Anonymous wrote:I picked up a test at a library yesterday and thought I was supposed to drop that off in the drop box? But if I do that on 1/4, how will I upload results by 1/5?

Or is that a separate thing and I should also go get one from the school on Monday to do at home and then take a picture and upload?

I swear I've been paying attention but am still confused.

Anonymous wrote:Test to stay would really help because the majority of kids will be constantly in quarantine as it now seems they are sending home entire classrooms each time there is a COVID case. Only about half the kids are vaccinated and would be able to stay. It is such a shame there is no test to stay when Fairfax and Montgomery county are doing it.

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Anonymous wrote:What if you have recently had Covid and are past your 10 day isolation, but still test positive on the rapid test?

Then you shouldn’t be in school. You should be able to have a negative rapid test (not pcr) after recovering. If positive, you are still shedding virus.

NP. But that is absolutely not what 2 contact tracers, my PCP, and my kid’s pediatrician said. All four said rapid and PCR tests were inaccurate for up to 90 days after getting out of isolation.

Exactly what our pediatrician told us. They said they have been flooded with calls today. DCPS needs to issue guidance and clarification on this point. There are plenty of kids who tested positive, did their 10 day quarantine, have no symptoms and are fully recovered, but may still test positive for up to 90 days. And shouldn’t have to miss 3 months of school.

s a recently covid positive teacher this is also my concern

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it easier to just go virtual for two weeks. How much teaching will happen if half the class is missing. And some teachers will be missing.

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Anonymous wrote:What if you have recently had Covid and are past your 10 day isolation, but still test positive on the rapid test?

Then you shouldn’t be in school. You should be able to have a negative rapid test (not pcr) after recovering. If positive, you are still shedding virus.

NP. But that is absolutely not what 2 contact tracers, my PCP, and my kid’s pediatrician said. All four said rapid and PCR tests were inaccurate for up to 90 days after getting out of isolation.

Exactly what our pediatrician told us. They said they have been flooded with calls today. DCPS needs to issue guidance and clarification on this point. There are plenty of kids who tested positive, did their 10 day quarantine, have no symptoms and are fully recovered, but may still test positive for up to 90 days. And shouldn’t have to miss 3 months of school.

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Anonymous wrote:What if you have recently had Covid and are past your 10 day isolation, but still test positive on the rapid test?

Then you shouldn’t be in school. You should be able to have a negative rapid test (not pcr) after recovering. If positive, you are still shedding virus.

NP. But that is absolutely not what 2 contact tracers, my PCP, and my kid’s pediatrician said. All four said rapid and PCR tests were inaccurate for up to 90 days after getting out of isolation.

Anonymous wrote:They won’t need to test every single person, just enough to justify closing.

Teachers must test on Monday. If “too many” are positive, they will likely close individual classes, grades, or schools. Knowing how many teachers are available will tell them how many students they can handle…

Then on Tuesday, they’ll look at the student population submissions. If they have enough negative-tested kids AND enough negative-tested teachers, they’ll start mixing and matching and building temporary classroom groups. They will also know the ratio of tested to untested students and the ratio of positive to negative within the tested population. From this they can extrapolate and estimate the whole population ratio.

By the Tuesday deadline, they’ll know if they’ll have enough teachers to handle admitting the estimated number of students who will test negative at the door, and be able to print out the “admit” and “deny entry” lists for Wednesday morning, as well as classroom assignments.

They probably have some threshold they’ll use to declare defeat and just cancel school. If they do actually hold school on Wednesday, all the non-tested students will be denied entry and have their parents called or texted (the night before or when they arrive). If an unescorted student shows up at school untested, the parents can be called to come (back) to the school, fetch their kid and a test kit and upload their results or present them or just say it was negative.

Also, and here’s the fun part, the rapid tests miss about half of the positive specimens. So for each student who is identified as positive and told to stay home there is another positive student whose test reports negative and who gets admitted.

Source: informed speculation

Anonymous wrote:They won’t need to test every single person, just enough to justify closing.

Teachers must test on Monday. If “too many” are positive, they will likely close individual classes, grades, or schools. Knowing how many teachers are available will tell them how many students they can handle…

Then on Tuesday, they’ll look at the student population submissions. If they have enough negative-tested kids AND enough negative-tested teachers, they’ll start mixing and matching and building temporary classroom groups. They will also know the ratio of tested to untested students and the ratio of positive to negative within the tested population. From this they can extrapolate and estimate the whole population ratio.

By the Tuesday deadline, they’ll know if they’ll have enough teachers to handle admitting the estimated number of students who will test negative at the door, and be able to print out the “admit” and “deny entry” lists for Wednesday morning, as well as classroom assignments.

They probably have some threshold they’ll use to declare defeat and just cancel school. If they do actually hold school on Wednesday, all the non-tested students will be denied entry and have their parents called or texted (the night before or when they arrive). If an unescorted student shows up at school untested, the parents can be called to come (back) to the school, fetch their kid and a test kit and upload their results or present them or just say it was negative.

Also, and here’s the fun part, the rapid tests miss about half of the positive specimens. So for each student who is identified as positive and told to stay home there is another positive student whose test reports negative and who gets admitted.

Source: informed speculation