Anonymous wrote:How are parents supposed to get a PCR with a 2 day turn-around?

Many places offer this. SameDay Testing is an easy one.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

No. It is just no one in the Midwest is doing testing, people are not masking either. The schools aren't testing kids or staff or offering vaccines. The vaccine rates in the Midwest are generally stupid low, the hospitals are busy.. it isn't that the COVID rates are actually low... It is that they are not testing anyone.... If they don't test it isn't real in trump land. And yes, I have been and have family there...

And PS- everyone was masked and places required proof of vax for events when we were in our midwest city last week.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

No. It is just no one in the Midwest is doing testing, people are not masking either. The schools aren't testing kids or staff or offering vaccines. The vaccine rates in the Midwest are generally stupid low, the hospitals are busy.. it isn't that the COVID rates are actually low... It is that they are not testing anyone.... If they don't test it isn't real in trump land. And yes, I have been and have family there...

You are wrong. It will come to the midwest, but its just not there yet. Same in the West - california isn't nearly as bad as the east coast. It will get there for sure, but it's a wave and, like the rest of the waves that have moved through the country, it has started in the east coast. See the maps here for risk levels or metro area charts.

https://covidactnow.org/?s=27441631

Why are people submitting what their charter plans are and then jumping down other posters' comments about them that "you don't have a student there so shut up"? If you don't want your school's plan disucssed, then don't post about it. This is, after all, a discussion board.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

No. It is just no one in the Midwest is doing testing, people are not masking either. The schools aren't testing kids or staff or offering vaccines. The vaccine rates in the Midwest are generally stupid low, the hospitals are busy.. it isn't that the COVID rates are actually low... It is that they are not testing anyone.... If they don't test it isn't real in trump land. And yes, I have been and have family there...

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

Hardly the point of the thread.

Huh? The thread is about what charters are planning. This is what Sela is planning. Hopefully there aren't a lot of unvaxxed kids there, but its not helpful to impose silly rules that make no sense. It only causes people to lie.

Exactly - the thread is for reporting about what the charters are doing, which I did. Clearly you're not familiar with the school, because if you were you'd know that there's a lot of pre-K3 and pre-K4 kids there, therefore a lot of kids who are not eligible to be vaccinated period, which as a parent, I think warrants a little extra precaution. I'm not sure why you're complaining about what a school you're not familiar with is planning to do in order to keep their students safe. They're not just shutting down and going virtual for days/weeks like a lot of other schools.

I'm complaining about the rules for kids who travel. It's ridiculous to penalize those families who are likely going to places with much lower rates (which is everywhere else in the country). It's silly, doesn't help prevent covid at Sela, and just promotes the idea that you need to lie. If they want to ask for PCRs for all Pkers or all students, that would make more sense.

Sela has lead the way on reopening and keeping open over the last 3 years. DCB and Cap City have lead the way on not.

Anonymous wrote:Inspired is requiring a negative COVID test dated for Monday or Tuesday. School was cancelled for both days. If you show up on Wednesday without a test on file then you have to take a rapid test on site before entering.

I think it’s the best way to go.

Actually the testing is January 2-5th. The school is offering free testing Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

Hardly the point of the thread.

Huh? The thread is about what charters are planning. This is what Sela is planning. Hopefully there aren't a lot of unvaxxed kids there, but its not helpful to impose silly rules that make no sense. It only causes people to lie.

Exactly - the thread is for reporting about what the charters are doing, which I did. Clearly you're not familiar with the school, because if you were you'd know that there's a lot of pre-K3 and pre-K4 kids there, therefore a lot of kids who are not eligible to be vaccinated period, which as a parent, I think warrants a little extra precaution. I'm not sure why you're complaining about what a school you're not familiar with is planning to do in order to keep their students safe. They're not just shutting down and going virtual for days/weeks like a lot of other schools.

Anonymous wrote:Basis is following DCPS, with school supposedly resuming on Jan 5 after students are "highly encouraged to receive a negative test to return in-person from Winter Break" but are not required. This too:

"All teachers and staff will be on-site January 3rd and 4th to have access to free testing and to work on instructional resources so that pivots are possible and seamless should case rates continue to rise"

I do worry about middle/high schools in general, because it only takes a few teachers being out to really F up the situation across the whole school.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

Hardly the point of the thread.

Huh? The thread is about what charters are planning. This is what Sela is planning. Hopefully there aren't a lot of unvaxxed kids there, but its not helpful to impose silly rules that make no sense. It only causes people to lie.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

Hardly the point of the thread.

Anonymous wrote:Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Its ridiculous to impose rules on those who travel, considering the biggest source of covid is right here in DC. We went to the midwest for xmas and it was delightfully not overrun with covid (for the moment anyhow.)

Sela is planning to keep to the original published school calendar. Staff will return Jan. 3rd and take a rapid test. Students will sign up for a time slot to take a rapid test offered for free at the school on Jan 3rd or if that's not possible, take one the morning of Jan 4th and be permitted to attend school in person w/a negative test.

The exception is for unvaccinated students who traveled outside of the DMV and returned to the area Dec 30th or later, these students must receive a PCR test no sooner than 3 days after their return and can only enter school with a negative PCR result.

As a parent, I'm pretty pleased w/this plan.

Capital City is requiring a PCR test on or after Jan. 5 and so far has said nothing about helping families get the test. And this is a school that has been doing weekly pooled testing and over-quarantining students. They love to shut down and go virtual. The Curative appts were hard to come by leasing up to the holidays and even with an appt, you had to stand in line for an hour. Not easy to do with kids. I am all for testing before the kids return to school but the schools need to help facilitate this. Especially a school like Cap City that has subjected us to over-testing and over-quarantining- I say this as the parent of two fully vaccinated kids who have been constantly required to show negative PCR tests because they might be a close contact.