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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to me that now WaPo is on board with opening schools. Why, I wonder?

I think the switch flipped for many people when it became clear that most of us will be waiting 6 months for a vaccine, and our parents can’t get a vaccine, but they started vaccinating teachers. And, FEA was giving interviews and saying teachers should still be remote until kids were vaccinated too. And also saying that full return to school couldn’t happen next fall. While teachers were getting the entire vaccine supply. Almost no other state is prioritizing teachers as high as VA. Because it’s objectively less risky than many jobs prioritized lower.

That’s the red line for so many of us. 40 year old teachers getting this lifesaving vaccine that our 80 year old parents can’t get, and then hearing more stalling on return to school? Just no. We have done this for a year. We can’t still be doing it a year from now. We must let our kids lead their lives, despite COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to me that now WaPo is on board with opening schools. Why, I wonder?

I think the switch flipped for many people when it became clear that most of us will be waiting 6 months for a vaccine, and our parents can’t get a vaccine, but they started vaccinating teachers. And, FEA was giving interviews and saying teachers should still be remote until kids were vaccinated too. And also saying that full return to school couldn’t happen next fall. While teachers were getting the entire vaccine supply. Almost no other state is prioritizing teachers as high as VA. Because it’s objectively less risky than many jobs prioritized lower.

That’s the red line for so many of us. 40 year old teachers getting this lifesaving vaccine that our 80 year old parents can’t get, and then hearing more stalling on return to school? Just no. We have done this for a year. We can’t still be doing it a year from now. We must let our kids lead their lives, despite COVID.

Please. Post has been pushing opening thru local NVA schools reporter since November. Right when rates started to spike, ironically.

November was also when it started to become increasingly clear that with proper mitigation strategies, schools could be open, at least at the elementary level.

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Anonymous wrote:This also says that if we want to open safely, some indoor sports without masks, like wrestling, should not take place. Chantilly has had indoor sports outbreaks. Please also tell the SB that Brabrand can and should choose not to follow VSHL, like Arlington did, and should immediately stop the indoor sports that are causing outbreaks so that school can reopen safely. It’s ridulous that kids are indoors wrestling without masks in FCPS while the littles try to learn to read on laptops at home.

Northam and VA said schools were good to open this summer/fall. Its been safe for kids to be in school all along. FCPS has an HR problem, not a Covid problem. I don't have an issue with kids doing OTHER activities that Virginia is permitting under Covid restrictions (sports, clubs, etc). If all kid activities had been shut down all year, we still wouldn't have open schools.

I agree and we would have a lot more kids with mental health problems.

First, only athletes get to meet in person. No one else has the privilege.

Second, this the CDC recommendation based on the fact that some indoor athletics (not all, not outdoor) cannot be done safely and *cause outbreaks in school.* They specifically score wrestling. So, maybe some kids have to stop wrestling so everyone else can get in the building. Wrestling indoors without a mask during a COVID spike is ridiculous. Also, most of the Chantilly freshmen basketball team has COVID. So, there’s that.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s ridiculous that kids are indoors wrestling without masks in FCPS while the littles try to learn to read on laptops at home.

100% AGREE!!!

Anonymous wrote:It’s ridiculous that kids are indoors wrestling without masks in FCPS while the littles try to learn to read on laptops at home.

Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is this: there are so many public health and medical organizations and experts saying that it is safe to return to in person learning--the CDC, AAP, Fauci, etc. As a Democrat I'm disgusted with the SB. These people are no better than Republican science deniers. No better. It's all about politics and stupidity.

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Anonymous wrote:The CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools different from nursing homes and high-density worksites where rapid spread has occurred.

“The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring,” wrote three CDC researchers in a viewpoint piece published online Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “There has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-school-virus-spread/2021/01/26/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

The only discussion we should be having now is how fast we should be opening.

Please email this to all SB reps!!!!

Also email them today’s numbers:

874/100,000

15.1% PPR

I think you need to look for more accurate and more specific info.

Fairfax County's Percent Positivity (and Nova's PP) has been going down for weeks. Fairfax's one day PP is 7.7%. The 7-day percent positivity is currently at 10.4% but it's been on a downward trend.

https://www.novaregiondashboard.com/cases-dashboard Click on Percent Positivity and Select Fairfax in the Health District.

Or you can just look directly at the same data FCPS is looking at (they probably don't need us to email it):
https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/fcps-confirmed-covid-19-case-reporting

It is different than either of you are stating.

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Anonymous wrote:The CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools different from nursing homes and high-density worksites where rapid spread has occurred.

“The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring,” wrote three CDC researchers in a viewpoint piece published online Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “There has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-school-virus-spread/2021/01/26/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

The only discussion we should be having now is how fast we should be opening.

Please email this to all SB reps!!!!

Also email them today’s numbers:

874/100,000

15.1% PPR

I think you need to look for more accurate and more specific info.

Fairfax County's Percent Positivity (and Nova's PP) has been going down for weeks. Fairfax's one day PP is 7.7%. The 7-day percent positivity is currently at 10.4% but it's been on a downward trend.

https://www.novaregiondashboard.com/cases-dashboard Click on Percent Positivity and Select Fairfax in the Health District.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools different from nursing homes and high-density worksites where rapid spread has occurred.

“The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring,” wrote three CDC researchers in a viewpoint piece published online Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “There has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-school-virus-spread/2021/01/26/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html

The only discussion we should be having now is how fast we should be opening.

Please email this to all SB reps!!!!

Also email them today’s numbers:

874/100,000

15.1% PPR

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to me that now WaPo is on board with opening schools. Why, I wonder?

I think the switch flipped for many people when it became clear that most of us will be waiting 6 months for a vaccine, and our parents can’t get a vaccine, but they started vaccinating teachers. And, FEA was giving interviews and saying teachers should still be remote until kids were vaccinated too. And also saying that full return to school couldn’t happen next fall. While teachers were getting the entire vaccine supply. Almost no other state is prioritizing teachers as high as VA. Because it’s objectively less risky than many jobs prioritized lower.

That’s the red line for so many of us. 40 year old teachers getting this lifesaving vaccine that our 80 year old parents can’t get, and then hearing more stalling on return to school? Just no. We have done this for a year. We can’t still be doing it a year from now. We must let our kids lead their lives, despite COVID.

Please. Post has been pushing opening thru local NVA schools reporter since November. Right when rates started to spike, ironically.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to me that now WaPo is on board with opening schools. Why, I wonder?

I think the switch flipped for many people when it became clear that most of us will be waiting 6 months for a vaccine, and our parents can’t get a vaccine, but they started vaccinating teachers. And, FEA was giving interviews and saying teachers should still be remote until kids were vaccinated too. And also saying that full return to school couldn’t happen next fall. While teachers were getting the entire vaccine supply. Almost no other state is prioritizing teachers as high as VA. Because it’s objectively less risky than many jobs prioritized lower.

That’s the red line for so many of us. 40 year old teachers getting this lifesaving vaccine that our 80 year old parents can’t get, and then hearing more stalling on return to school? Just no. We have done this for a year. We can’t still be doing it a year from now. We must let our kids lead their lives, despite COVID.

Anonymous wrote:Middle and high school have no business opening. Elementary is a different story. Stop treating them as equals.