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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was under the impression that that dashboard was updated every Wednesday and the updates PERCENTAGE totals would be every day at 7.  I can’t be the only one.  Their communication is misleading at best.[/quote]

No one knows what's going on or what to expect and it's made worse by communications that appear very clear but in fact were misleading.

Total disaster. [/quote]

They are literally causing so much anxiety and mental anguish at this point.[/quote]

I agree it's super frustrating, but I'm not sure what they are supposed to do.  Making a decision that allowed parents to plan would be moving to virtual for all.  Making case by case decisions means uncertainty.  You can't have time to plan and decisions made with up to the minute current data...they do need time to gather the data.  Every plan they attempt to put in place draws criticism. [/quote]

Ok but if they say they will update a particular chart on x day at x time, or that they will send a community wide message on such and such day, send one! Even if it’s to say we are still conferring with dhhs or we are reevaluating our plan based on new cdc guidance or whatever and we apologize that we do not have an operational update to announce. Don’t just pretend you didn’t promise something. [/quote]

100% this. We know these are difficult days and the landscape keeps shifting daily. What is so stressful to families is that MCPS promises to give daily updates and keep parents informed but then go completely silent at what may be the most uncertain time as cases are spiking. Or make a delayed call to cancel school at 6:30am when they promise 5am and all the neighboring districts have made the call already. This is a very bad sign that they're either overwhelmed or just don't care. I would guess it's the former but I just don't know at this point. They should, as the previous poster suggested, give an update on why the case reports aren't being made available and let parents know there's a plan or the makings of a plan to go virtual or address the safety of the schools. My kids go to two different schools and each one seems to be reporting different things and communications feel a bit rogue.

I found it so strange that they produced something on Wednesday saying that the red-zoned schools would be considered for closing based on issues such as availability of food service workers and absolutely no mention of the consideration of bus services. I can't find it now but I know I read it. Did anybody else see that? I feel so strongly that the inequity of providing transportation to some and not all should be enough in itself to provide virtual instruction automatically and use school resources to help get food to families in need during this time. 
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I can't find a Wednesday message either, but the original message about the red zone schools did explicitly mention bus services: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220104-final.html[/quote]

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