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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the OP and here is an update. My kid’s PCR test was “processing” until I got a text from the state of Maryland that she is positive for COVID. My PCR yesterday was negative and rapid tests are still negative. I don’t have a fever anymore but a small cough, fatigue, body aches, runny nose and very sore lymph nodes on my neck. My kid’s pediatrician said she could return to school on Friday (counting from the first day of her symptoms, not her PCR test). My school nurse said I can’t come back the rest of the week because I am symptomatic!!! Are we that strict with students? I am so confused about what the protocols actually are and I’m irritated I will miss BTSN the first year I’m at a new school.

I called my kid’s school to let them know and I filled out the Google Notification Form. Within an hour the principal sent a message to the entire class. I have yet to receive any notification from my school about the exposures I had. It shouldn’t be this different from school to school! [/quote]

So, it certainly sounds like the teacher didn't get it from her class after all. Instead she got it from her kid. So it certainly doesn't seem like something she should get special covid leave for (not that anyone gets special covid leave anymore).[/quote]

How do we know I got it from my kid? I could have just as easily given it to her. I see over 100 kids a day in a room without air conditioning. Most are unmasked. No vax requirement. No surveillance testing. No enforcing masking upon return from COVID. [/quote]

I thought you were negative, even with a PCR test? Covid isn’t the only thing going around.  But if you’re very concerned about getting Covid from your unmasked students, wear a good mask yourself.

Look, the way sick leave is set up where you need to accrue it sucks. I started a fed position with two young kids in daycare and the first year was rough.  It’ll get better though.[/quote]

I have been testing negative but I had a fever, runny nose and cough the same time as kid #1 so the state of MD, my doctors and my school asked me to isolate and follow the guidelines for someone who tested positive. Even though I’m feeling better, because I am considered high risk, my doctor wanted me to take another PCR so that if it was positive she could prescribe Paxlovid. It was negative. And if it weren’t for kid #2 testing positive today I would wonder about a false negative for kid #1. My spouse has been negative with no symptoms.

I would have been able to mask at school if the air conditioning worked. It was 78 degrees in my classroom before it was packed with students. Wearing a mask in that heat would make my nose run and make me cough and not being able to speak to the class. Not all of us can just shove a chrome book in front of each student and hide in a corner with a mask in all day. [/quote]

I don't get you.  You are complaining that kids and others aren't masking but you aren't masking either.  As the teacher, you need to mask to set a good example for the students.  And, you need to mask your kids.

Your kids got sick.  You should get covid leave if they have it if you can show you got it from school/employment but this is hard to say if you got it from school or one of your kids.[/quote]

I never complained about kids choosing not to mask while it’s a mask optional policy. MCPS doesn’t have any COVID leave. I get 8 days and just used up 5. [/quote]

You get sick leave. What did you think that was for?[/quote]

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