Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 17:12     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had about 15% absent today and yesterday. I don't blame parents. Building services doesn't have the staffing to actually clean anything - they just sweep the floors and replace bathroom products. When I used to clean the desks after school every day, I got parent complaints about chemicals, so my classroom is saturated in germs.


Also, I had to send two miserable feverish kids to the health room today -- I don't understand people sending their kids to school sick in a normal environment, but doing it now just seems crazy.


I’m OP. Last week, I sent a child to the nurse at the start of 4th pd. She returned and said she had a fever. I emailed the nurse to ask if she did indeed send a feverish child back to class and the nurse said it was a Hippa violation to tell me.


Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 17:05     Subject: Re:Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Elementary school, DCC, 3 out with a fever and cough.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:52     Subject: Re:Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Middle School teacher here.. I had between 1 and 4 students absent from each class. Not really more than normal.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:48     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:What is the average absence percentage?


For me, 2-3% is average. Again, maybe 5% max on days without three day weekend potential.
—OP
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:47     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had about 15% absent today and yesterday. I don't blame parents. Building services doesn't have the staffing to actually clean anything - they just sweep the floors and replace bathroom products. When I used to clean the desks after school every day, I got parent complaints about chemicals, so my classroom is saturated in germs.


Also, I had to send two miserable feverish kids to the health room today -- I don't understand people sending their kids to school sick in a normal environment, but doing it now just seems crazy.


I’m OP. Last week, I sent a child to the nurse at the start of 4th pd. She returned and said she had a fever. I emailed the nurse to ask if she did indeed send a feverish child back to class and the nurse said it was a Hippa violation to tell me.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:39     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
What is the average absence percentage?
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:38     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had about 15% absent today and yesterday. I don't blame parents. Building services doesn't have the staffing to actually clean anything - they just sweep the floors and replace bathroom products. When I used to clean the desks after school every day, I got parent complaints about chemicals, so my classroom is saturated in germs.


Also, I had to send two miserable feverish kids to the health room today -- I don't understand people sending their kids to school sick in a normal environment, but doing it now just seems crazy.


I normally have kept mine home but after several failing grades from earlier this year because the teacher refused make up work despite agreeing to it, mine went to school after a cold this weekend. Teacher doesn't clean despite given supplies by several of us.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:36     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:I had about 15% absent today and yesterday. I don't blame parents. Building services doesn't have the staffing to actually clean anything - they just sweep the floors and replace bathroom products. When I used to clean the desks after school every day, I got parent complaints about chemicals, so my classroom is saturated in germs.


Also, I had to send two miserable feverish kids to the health room today -- I don't understand people sending their kids to school sick in a normal environment, but doing it now just seems crazy.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:34     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
I had about 15% absent today and yesterday. I don't blame parents. Building services doesn't have the staffing to actually clean anything - they just sweep the floors and replace bathroom products. When I used to clean the desks after school every day, I got parent complaints about chemicals, so my classroom is saturated in germs.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:32     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Anonymous wrote:Elementary, middle or high school? My high schooler would be distraught if he missed a day - too much work in missed instruction and assignments.

yea, my HSer DC , too, but DC was out last week for a day with a cold. No fever, no chills, no shortness of breath, but due to an abundance of caution, DC stayed home. If not for covid, DC might've gone to school. It was mostly congestion and coughing.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:32     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
0 absent yesterday
1 absent today
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:28     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Elementary, middle or high school? My high schooler would be distraught if he missed a day - too much work in missed instruction and assignments.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:28     Subject: Re:Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
My child's class had 9 students absent today, and 6 on Friday.
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:28     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
Not mcps, but in Fairfax my 3 yos preschool class had almost half the kids out (and same thing in the other 3 yo class)
Anonymous
Post 03/10/2020 16:25     Subject: Informal Poll for MCPS teachers: do you have an uptick in absences yesterday or today?
I did. 10%. Not staggering but up from a max of 5% for a day that doesn’t back against a holiday or half day.

Walked into neighboring classroom that had at least 10 missing students. Coworker said 7 missing yesterday.