Teachers may be quarantining, but the positivity rate looks relatively low district-wide compared to August. It seems the quarantine is to be cautious, but is not based on an increase in positive test results. The principal seems to be handling this well. We haven’t seen subs in 6th.

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/page/dc-public-schools-dcps-data

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation at Wilson. DD Physics teacher has not been present and the sub has no information. Sub doesn't even answer the question when they ask if he will be the sub again tomorrow or for how long.

The Wilson physics teacher is a new hire and is being processed downtown. Kids have been told 1-2 weeks. In the meantime, they have a “free”
period.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd want to know if there was Covid in my community / school - even if I, or my child, wasn't a close contact.

I think it’s safe to assume there is COVID in your school community unless the school is incredibly small. I am a teacher at a school with about 400 students and from day one I assumed covid was in the building. That is the way you should proceed.

Oh come on.

We are going to keep doing testing and tracing. You are not going to surrender to a disease we have good tools to prevent that kills about one in every 10,000 kids— small, but not zero.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd want to know if there was Covid in my community / school - even if I, or my child, wasn't a close contact.

Yes, there is covid in your community. There is covid in every school community unless perhaps you are at a microschool.

+1000

I am surprised that people don’t know this already.

Anonymous wrote:I'd want to know if there was Covid in my community / school - even if I, or my child, wasn't a close contact.

Yes, there is covid in your community. There is covid in every school community unless perhaps you are at a microschool.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation at Wilson. DD Physics teacher has not been present and the sub has no information. Sub doesn't even answer the question when they ask if he will be the sub again tomorrow or for how long.

The sub probably has no idea how long they will be there or if they will continue covering the physics class or get switched to another class.

Yep.

That's because they failed to hire someone to take the position - guy is supposedly coming from Jamacia if they can get him all cleared!

I checked the Sub requests today due to this thread and was shocked at how many - so I'm heading in tomorrow to do a shift. Join me. You'll get free Capital Bikeshare

Sounds like the principal of Deal has some explaining to do. What’s his/her name?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation at Wilson. DD Physics teacher has not been present and the sub has no information. Sub doesn't even answer the question when they ask if he will be the sub again tomorrow or for how long.

The sub probably has no idea how long they will be there or if they will continue covering the physics class or get switched to another class.

Yep.

Anonymous wrote:I'd want to know if there was Covid in my community / school - even if I, or my child, wasn't a close contact.

I think it’s safe to assume there is COVID in your school community unless the school is incredibly small. I am a teacher at a school with about 400 students and from day one I assumed covid was in the building. That is the way you should proceed.

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation at Wilson. DD Physics teacher has not been present and the sub has no information. Sub doesn't even answer the question when they ask if he will be the sub again tomorrow or for how long.

The sub probably has no idea how long they will be there or if they will continue covering the physics class or get switched to another class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't hiding behind the DOH. The DOH is tying their hands.

--Teacher at another school that is also going through this.

Then why are some DCPS Principals getting the word out all by their little own selves?

Because they are defying DOH.

They are doing what's morally right! And I'm sure it's not illegal at all (otherwise they wouldn't do it). When the reporting guidelines are stupid, ignoring them is good.

If you read notices closely, it's obvious some of the exposures occurred prior to 1st day of school, when only teachers/staff would be in the building. It seems more likely teachers and staff would potentially expose each other under such circumstances and possibly require quarantine.

I'd want to know if there was Covid in my community / school - even if I, or my child, wasn't a close contact.

Similar situation at Wilson. DD Physics teacher has not been present and the sub has no information. Sub doesn't even answer the question when they ask if he will be the sub again tomorrow or for how long.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...

What do you want? A list of teachers who have Covid sent schoolwide? They have a right to personal privacy. I'm sure their individual classes were informed.

That’s the problem. Classes were not informed. Kids finding subs in the rooms with no idea why.

Do kids normally get told why their teacher is out sick? I feel like it’d be really awkward to tell a room of 11-13 year olds your teacher has diarrhea or something. Like how crazy would it be for my principal to tell my kids I was out having fertility treatments? I didn’t even tell her why I was out!

Are teachers normally absent because they've been exposed to a highly-transmissible virus for which most of their students haven't been vaccinated? The community deserves transparency so parents can decide the best course for their individual families.

They will get the letter if that’s the case. The PP was acting like kids were in crisis mode because their teacher wasn’t there and didn’t know why (they are out sick, obviously). I don’t think you give middle schoolers enough credit. Yes they may worry about COVID but if it’s covid they will be notified if they are a close contact.