Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:57     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does the guidance differ for vaccinated children in a cohort with a positive case? Or are all kids quarantining for two weeks, regardless?


I'm not speaking with authority on the matter, however as a teacher I was allowed to return to the classroom last spring after a known exposure because I am vaccinated, while the ES students in the class where I was exposed stayed home. As a parent of a MS & HS student (both vaccinated) I hope there is some consideration for vaccinated students not having to quarantine. Unvaccinated teachers and quarantine, well I guess that's another reason to argue for vaccination status of teachers.


I assume you stayed in the classroom and did distance learning from there? It seems they aren't sending devices home this year, so I don't know how they could pivot to DL.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:57     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This to me, is the #1 question we do not have an answer for.

There was concern about learning loss with distance learning.
What now when there is nothing to do at home, no one has a device, there's no pivot to online learning this year.

We're all screwed but this generation of kids is really screwed.


Yup, they watch TV for 2 weeks because the schools are not handing out devices.


Even if they did hand out devices, a large percentage of DCPS students would still watch TV for two weeks. Just like they did last year.

There has to be a more sensible approach to handling positive cases.


Care to share your ideas?


For starters, don't quarantine anyone beyond close contacts, which is a fraction of the group in question here. And allow even those kids to come back after five days after a negative test. That's what they did in Germany last year, and they didn't even wear masks in class.


A rational suggestion! Thank you!

Also I would add that if the original test is a rapid test, allow for retesting, and if you get like two negative PCR tests, you come back as the original test was likely a false positive.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:56     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
How is it crazy if they have a positive? That is being responsible.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:55     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:Does the guidance differ for vaccinated children in a cohort with a positive case? Or are all kids quarantining for two weeks, regardless?


I'm not speaking with authority on the matter, however as a teacher I was allowed to return to the classroom last spring after a known exposure because I am vaccinated, while the ES students in the class where I was exposed stayed home. As a parent of a MS & HS student (both vaccinated) I hope there is some consideration for vaccinated students not having to quarantine. Unvaccinated teachers and quarantine, well I guess that's another reason to argue for vaccination status of teachers.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:53     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:DCPS: distance learning sucked last year, so instead let's not have any learning!


This is so f'd up
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:48     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Does the guidance differ for vaccinated children in a cohort with a positive case? Or are all kids quarantining for two weeks, regardless?
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:47     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This to me, is the #1 question we do not have an answer for.

There was concern about learning loss with distance learning.
What now when there is nothing to do at home, no one has a device, there's no pivot to online learning this year.

We're all screwed but this generation of kids is really screwed.


Yup, they watch TV for 2 weeks because the schools are not handing out devices.


Even if they did hand out devices, a large percentage of DCPS students would still watch TV for two weeks. Just like they did last year.

There has to be a more sensible approach to handling positive cases.


Care to share your ideas?


For starters, don't quarantine anyone beyond close contacts, which is a fraction of the group in question here. And allow even those kids to come back after five days after a negative test. That's what they did in Germany last year, and they didn't even wear masks in class.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:42     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This to me, is the #1 question we do not have an answer for.

There was concern about learning loss with distance learning.
What now when there is nothing to do at home, no one has a device, there's no pivot to online learning this year.

We're all screwed but this generation of kids is really screwed.


Yup, they watch TV for 2 weeks because the schools are not handing out devices.


Even if they did hand out devices, a large percentage of DCPS students would still watch TV for two weeks. Just like they did last year.

There has to be a more sensible approach to handling positive cases.


Care to share your ideas?
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:40     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This to me, is the #1 question we do not have an answer for.

There was concern about learning loss with distance learning.
What now when there is nothing to do at home, no one has a device, there's no pivot to online learning this year.

We're all screwed but this generation of kids is really screwed.


Yup, they watch TV for 2 weeks because the schools are not handing out devices.


Even if they did hand out devices, a large percentage of DCPS students would still watch TV for two weeks. Just like they did last year.

There has to be a more sensible approach to handling positive cases.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:38     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the new principal doesn't indulge this ^^^


How could she not? She can't force anyone to sign the consent form. We won't either. It does more harm than good.


Yeah, pretty sure you can't force medical testing on kids.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:36     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
DCPS: distance learning sucked last year, so instead let's not have any learning!
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:36     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the new principal doesn't indulge this ^^^


How could she not? She can't force anyone to sign the consent form. We won't either. It does more harm than good.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:29     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Hopefully the new principal doesn't indulge this ^^^
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:28     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm going to wait until I see what the plan is when this happens for actual school before I panic about the fact that there's no plan for remote summer school. Remote summer school, after the last year and a half, would really seem more like a punishment than anything else.


You are missing the point. Summer school is following the OSSE quarantine policy which is also in place for the upcoming school year.


Well that's not good.

Best opt out of testing!


Maybe you are joking, but we absolutely are opting out.


Oh I wasn't joking.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2021 16:25     Subject: Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm going to wait until I see what the plan is when this happens for actual school before I panic about the fact that there's no plan for remote summer school. Remote summer school, after the last year and a half, would really seem more like a punishment than anything else.


You are missing the point. Summer school is following the OSSE quarantine policy which is also in place for the upcoming school year.


Well that's not good.

Best opt out of testing!


Maybe you are joking, but we absolutely are opting out.