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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the school nurse there (a health department employee) has been consulted on any of these measures. Doubtful. [/quote]

FCPS has pretty clearly said attendance policies for illness are back to pre-pandemic. The fact that some people on DCUM cannot get used to that idea doesn't change it.[/quote]

Precovid kids still aren’t supposed to come to school when sick, and some children are going to miss due to chronic illness or other issues. Here are all the current reasons your child should stay home: severe coughing, pink eye, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, rash/fever, strep.

[b]Agree this is misplaced.[/b] My children have had low level gunk since the beginning of September and we haven’t missed a day, but we would if we had any of the above symptoms. [/quote]

Disagree.  Yes, kids get sick and should stay home and yes, kids are getting sick more and for longer after covid.

But the big problem is parents who have decided that school is optional and have passed that idea on to their kids.  It's not a low SES idea either, it's across all SES.  It's all over this forum, everywhere.  And [b]it harms kids to miss school.[/b]  [/quote]

So how will kids who missed an entire year and a half of school going to be compensated for the harm they suffered?   Any kid who was school age during the pandemic years has ZERO obligation to adhere to the policies of a system that DENIED them education (and according to you, caused them harm!)[/quote]

Part of your solution to COVID closing is to pull your child out of school that is in person for cheaper vacations? That is your logic?

FCPS schedule sucks. It does. There are far too many 4 day weeks, heck there are now 3 day weeks. The schedule is disruptive to learning, it is that simple. I don't begrudge Teacher their work days, they need the time. I think the Professional days are unnecessary, especially since I don't know a Teacher who thinks that those days are useful. I think the additional of cultural and religious holidays are unnecessary and disruptive.

That said, it sends an awful message to my child to tell him I expect him to work hard and make his best effort and then pull him from school to take a cruise.

And they were not denied an education. The education was not delivered in a great way but plenty of people made it work and a good number made it work well.  It sucked but parents found a way to make up the areas that were missing and to keep their kids engaged. The ones I hear complaining about denying education tend to be the ones who just let their kids not log on or not do the work or not return to school when they did open and are complaining about how much their kid missed. Kids did miss things but the amount they misses was directly effected by the level of parental commitment to their kid attending what was available.

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