Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 10:12     Subject: List of what each school is doing
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Anonymous wrote:SSSS did whole school testing yesterday (1/2) and, based on those results, is continuing with virtual for the week (Monday 1/3 was a scheduled virtual day). Return to in-person will be on Monday 1/10. There will be another whole school testing day on Thursday (1/5) to isolate any positive cases not caught by the 1/2 testing. Apparently, of the 1,214 people (students and staff) tested on 1/2, there were 135 positive results.


Sorry, that's SSSAS.


With an 11% positivity rate that seems like a reasonable approach, because this is measuring the entire school population, not a sample. The 20%+ numbers reported by state or local governments are based on a self-selected sample so they can't be directly compared to a measure of the entire population (the results reported by states are people who sought a test because they felt sick or were traveling and so can be expected to be higher in general). A second test on Thursday will help establish how much ongoing community spread there is.

I heard that over 100 students didn’t test. At least the test later in the week should catch cases from New Years celebrations


Over 100 kids missing the test is concerning. It might mean families are extending their vacations which could mess up the schools’s plan to get everyone back and tested. Hope these families have the decency to at least be back for the next round of testing since the school is doing everything they can.


Those kids were supposed to antigen test this morning before school (if in person). They canceled that because they are doing distance learning. No one was going to be let into the building without a test.

Right but my concern was these families were still traveling Sunday so stuck at an airport or whatever has a higher risk of catching covid, yet those wouldn’t show up by tues am. I hated that they did the testing so close to New Years when i know lots of families were socializing, so I think their whole testing schedule was flawed to begin with


I think the school knew they needed to move to DL with all the self reported positives, but they did the testing on Sunday to have the data for the “keep schools open at any cost” families.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 10:09     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Honestly, if schooling and kids' education and mental health were a priority in this country the Biden administration would have started stockpiling rapid tests this fall as they promised to do (but didn't). This re-opening week would have looked like this: an initial round of PCRS, then rapid tests at door for three days straight (like at concerts), then a PCR and rapid test each week on different days, for as long as needed. But nope, not a priority. Now it's just a crapshoot. Wish I ran things.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 09:46     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
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Anonymous wrote:why not just wait unto this 'wave' passes? I feel like a kid at the beach--when the big wave comes, we all know to dive under. Why not just stay home 2 weeks? I don't get it


Because we don't know when there will be another wave, we don't know 2 weeks are enough, we do know kids have sacrificed over and over again for a disease that largely affects adults.


Furthermore, in 2 weeks, the hospitals will be over run and then we'll say, we should cancel school because the hospitals are overrun (even though the spread of disease may have started to decline). COVID has again and again proved all forecasts are flawed. We need to make decisions that evaluate the risks as we understand them today. I'm ok with virtual this week and maybe next. I think we need to try getting the kids back to school next week.


Exactly, sometimes by being proactive we can avoid even bigger, catastrophic decisions. I am so tired of everyone - politicians, planners, leaders, school leaders - making reactive decisions based on wishful thinking. This is not Delta, seems like it will pass quickly, ge out there and LEAD and ffs prepare better for the spring. 2.0 boosters, massive influx of rapid tests. None of this is necessary if we invested instead of just hoping.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 09:45     Subject: List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SSSS did whole school testing yesterday (1/2) and, based on those results, is continuing with virtual for the week (Monday 1/3 was a scheduled virtual day). Return to in-person will be on Monday 1/10. There will be another whole school testing day on Thursday (1/5) to isolate any positive cases not caught by the 1/2 testing. Apparently, of the 1,214 people (students and staff) tested on 1/2, there were 135 positive results.


Sorry, that's SSSAS.


With an 11% positivity rate that seems like a reasonable approach, because this is measuring the entire school population, not a sample. The 20%+ numbers reported by state or local governments are based on a self-selected sample so they can't be directly compared to a measure of the entire population (the results reported by states are people who sought a test because they felt sick or were traveling and so can be expected to be higher in general). A second test on Thursday will help establish how much ongoing community spread there is.

I heard that over 100 students didn’t test. At least the test later in the week should catch cases from New Years celebrations


Over 100 kids missing the test is concerning. It might mean families are extending their vacations which could mess up the schools’s plan to get everyone back and tested. Hope these families have the decency to at least be back for the next round of testing since the school is doing everything they can.


Those kids were supposed to antigen test this morning before school (if in person). They canceled that because they are doing distance learning. No one was going to be let into the building without a test.

Right but my concern was these families were still traveling Sunday so stuck at an airport or whatever has a higher risk of catching covid, yet those wouldn’t show up by tues am. I hated that they did the testing so close to New Years when i know lots of families were socializing, so I think their whole testing schedule was flawed to begin with


Plus people extended their vacations and might be testing the day of/after getting off a plane which is ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 09:31     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why not just wait unto this 'wave' passes? I feel like a kid at the beach--when the big wave comes, we all know to dive under. Why not just stay home 2 weeks? I don't get it


Because we don't know when there will be another wave, we don't know 2 weeks are enough, we do know kids have sacrificed over and over again for a disease that largely affects adults.


Furthermore, in 2 weeks, the hospitals will be over run and then we'll say, we should cancel school because the hospitals are overrun (even though the spread of disease may have started to decline). COVID has again and again proved all forecasts are flawed. We need to make decisions that evaluate the risks as we understand them today. I'm ok with virtual this week and maybe next. I think we need to try getting the kids back to school next week.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 08:58     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Sorry for the typos . Schools, not Dr. Scholl's.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 08:57     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
It's a known thing that testing and masking are breaking down re- Omnicron. Yes we should still do them, but I would interpret Omnicron as being higher rate than one slice of community testing "reveals". It's a good starting point, but needs to be followed up with weekly testing or more (maybe a few days of rapid tests at door) of you actually wanted to identify all people who have it. It will be in Scholl's today, including those that did all school testing.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 23:19     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
This article states current testing not as effective for omicron.


https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medpagetoday.com%2Finfectiousdisease%2Fcovid19%2F96385&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc5be51a46f2f443a792e08d9cdf441c2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637767271327354580%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=M0AVMConhQvctsXTctxTyCeWxLyMtyHWeBR%2FPXM2mIA%3D&reserved=0
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 23:12     Subject: List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:SSSS did whole school testing yesterday (1/2) and, based on those results, is continuing with virtual for the week (Monday 1/3 was a scheduled virtual day). Return to in-person will be on Monday 1/10. There will be another whole school testing day on Thursday (1/5) to isolate any positive cases not caught by the 1/2 testing. Apparently, of the 1,214 people (students and staff) tested on 1/2, there were 135 positive results.


Sorry, that's SSSAS.


With an 11% positivity rate that seems like a reasonable approach, because this is measuring the entire school population, not a sample. The 20%+ numbers reported by state or local governments are based on a self-selected sample so they can't be directly compared to a measure of the entire population (the results reported by states are people who sought a test because they felt sick or were traveling and so can be expected to be higher in general). A second test on Thursday will help establish how much ongoing community spread there is.

I heard that over 100 students didn’t test. At least the test later in the week should catch cases from New Years celebrations


Over 100 kids missing the test is concerning. It might mean families are extending their vacations which could mess up the schools’s plan to get everyone back and tested. Hope these families have the decency to at least be back for the next round of testing since the school is doing everything they can.


Those kids were supposed to antigen test this morning before school (if in person). They canceled that because they are doing distance learning. No one was going to be let into the building without a test.

Right but my concern was these families were still traveling Sunday so stuck at an airport or whatever has a higher risk of catching covid, yet those wouldn’t show up by tues am. I hated that they did the testing so close to New Years when i know lots of families were socializing, so I think their whole testing schedule was flawed to begin with
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 22:59     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tests are missing a lot of Omnicron though


Even PCR? Do you have a source for this? If so, that’s concerning.


This fake news from the lamestream media


Uh, no diagnostic test is ironclad. You know this. One test will identify some, not all, on any given day. Just as it may misidentify some as positive. This is fact, not lamestream media.


Of course every diagnostic test isn’t ironclad, but where is the evidence that PCR tests are missing a lot of Omicron? That was the blanket statement made and just looking for reliable confirmation.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 22:53     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tests are missing a lot of Omnicron though


Even PCR? Do you have a source for this? If so, that’s concerning.


This fake news from the lamestream media

Pcr tests really depend on day you take it and how they perform the nasal swab correctly, or not far in enough or long enough. There is room for error
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 20:47     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why not just wait unto this 'wave' passes? I feel like a kid at the beach--when the big wave comes, we all know to dive under. Why not just stay home 2 weeks? I don't get it


Because we don't know when there will be another wave, we don't know 2 weeks are enough, we do know kids have sacrificed over and over again for a disease that largely affects adults.


Well, looking at South Africa and other places this is a wave and it will pass. Yes, we should be getting better prepared for the next one ( we meaning politicians and institutional leaders) , but we should also reasonably address this one. Half the schools on this board have kids who haven't been vaccinated at all - it's called lower school/early elementary
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 20:45     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tests are missing a lot of Omnicron though


Even PCR? Do you have a source for this? If so, that’s concerning.


This fake news from the lamestream media


Uh, no diagnostic test is ironclad. You know this. One test will identify some, not all, on any given day. Just as it may misidentify some as positive. This is fact, not lamestream media.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 20:43     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:why not just wait unto this 'wave' passes? I feel like a kid at the beach--when the big wave comes, we all know to dive under. Why not just stay home 2 weeks? I don't get it


Because we don't know when there will be another wave, we don't know 2 weeks are enough, we do know kids have sacrificed over and over again for a disease that largely affects adults.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 20:35     Subject: Re:List of what each school is doing
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tests are missing a lot of Omnicron though


Even PCR? Do you have a source for this? If so, that’s concerning.


This fake news from the lamestream media