Anonymous wrote:This is the wrong measurement for cases during the break.

None or very few of those people who tested positive during the past 14 days were even at the schools when they tested positive so it does not make sense based on the data to move to virtual.

Our school sent out the dates of positive tests and some were back in Dec. 23 but only reported to the school now as the families may be in quarantine and the students missed school. Several families in DD's school were traveling and cannot return due to one member of the family still being sick. They got sick during their travels. That does not impact spread at their elementary right now.

Anonymous wrote:It's a stark change. For those without the links -

yesterday:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/MCPS%20COVID-19%20Cases%20Winter%20Break%20Through%206%20am%20January%203%202022%20with%20Categories.pdf

today:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/14-Day%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20December%2023%20-%20January%205.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

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No you don't. Community school = school spread. Omicron is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. It's not up for debate that Omicron spreads in schools, particularly during the elbow-to-elbow unmasked lunch.

You big dummy. The winter break cases were not from school spread. It may be from staff going to bars or holiday parties and everyone traveling, seeing extended relatives, and going to restaurants, movies, and shopping. But schools have been closed for two weeks.

The data is also grossly flawed because the premise is self reporting - not in school testing or showing a test result. MCPS agenda was to close schools do closing they are. It doesn’t matter that a test to stay play would allow in person school to continue while keeping COVID staff and students home.

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the people doubling down on "KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION" crowd. There were so many kids who didn't get an actual education today just by being in the building bc they didn't have teachers. There were no bus drivers. Schools weren't cleaned because custodial staff have been out. Just because a school building is open doesn't mean kids are being educated. You all are the worst of the worst.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand why they are counting 14 days? Why not cases over the past 10 days?

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Anonymous wrote:on the bright side, there should be enough buses for the could of schools that open

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the people doubling down on "KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION" crowd. There were so many kids who didn't get an actual education today just by being in the building bc they didn't have teachers. There were no bus drivers. Schools weren't cleaned because custodial staff have been out. Just because a school building is open doesn't mean kids are being educated. You all are the worst of the worst.

Anonymous wrote:The educational system in MoCo is broken - the County and MCPS leadership are unwilling and incapable of serving the educational needs of the children of this county. Tear it all down.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow they got almost every school in the red within 24 hours! That was faster than I expected! So their plan worked to shift to virtual. Deny education to our kids… another year down the drain.

And yet people like you accuse people like me (who thought MCPS should have never gone back, and just called 2-4 weeks of virtual) of being overly dramatic and "needing psychological help?"

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Anonymous wrote:So many schools are red! But it still says this is from cases starting December 23, so some of them must have aged out and shouldn’t be included when looking at data from the last 14 days.

This! Why is MCPS counting more than 14 days when it said 14 days?

+1 MCPS has already been closed for two weeks. The numbers are not spread in schools. Cases reported before winter break would be cleared to return from quarantine.

Another 14 days is a MONTH out of the school building. MCPS is a rats nest mess. Just more trickery to deny children in person instruction.

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No you don't. Community school = school spread. Omicron is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. It's not up for debate that Omicron spreads in schools, particularly during the elbow-to-elbow unmasked lunch.

I know there's no magic fix here, but maybe you could do an AMA or spin off thread with your thoughts on what we can all be doing to help our kids through this nightmare.
DP, but Omicron spread in absolute terms is not the issue. The issue is whether the consequences of Omicron spread *specific to schools* outweighs the (massive) negative consequences of virtual learning to kids.

I mean, if you think COVID is bad for kids, wait until you see the effects of chronic stress. I wish I were kidding, but as a licensed mental health professional with expertise in clinical neuroscience, I’m more than a little terrified. Just because you don’t see it now doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.