My ES has three staff with Covid. That’s a normal illness rate for flu season - we often have had 2-3 staff out sick at the same time. We don’t need to close for staff shortages at this time.

Other schools might, but system wide closures make no sense.

MCPS is paying a price for not requiring vaccinations and boosters for staff. Get ready for the Great Covid Sick Out.

5 percent of teachers district-wide is a less meaningful number than 5 percent of a school’s population. I have to say I appreciate MCPS publishing these numbers so we know the full picture and deciding on a school by school approach. If the entire district went virtual we all know it would be impossible to get the union to agree to go back again. Do we really think that the people here advocating for two weeks would agree to go back at the end of that time, even if the numbers were improving? No way. But if all school is particularly hard hit then it may make sense for a short period.

Anonymous wrote:Once all staff take the required rapid test I assume the numbers will go up.

What required rapid test? Nothing has been required. Staff can’t even get a test at school if a staff member wants one. There’s not enough tests.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04152.pdf

I also didn’t include smaller schools where the breakout is larger such as PHS 9/110- that’s 8 percent of staff.

And you seem to be missing the point that you are still cherry picking.

Cherry picking would imply that there were only a few. It might not be the majority but it’s a lot of schools all over the county.

I also forgot to include in the large list SV 15 Cases, South Lake 11, Summit Hall 11. When you’ve got so many, seems like it could be a problem.

Once all staff take the required rapid test I assume the numbers will go up.

Anonymous wrote:These numbers are MEANINGLESS. We need the count of teachers/students in current quarantine. A case from 12/24 doesn't matter one bit at this point.

I’ve never understood the posters claiming that cases in teachers over winter break means we need to close schools. Quite the opposite. Any teachers still isolation were infected with COVID during break.

It’s an obvious statement, though some people don’t seem to understand it: teachers, staff and students are going to get COVID whether they are in school or not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I published the list above…

But here are the large number of cases (double digits)…it’s a lot of schools (staff)

So it’s not 1 or 2 per school. I am not a teacher - perhaps a teacher can comment on how difficult it is to find this many subs. I’m guessing not easy.

Einstein 15
Briggs Chaney 11
Clarksburg HS 11
Magruder 11
Damascus 10
Eastern 14
Gaithersburg HS 13
Gaithersburg MS 10
Blake 11
Lakelands Park 14
NW HS 11
Odessa 11
Paint Branch 11
Parkland 15
QO 14
WJ 16
Waters Landing 10
Watkins Mill 15
Wheaton 11

Nice try. 4.4% implies 2 per school if there are 40 teachers/staff. If there are more teachers/staff in a school then the obviously the number would be higher but the percentage doesn’t change.

Because you are intentionally cherry picking, you are also falling to present the schools who has zero reported teacher/staff cases.

Well done being disingenuous.

I’ve put the link above so you can pull that data out. Obviously zero or two cases isn’t going be that bad in terms of finding subs. My point was it is not just one or two schools. I’m not disingenuous. I also don’t hate my kids or their teachers. Im not sure I can say the same thing about the open at all costs posters.

This is why you are being disingenuous, the cases reported you have no idea how many teachers/staff these schools have so you have no idea how significant these case numbers are.

For example, WJ leads the list with 16. Well it’s a school with almost 3,000 students so it probably also has a lot of teachers/staff. But I have no idea how many and neither do you. So it’s impossible to gauge if 16 is a lot or a little. You want people to believe that it’s a lot when it’s highly possible that it isn’t.

16 is a lot for any school. Also, some people might be out for flu or other reasons.

These numbers are MEANINGLESS. We need the count of teachers/students in current quarantine. A case from 12/24 doesn't matter one bit at this point.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04152.pdf

I also didn’t include smaller schools where the breakout is larger such as PHS 9/110- that’s 8 percent of staff.

And you seem to be missing the point that you are still cherry picking.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04424.pdf

That’s about 6 percent 16/ 240.

Is it your claim that 6% is a lot or a little?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04152.pdf

I also didn’t include smaller schools where the breakout is larger such as PHS 9/110- that’s 8 percent of staff.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04424.pdf

That’s about 6 percent 16/ 240.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I published the list above…

But here are the large number of cases (double digits)…it’s a lot of schools (staff)

So it’s not 1 or 2 per school. I am not a teacher - perhaps a teacher can comment on how difficult it is to find this many subs. I’m guessing not easy.

Einstein 15
Briggs Chaney 11
Clarksburg HS 11
Magruder 11
Damascus 10
Eastern 14
Gaithersburg HS 13
Gaithersburg MS 10
Blake 11
Lakelands Park 14
NW HS 11
Odessa 11
Paint Branch 11
Parkland 15
QO 14
WJ 16
Waters Landing 10
Watkins Mill 15
Wheaton 11

Nice try. 4.4% implies 2 per school if there are 40 teachers/staff. If there are more teachers/staff in a school then the obviously the number would be higher but the percentage doesn’t change.

Because you are intentionally cherry picking, you are also falling to present the schools who has zero reported teacher/staff cases.

Well done being disingenuous.

I’ve put the link above so you can pull that data out. Obviously zero or two cases isn’t going be that bad in terms of finding subs. My point was it is not just one or two schools. I’m not disingenuous. I also don’t hate my kids or their teachers. Im not sure I can say the same thing about the open at all costs posters.

This is why you are being disingenuous, the cases reported you have no idea how many teachers/staff these schools have so you have no idea how significant these case numbers are.

For example, WJ leads the list with 16. Well it’s a school with almost 3,000 students so it probably also has a lot of teachers/staff. But I have no idea how many and neither do you. So it’s impossible to gauge if 16 is a lot or a little. You want people to believe that it’s a lot when it’s highly possible that it isn’t.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I published the list above…

But here are the large number of cases (double digits)…it’s a lot of schools (staff)

So it’s not 1 or 2 per school. I am not a teacher - perhaps a teacher can comment on how difficult it is to find this many subs. I’m guessing not easy.

Einstein 15
Briggs Chaney 11
Clarksburg HS 11
Magruder 11
Damascus 10
Eastern 14
Gaithersburg HS 13
Gaithersburg MS 10
Blake 11
Lakelands Park 14
NW HS 11
Odessa 11
Paint Branch 11
Parkland 15
QO 14
WJ 16
Waters Landing 10
Watkins Mill 15
Wheaton 11

Nice try. 4.4% implies 2 per school if there are 40 teachers/staff. If there are more teachers/staff in a school then the obviously the number would be higher but the percentage doesn’t change.

Because you are intentionally cherry picking, you are also falling to present the schools who has zero reported teacher/staff cases.

Well done being disingenuous.

I’ve put the link above so you can pull that data out. Obviously zero or two cases isn’t going be that bad in terms of finding subs. My point was it is not just one or two schools. I’m not disingenuous. I also don’t hate my kids or their teachers. Im not sure I can say the same thing about the open at all costs posters.

Well at least you make your agenda and bias clear. You going to power through all this with your SAHM/WFH role?