

If my kids test positive, I will not send them in, but I am not having them tested at school.[/quote]

That's fine but stop complaining when they quarantine based off symptoms.  [/quote]

If they had stuck to their original quarantine policy, I would opt in. But it's clear that they will use any excuse to quarantine entire classes (and even entire grades in one case). I'm not going to contribute to that in any way. [/quote]

Oh please, if you were going to opt in, you would have done it already,  before this came out.  You’re  just using this as an excuse.  And I’m sorry but this shouldn’t change your decision if you were truly going to opt in...that was for an actual test that would have told you if your kid actually had covid or not, which it seems like you are saying you support.  Give me a break.[/quote]

No I had been planning to opt in. But I’m not now. [/quote]

Well the it says a lot about you that you'd opt out and potentially expose kids to covid just to spite MCPS.  Good job.[/quote]

I’m not opting out. I’m failing to opt in. Look, MCPS is quarantining entire classes because a kid coughs. I believe in-person school is crucial, and I have no faith that they would just quarantine close contacts. So no, I’m not going to get my kids tested. I don’t send them in if they are sick and they wear well-fitting  KF-94s. Normally I would opt into testing. But I’m convinced that opting in would do more harm than good given the MCPS approach to quarantining everyone. [/quote]

K94 are not regulated.  Get n95. [/quote]

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