Info here: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1027320.page

The only issue I have is that they made no distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated. I want to know if my vaccinated ES kid will have to quarantine for 5 days or can just go to school after proof of vaccination.

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what we're supposed to do. FCPS has failed everyone. Thankful this is my last kid in this district.

Well, I hope he had some decent teachers. Gatehouse does suck but I have met a lot of intelligent and kind teachers in this county.

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Anonymous wrote:The isolation for students has not changed. 10 days of symptoms onset and/or positive test. If your kid has cold like symptoms get them tested.

And if it is not positive then go back when better? Even if it's 2 days?

DP
I would think so. I don't see any reason to not go back at that point, especially with a negative Covid test. But realistically, are people going to test for every cold-like symptom?

If we had enough tests, they would, but you can thank our useless government for not mandating manufacture of PPE and tests, that they won’t. No, we are just going to have to chance it and pray to God that omicron is “the end of COVID.” Personally, I would bet good money that it isn’t. I fully expect some new Satan-spawned variant from a third-world country or Mississippi or Texas — where people can’t or won’t get vaccinated — to appear before the year’s end.

I have no idea what we're supposed to do. FCPS has failed everyone. Thankful this is my last kid in this district.

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Anonymous wrote:The isolation for students has not changed. 10 days of symptoms onset and/or positive test. If your kid has cold like symptoms get them tested.

And if it is not positive then go back when better? Even if it's 2 days?

DP
I would think so. I don't see any reason to not go back at that point, especially with a negative Covid test. But realistically, are people going to test for every cold-like symptom?

The policy for keeping kids home hasn’t changed. You don’t need to tests to return. Just call them out sick but I don’t think any further questions are asked unless they are out for several days, they might call and find out what’s going on.

I have a kid with a GI issue and sometimes misses because she had a non contagious actual stomach ache and they’ve never said anything.

Anonymous wrote:The isolation for students has not changed. 10 days of symptoms onset and/or positive test. If your kid has cold like symptoms get them tested.

And if it is not positive then go back when better? Even if it's 2 days?

The isolation for students has not changed. 10 days of symptoms onset and/or positive test. If your kid has cold like symptoms get them tested.

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Anonymous wrote:See the FCPS This Week that just came out. Kid is out 10 days if test positive. They are not adopting the CDC guidance in this one instance because they can't maintain distancing during lunch. This makes sense, as after 5 days, 30% of cases are still positive on a rapid.

What if sick but not covid. Just go back and no questions asked???

If it isn't covid wouldn't they just go back when they feel better? If a child has a runny nose or headache for a day or two I'd keep the child home until they feel better.

Anonymous wrote:I just want to know what I need to do to send my kid back to school when she is out sick. Can anyone tell me or, like me, does no one know???

What do you mean by the part in bold? How sick? I've had parents keep their kids home because they "have a runny nose" or "have a sore throat", but they return a day or two later.

Anonymous wrote:See the FCPS This Week that just came out. Kid is out 10 days if test positive. They are not adopting the CDC guidance in this one instance because they can't maintain distancing during lunch. This makes sense, as after 5 days, 30% of cases are still positive on a rapid.

What if sick but not covid. Just go back and no questions asked???

I just want to know what I need to do to send my kid back to school when she is out sick. Can anyone tell me or, like me, does no one know???

And for all of these reasons, this is precisely why FCPS was closed for a full week: they need time to figure this all out and initiate a clear policy. Agree it’s very confusing.

See the FCPS This Week that just came out. Kid is out 10 days if test positive. They are not adopting the CDC guidance in this one instance because they can't maintain distancing during lunch. This makes sense, as after 5 days, 30% of cases are still positive on a rapid.

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? Your kid is sick, keep her home until she feels better.

Why are people so obsessed with forms, telling the FCHD, telling the school this that or the other? Its a freaking cold, people. Treat it like one and move on.

I can tell you right now, any kid with cold like symptoms will be sent to the clinic immediately. Keep your kid home the 10 days. Otherwise it could be more of a pain for you.