It's a bloodbath.... most schools are now red. They all will be by the end of the week.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a new report up as of 4:00pm today, but it isn't color coded and doesn't show percentages?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/Daily%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20January%205%202022.pdf

Wow. Our high school dropped by 42 cases. There’s 0 staff out with COVID according to the new report. We should now be in the green.

Those are just the cases reported today, not the cumulative cases. There’s a separate document with the total cases since winter break started.

Yes, it's interesting to have the two sets of data.

WTH - 4pm 35 cases. 7pm 137 cases - red. Total Whiplash.

How long till MCPS take vaccinated students and staff off their lists? At what point is the entire school system essentially online? How will Special Education students who could not receive accommodations and services during the last 18 months of online learning going to receive accommodations and services now?

This is a nightmare.

My SN child, and all the other SN children I know, received services and accommodations. I have no complaints.
Don't use special needs as your pitchfork.

Special ed para here; lots of services were sub-par last year.

Anonymous wrote:They will shut down tomorrow and go virtual Friday for the snow (or in reality monday when they close schools for snow Friday)

MCPS is an utter farce.

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Anonymous wrote:All the new red schools are in person tomorrow, per the dashboard website which states:

“ The 11 schools listed below are the only ones that have transitioned to virtual learning. All other schools will continue with in-person learning on January 6, 2022.”

Yeah all the communications have been that the 5% threshold starts a decision-making process but it's not automatic. People are acting like it is, but that's not what's been said by MCPS.

It would be nice if MCPS actually, you know, communicated this to the public and also let us know what this decision making process was. Not too much to ask.

They did? Did you read the emails? They said: "[I]f 5 percent or more of unrelated students/teachers/staff (minimum of 10 of these individuals) tests positive in a 14-day period, a determination will be made as to whether the school should be closed for 14 calendar days and transition to virtual instruction. Please note that the 5 percent threshold does not automatically result in school closure; the primary factor to consider will be the level of the spread of the virus in the school. MCPS central office staff will work with DHHS in making this decision, and parents/guardians at the school will be notified when this occurs."

I don't expect to be notified of exactly how the school makes the decision (apparently you do), but they communicated the policy to the public.

I wouldn’t send our kid into school rn with a gun to my head. Good luck, everyone.

Anonymous wrote:It is up: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/14-Day%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20December%2023%20-%20January%205.pdf

Only 8 greens. And those are not reliable. They are probably red.

They will shut down tomorrow and go virtual Friday for the snow (or in reality monday when they close schools for snow Friday)

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Anonymous wrote:There is a new report up as of 4:00pm today, but it isn't color coded and doesn't show percentages?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/Daily%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20January%205%202022.pdf

Wow. Our high school dropped by 42 cases. There’s 0 staff out with COVID according to the new report. We should now be in the green.

Those are just the cases reported today, not the cumulative cases. There’s a separate document with the total cases since winter break started.

Yes, it's interesting to have the two sets of data.

WTH - 4pm 35 cases. 7pm 137 cases - red. Total Whiplash.

How long till MCPS take vaccinated students and staff off their lists? At what point is the entire school system essentially online? How will Special Education students who could not receive accommodations and services during the last 18 months of online learning going to receive accommodations and services now?

This is a nightmare.

My SN child, and all the other SN children I know, received services and accommodations. I have no complaints.
Don't use special needs as your pitchfork.

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Anonymous wrote:So is this how it’s going to go? Every night we sit on pins and needles to see if there is school the next day? Who thought this would be a good idea?

Monifa McKnight is in charge so it’s her system and her responsibility. Just like that ridiculous quarantine policy in the fall. She owns this mess. And the BOE, of course.

A disaster. And the buses fiasco this morning. Our school has parents calling they are + but not aware that they need to fill out forms. How are these counts accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:All the new red schools are in person tomorrow, per the dashboard website which states:

“ The 11 schools listed below are the only ones that have transitioned to virtual learning. All other schools will continue with in-person learning on January 6, 2022.”

Hmmm. Are they intentionally trying to fear monger using RED to create a groundswell of people demanding virtual?

What color would you have chosen?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a new report up as of 4:00pm today, but it isn't color coded and doesn't show percentages?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/Daily%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20January%205%202022.pdf

Wow. Our high school dropped by 42 cases. There’s 0 staff out with COVID according to the new report. We should now be in the green.

Those are just the cases reported today, not the cumulative cases. There’s a separate document with the total cases since winter break started.

Yes, it's interesting to have the two sets of data.

WTH - 4pm 35 cases. 7pm 137 cases - red. Total Whiplash.

How long till MCPS take vaccinated students and staff off their lists? At what point is the entire school system essentially online? How will Special Education students who could not receive accommodations and services during the last 18 months of online learning going to receive accommodations and services now?

This is a nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:All the new red schools are in person tomorrow, per the dashboard website which states:

“ The 11 schools listed below are the only ones that have transitioned to virtual learning. All other schools will continue with in-person learning on January 6, 2022.”

Yeah all the communications have been that the 5% threshold starts a decision-making process but it's not automatic. People are acting like it is, but that's not what's been said by MCPS.

It would be nice if MCPS actually, you know, communicated this to the public and also let us know what this decision making process was. Not too much to ask.

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Anonymous wrote:It is up: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/Coronavirus/dashboaird/14-Day%20COVID-19%20Case%20Reports%20December%2023%20-%20January%205.pdf

As expected, it’s red everywhere. They created a process to ensure this outcome. The giveaway is that they currently have not articulated a process to get out of red and back to school.

And I am SO fine with that. Schools need to close. MCPS should never have tried to open after the winter break, but, they needed something to show parents how much schools needed to close, so here we are with this color coding.

Don't worry. The UK, which started this Omicron surge two weeks before us, is seeing signs that it may be receding. So this probably isn't going to last past January.

Anonymous wrote:All the new red schools are in person tomorrow, per the dashboard website which states:

“ The 11 schools listed below are the only ones that have transitioned to virtual learning. All other schools will continue with in-person learning on January 6, 2022.”

Hmmm. Are they intentionally trying to fear monger using RED to create a groundswell of people demanding virtual?

Anonymous wrote:All the new red schools are in person tomorrow, per the dashboard website which states:

“ The 11 schools listed below are the only ones that have transitioned to virtual learning. All other schools will continue with in-person learning on January 6, 2022.”

Yeah all the communications have been that the 5% threshold starts a decision-making process but it's not automatic. People are acting like it is, but that's not what's been said by MCPS.