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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, actual prediction here.

I think that like school reopening in the spring, there are going to be massive disparities between schools in terms of cases, quarantines, and this indoor instruction.

Schools in NW, on the Hill, and sought-after charters will largely weather this ok. There will be cases and quarantined. However, if you have friends and family in places that opened schools last year but followed mitigation measures (do talking Colorado, not Florida or Texas here), you know it was a pain but also okay. Yes, sometimes kids have to stay home. But they are in school more than not. No kids got seriously ill. You guys will be fine.

Those of us in schools where most families must work in person, where kids are much more likely to live in multi-family housing, and where families don’t have the same access to quality healthcare? I expect rolling quarantined and limited in person instruction.

Just like last year, and always, rich white families will be fine while complaining the loudest. The rest of us will struggle but what we want/need will get drowned out by the rich white patents arguing with each other.[/quote]

This makes sense to me except all signs are pointing to no quarantines in DCPS this year.  And unlike schools in the south our teachers will be vaxed so they won’t be out sick as much.  So the problem won’t be kids out of school due to quarantines.  The problem will be rampant covid spread in elementary schools at least.  Even when most parents are vaccinated this doesn’t help once a case enters a school where the vast majority if its occupants is too young to be vaccinated.  I agree it will hit the lower income schools first.  But I don’t think that the NW schools will be too far behind.  [/quote]

I agree with this prediction.  No quarantines/closures, thus significant spread among unvaxed under 12, and even middle/high school bc many of them are unvaxxed.  Just my prediction.  We will see.[/quote]

I think you will see quarantines in spite of the DCPS policy.  Anytime there is a COVID test the result is reported to DOH.  Kids will be at home. Once parents realize 4-5 kids are out of their kids classes more will pull out.

I think it’s going to be a disaster because central office is so incompetent.   I don’t think upper nw will be spared at all. [/quote]

Good point. I assume schools have to notify parents when there is a positive in the class, right?[/quote]

We have no idea.[/quote]

I agree we have no idea but I think you'll only be notified if your kid is a 'close contact'.  [/quote]

They said today that parents in the class will be told there is a positive and the school community will also be told there has been a case within the school [/quote]

Who is "they" and where?[/quote]

https://twitter.com/perrystein/status/1428026865252438022?s=21

There was a news conference today.  You can watch the whole thing or just read through Perry Stein’s tweets[/quote]

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