Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:35     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
These closures really serve no purpose and are needlessly disruptive. It also sets a bad precedent going forward. We cannot close schools every time there is a new variant.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:34     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There's probably no real pattern to these schools because it's such a small number-- better testing? more reporting? actual outbreak among a geographic or demographic group?

But I plotted them out on a map to at least get an idea.

This might work-- I could only add 10 here-- I'm missing Sherwood ES in Olney

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cannon+Road+Elementary+School/Forest+Knolls+Elementary+School/North+Chevy+Chase+Elementary/Rock+Terrace+School/Rosemont+Elementary+School/Roberto+Clemente+Middle+School/Waters+Landing+Elementary+School/Hallie+Wells+Middle+School/Seneca+Valley+High+School/Monocacy+Elementary+School/@39.1144777,-77.3331571,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c543c42bddb1:0xd2a84447424691b0!2m2!1d-76.9943994!2d39.0687916!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cf65e1371b47:0x78db13e513b53cee!2m2!1d-77.0203899!2d39.0336879!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c93bdc873e47:0x1f5d39fe3709c810!2m2!1d-77.0730537!2d38.9989746!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7cd70175a43ab:0x2379fe14b940c44d!2m2!1d-77.1600719!2d39.0932441!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7d2b6e52d8ca5:0xd76073f712b51197!2m2!1d-77.1858649!2d39.1248122!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c5a79e01aff:0x4fd1af6ada87d71e!2m2!1d-77.2476655!2d39.1655849!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c120435f31b:0x3e08b20b849078b3!2m2!1d-77.2684843!2d39.1889705!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62b0735840c73:0xdef71f9339502584!2m2!1d-77.2399467!2d39.2323039!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62c3f68382f17:0xa6f2ec92ae7c0041!2m2!1d-77.2641458!2d39.1744841!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b62611b4aee1ed:0x1ea23f535b2cb1d7!2m2!1d-77.3930382!2d39.2242571!3e0

It looks like:

3 Downcounty
1 Rockville
1 Gaithersburg
1 Olney
5 Germantown and points north

Again, probably means nothing, but almost half the schools are in ~Germantown, which has about 10% of the MoCo population.


I teach in Germantown and not surprised. There is a lot of shared housing up there with multiple families under one roof. Many parents who don't have jobs that allow for sick leave. We are always hit hard by the flu so I'm not shocked that COVID is spreading. We have had a few kids who just don't show up for school and parents can't/won't get them tested for COVID so numbers are always a little skewed.


I don't think you can read in to the numbers like that. I have a child at a Potomac area school and I can tell you half of her friends' families all have covid right now. I don't see any of that information reflected in the official numbers for the school although maybe it's in the spreadsheet that will be shared later today. I don't think it's just a coincidence that DD has friends whose families have the virus now but I think it's just that there's a 25 plus percent positivity rate in the community so it's just everywhere.

I think what you are seeing right now is mostly STAFF numbers and if a school has done a good job of getting the word out about how to report you may be seeing some of that too.

I want schools to remain open but I think their data is wrong and they are making ill informed decisions.


25% positivity rate in Montgomery County? That is crazy high. If true, I would support all schools go virtual for two weeks


From The Atlantic team that was running the nations covid tracker in 2020:
“This is your annual reminder that positive test data backlogs resolve faster than total test data backlogs after US holidays so the “unbelievable” state test positivity numbers you’re getting from national trackers are nonsense.”
https://twitter.com/kissane/status/1478019697261957120?s=21
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:31     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:If these schools are still over the 5% mark in 14 days, is it another 14 days of virtual?


Exactly! Because they’ve already had 14 days off and the numbers haven’t dropped. How will closing help?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:30     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary

Monocacy has 8 cases on the spreadsheet from another thread, Cannon Road has 13, d Diamond has more than the oth er elem schools at 18. This shutdown list makes NO sense. And, my kid goes to PHS and I KNOW they have more cases than that. I got a letter everyday with a lot of cases of covid and it added up to more than just 31!! I smell a scandal.

Check for yourself: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/...%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf


OMG get off the conspiracy theory nonsense. They are looking at percentages not raw numbers. Also, you can't use the numbers in that PDF because it includes positive cases from early in winter break, and those people are now out of quarantine and able to return to school.


Do you know what a tiny school Monocacy is? In the 2020-2021 school year, they had 136 students and less than 20 staff members. Do the math; 8 with Covid would be above the 5% threshold. Stop with the conspiracy theories!


No it would not because it’s 5% with a minimum of 10 cases.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:25     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:More info will be sent out later, but here's the list from the current MCPS press conference:

Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary



Given the spread and sheer numbers of cases, a prudent thing to do. I guess MCPS is taking responsible actions to keep the students and teachers safe. I guess all need to relax until this wave passes in next few weeks.


Keep kids safe from what? The whole language of keep kids safe is poisonous. It is emotional not logical. It is destructive to close schools to prevent vaccinated kids from catching what will be a cold….a cold they will be at risk of getting every winter forever. The lunacy has to end in 2022.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:17     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a link on the MC PS website that shows which schools will need to go virtual due to the number of Covid cases? I have been searching on that site and I am unable to locate the list that the original poster found.


Nope


From press conference:
Beginning Tuesday, MCPS will post a list on its website, to be updated each school day, that shows the # of COVID-19 cases reported at each school & with an indicator of how close each school is to meeting the threshold for possible closure.
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Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:15     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
If these schools are still over the 5% mark in 14 days, is it another 14 days of virtual?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:14     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:Is there a link on the MC PS website that shows which schools will need to go virtual due to the number of Covid cases? I have been searching on that site and I am unable to locate the list that the original poster found.


Nope
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:09     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Is there a link on the MC PS website that shows which schools will need to go virtual due to the number of Covid cases? I have been searching on that site and I am unable to locate the list that the original poster found.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:03     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
There's a good point hidden in some of these posts, and it's that very small schools (Monocacy, Rock Terrace, arguably NCC) are disproportionately represented on this list. Just a few cases can push them over the top.

It doesn't mean anything-- they're just more likely to be bellwethers. Even with a minority of students opting in to in-school testing, many many schools will be put over the top by that alone IMO.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:02     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:More info will be sent out later, but here's the list from the current MCPS press conference:

Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary



Given the spread and sheer numbers of cases, a prudent thing to do. I guess MCPS is taking responsible actions to keep the students and teachers safe. I guess all need to relax until this wave passes in next few weeks.


I guess let us wait in perpetual loops of quarantines....and wait...still waiting
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 11:01     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:More info will be sent out later, but here's the list from the current MCPS press conference:

Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary



Given the spread and sheer numbers of cases, a prudent thing to do. I guess MCPS is taking responsible actions to keep the students and teachers safe. I guess all need to relax until this wave passes in next few weeks.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 10:58     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Also I'm not the conspiracy theory PPs. I think there's some mathematical way they are making decisions but I think it's not the right way to go about it.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 10:56     Subject: 11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
I was getting a file not found error for a while too but it's there now.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2022 10:55     Subject: Re:11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary

Monocacy has 8 cases on the spreadsheet from another thread, Cannon Road has 13, d Diamond has more than the oth er elem schools at 18. This shutdown list makes NO sense. And, my kid goes to PHS and I KNOW they have more cases than that. I got a letter everyday with a lot of cases of covid and it added up to more than just 31!! I smell a scandal.

Check for yourself: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/...%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf


OMG get off the conspiracy theory nonsense. They are looking at percentages not raw numbers. Also, you can't use the numbers in that PDF because it includes positive cases from early in winter break, and those people are now out of quarantine and able to return to school.


Do you know what a tiny school Monocacy is? In the 2020-2021 school year, they had 136 students and less than 20 staff members. Do the math; 8 with Covid would be above the 5% threshold. Stop with the conspiracy theories!

For PP - Troll effort D- (or you are just a really stupid poster)

File is still there.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/Winter%20Break%20COVID%20Cases%20Reported%20Through%2010%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf

That file was a tally from more than 2 days ago (and says right at the top 1/1/22 10pm). There would have been more cases reported since then - especially by staff on Sunday, before the snow day was called. People don't know they are sick until they are sick. This list is going to change daily, because the situation changes daily. Hopefully they will update the website soon with the information they discussed in the press conference.

File is still there.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/Winter%20Break%20COVID%20Cases%20Reported%20Through%2010%20pm%20January%201%202022.pdf