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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Janney's action in sending an entire cohort home is inconsistent with CDC guidelines for what type of "close contact" requires quarantine:

Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) where
- both students were engaged in consistent and correct use of well-fitting masks; and
- other K–12 school prevention strategies (such as universal and correct mask use, physical distancing, increased ventilation) were in place in the K–12 school setting.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact[/quote]

yes, it's inconsistent with CDC guidelines but it's consistent with the OSSE guidelines!
That's the whole point of this thread.  The OSSE guidelines (as followed by Janney and previously this summer by Banneker) are what led to the quarantine.

The question remains: will the schools provide any instruction when these happens repeatedly during the school year?
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The question remains: when is OSSE going to follow the CDC so we quit harming kids unnecessarily?[/quote]

That is the million dollar question. It's what makes the Janney situation worrisome--it's proof that DCPS is following the policy now.  It should be sobering to any of us with kids in DCPS.  They're actually following this quarantine policy that is not really compatible with in-person school.  [/quote]

This teacher is equally worried; [b]I get the impression DCPS thought this was all going away before august 30 and now are wildly unprepared for the inevitability of concurrent teaching[/b] [/quote]

Bingo.  I'm sure you are correct.  
In early June it really seemed like this would be a complete non-issue for the fall.  I know people who gave up private school spots then (deposits were due June 1).
And DCPS always seems to clue into a situation about 2 months after the rest of the world and then takes another month to begin to start thinking about addressing it. 
So yeah, right around Oct 1 they'll start to think about needing a virtual option for kids who have been in back-to-back quarantines all fall.  [/quote]

+100[/quote]

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