Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:30     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Negative for 5th grader.
7th grader wanted to wait until tomorrow.
10th grader did not receive a kit at school today.

I did find it a bit confusing that the instructions did not match the materials provided. And the squeeze the q-tip bit was awkward. Not my favorite rapid antigen test. And it's so sad that I now have a favorite rapid antigen test!

I wish they would make this mandatory by Wednesday, rather than "please do this by Friday." I hope they will at least follow up with families that don't submit results.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:27     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.


Keeping my elementary aged kid home for 10 days with no school (sorry random virtual academy is not school) is also a concern for reporting positive (my kid isn't positive FYI). I just don't understand how MCPS thinks it's appropriate to keep a child out of school for two weeks without the option to test negative to return after 5 days. This is insanity. It's a disincentive to report positive cases.


Agreed. There just needs to be mandatory pooled testing on a weekly basis. No opt out.


No you have it absolutely wrong. If they want to force kids to stay home, they need to excuse all work. The days of forcing parents to homeschool needs to end. We have jobs and in my case a HS student that I cannot assist with their level of work. [/quote

Why can't they treat like any other excused sick absence? Children work asynchronously, turn in work on a modified schedule, etc. When you have the flu, you don't get to just get all work waiived.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:22     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our second grader tested negative. Our kindergartener fell asleep before we could test him so we will test him tomorrow morning. The instructions in the kit did not match the items in the kit. The instructions indicated it was premixed but it wasn’t and we had to add the solution ourselves.


If you scan the QR code on the box and use their app, there’s a step-by-step instructional video that explains how both tests work, both the ones with pre-filled vials and the ones you have to fill yourself.

My child happened to get one that was pre-filled.

PP here. We figured it out but how would non-English speaking parents be able to get through the test.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:21     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.


Keeping my elementary aged kid home for 10 days with no school (sorry random virtual academy is not school) is also a concern for reporting positive (my kid isn't positive FYI). I just don't understand how MCPS thinks it's appropriate to keep a child out of school for two weeks without the option to test negative to return after 5 days. This is insanity. It's a disincentive to report positive cases.


Agreed. There just needs to be mandatory pooled testing on a weekly basis. No opt out.


No you have it absolutely wrong. If they want to force kids to stay home, they need to excuse all work. The days of forcing parents to homeschool needs to end. We have jobs and in my case a HS student that I cannot assist with their level of work.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:20     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:Our second grader tested negative. Our kindergartener fell asleep before we could test him so we will test him tomorrow morning. The instructions in the kit did not match the items in the kit. The instructions indicated it was premixed but it wasn’t and we had to add the solution ourselves.


If you scan the QR code on the box and use their app, there’s a step-by-step instructional video that explains how both tests work, both the ones with pre-filled vials and the ones you have to fill yourself.

My child happened to get one that was pre-filled.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:14     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Our second grader tested negative. Our kindergartener fell asleep before we could test him so we will test him tomorrow morning. The instructions in the kit did not match the items in the kit. The instructions indicated it was premixed but it wasn’t and we had to add the solution ourselves.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:12     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.


Keeping my elementary aged kid home for 10 days with no school (sorry random virtual academy is not school) is also a concern for reporting positive (my kid isn't positive FYI). I just don't understand how MCPS thinks it's appropriate to keep a child out of school for two weeks without the option to test negative to return after 5 days. This is insanity. It's a disincentive to report positive cases.


Agreed. There just needs to be mandatory pooled testing on a weekly basis. No opt out.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:09     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.


Keeping my elementary aged kid home for 10 days with no school (sorry random virtual academy is not school) is also a concern for reporting positive (my kid isn't positive FYI). I just don't understand how MCPS thinks it's appropriate to keep a child out of school for two weeks without the option to test negative to return after 5 days. This is insanity. It's a disincentive to report positive cases.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:04     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1027518.page
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:03     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
How is class work and homework handled for HS students that now have to quarantine? This is a real concern for me reporting a positive.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:03     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Negative for my three kids. I have to wonder what good this serves. There’s no tracking, no mandate that parents use the tests, no requirement that you have proof of a negative test before walking in the door tomorrow.

Just a waste of resources and a grand gesture of nothing.


The issue is it requires parents to, I don’t know, be responsible?? We are literally giving every single student a free test and asking their adult to report. I agree many won’t do it but that isn’t really a failure on mcps’s part. And don’t take that as excusing mcps for its many, many errors in the last week. This just isn’t one of them.

I would prefer if everyone who didn’t report test results not be allowed back in school but that’s not the route they took.



The problem is that the tests aren't particularly sensitive in asymptomatic individuals. So it will be good if it flags some kids with very mild symptoms they were ignoring, that's bettr than nothing, but required pcr ought to be the way to go here. Of course, it would probably take a month to organize testing for all that.

I can't believe 2 years into the pandemic we are still hung up on testing shortages and limitations.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 22:00     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Two negatives here (3rd and 6th grade) but I know of several positives from tonight’s test among our 6th grade cohort. We’ve been pretty cautious - lots of delivery instead of shopping, no indoor dining, no indoor play dates, no travel, tested before holiday family gatherings. I wish more families were as conscientious.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 21:55     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Negative. We also have not traveled and have limited activities.


Same, but my kids still got it over the break, likely from the last day of school. Negative now.

Exactly this from start to finish.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 21:55     Subject: Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
Anonymous wrote:Negative- middle school
Positive- high school

Positive- Teacher mom


Sorry to hear, Teacher Mom! No symptoms?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2022 21:53     Subject: Re:Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?
HS vaccinated and boosted child tested negative. We did not travel during winter break.