Our district is not reporting numbers this year... Ugh.
We opted to get our kids tested after the notification of a positive in DD's classroom and now both kids are required to stay home until we receive results. If we hadn't tested, our son, who has no symptoms, could have gone to school today. I'm so annoyed that they disincentive testing like this. The guidelines for whether they can attend school should just be based on their exposure and symptoms.
Our district is not reporting numbers this year... Ugh.
We opted to get our kids tested after the notification of a positive in DD's classroom and now both kids are required to stay home until we receive results. If we hadn't tested, our son, who has no symptoms, could have gone to school today. I'm so annoyed that they disincentive testing like this. The guidelines for whether they can attend school should just be based on their exposure and symptoms.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
Our district is not reporting numbers this year... Ugh.
We opted to get our kids tested after the notification of a positive in DD's classroom and now both kids are required to stay home until we receive results. If we hadn't tested, our son, who has no symptoms, could have gone to school today. I'm so annoyed that they disincentive testing like this. The guidelines for whether they can attend school should just be based on their exposure and symptoms.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
That’s true…but it makes no sense when people aren’t required to test in the first place. You could just not test and go on your merry way, OR test and miss several days of school while you wait for results. It punishes people/kids for doing the right thing, especially since most of these schools don’t have another way of getting instruction while they’re out.
My son's middle school currently has over 20 teachers out with COVID or quarantine. My son had to quarantine last week due to close contact. I feel like everything is just a ticking time bomb, yet the governor (SC) has made it impossible for schools to do anything meaningful to prevent the spread. I just hold my breath every time my phone rings from the school #.
Are the teachers in quarantine (assuming they’re just contacts and not positive) unvaccinated? Here teachers and students only have to monitor for symptoms if they’re a close contact and have been vaccinated.
8 of them have active COVID. They did not divulge the status of the ones in Q, but I know some are b/c of close contact (and therefore must be unvaccinated or they wouldn't have to Q) and some are home with children who are positive. All 7 of my son's teachers have been vaccinated and wear masks (though neither is required) and he just knows that b/c they disclosed it to the students.
Someone please tell me that I'm 100% making the right choice to pull my unvaccinated 11 year old from a 6th grade class trip to Washington DC happening later this month.
I'm doing it, we can apply the funds paid toward a future trip and I have two additional kids so we aren't out anything financially. So many cherrypicked variables and reports pushed by the school to try and prove that it's safe to travel with unvaccinated kids right now. Apparently only 5-6 parents have objected, everyone else is just going along with it.
Is it an overnight trip? If so, fuck that. I'd make the same decision.
Yeah, a 12 hour bus ride, two days of mostly indoor sightseeing, a "party" on a boat, rooming with another student and adult chaperone, and then a 12 hour ride home. It's three nights and it's part of the plan that they eat on the bus, which will obviously be unmasked. Another nice little detail, if my kid tests positive while on the trip, I'd have to come collect her. The itinerary isn't even great, the only reason to go at all is to spend time with friends and that can't happen the way it would in normal times because of covid.
My neighbor is an ER doctor and she's pulling her kid too, we just keep texting each other back and forth with WTF memes.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
That’s true…but it makes no sense when people aren’t required to test in the first place. You could just not test and go on your merry way, OR test and miss several days of school while you wait for results. It punishes people/kids for doing the right thing, especially since most of these schools don’t have another way of getting instruction while they’re out.
Yes, I agree with that. Here it is either test or be quarantined for 14 days.
Our district is not reporting numbers this year... Ugh.
We opted to get our kids tested after the notification of a positive in DD's classroom and now both kids are required to stay home until we receive results. If we hadn't tested, our son, who has no symptoms, could have gone to school today. I'm so annoyed that they disincentive testing like this. The guidelines for whether they can attend school should just be based on their exposure and symptoms.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
I get the logic there - if you are at high enough risk to test then you are probably at high enough risk to warrant isolating.
HOWEVER, in practice, they sent us an e-mail saying that although there was a positive case in the classroom, they determined that none of the kids were considered close contacts. Then they literally said said, "If you choose to test, your child may not attend until they have received a negative result. Siblings and unvaccinated household members must also stay home." So like at this point, they are NOT high enough risk to make stay home based on the exposure. But somehow if they choose to do the proactively safe thing and test, then they AND their siblings must be excluded? This does not make anyone safer. So the practical implementation of the rule is to discourage testing. It's counterproductive, whether it originates from the CDC or not. FWIW we're following the policy to the letter and also testing despite the inconvenience and the disruption to DS's learning, but I don't know how much of this I am willing to do. This is the third week of school.
Is it an overnight trip? If so, fuck that. I'd make the same decision.
Yeah, a 12 hour bus ride, two days of mostly indoor sightseeing, a "party" on a boat, rooming with another student and adult chaperone, and then a 12 hour ride home. It's three nights and it's part of the plan that they eat on the bus, which will obviously be unmasked. Another nice little detail, if my kid tests positive while on the trip, I'd have to come collect her. The itinerary isn't even great, the only reason to go at all is to spend time with friends and that can't happen the way it would in normal times because of covid.
My neighbor is an ER doctor and she's pulling her kid too, we just keep texting each other back and forth with WTF memes.
This sounds even worse than I imagined it would be and what I imagined sucked too. Team You/Your Neighbor.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
I get the logic there - if you are at high enough risk to test then you are probably at high enough risk to warrant isolating.
HOWEVER, in practice, they sent us an e-mail saying that although there was a positive case in the classroom, they determined that none of the kids were considered close contacts. Then they literally said said, "If you choose to test, your child may not attend until they have received a negative result. Siblings and unvaccinated household members must also stay home." So like at this point, they are NOT high enough risk to make stay home based on the exposure. But somehow if they choose to do the proactively safe thing and test, then they AND their siblings must be excluded? This does not make anyone safer. So the practical implementation of the rule is to discourage testing. It's counterproductive, whether it originates from the CDC or not. FWIW we're following the policy to the letter and also testing despite the inconvenience and the disruption to DS's learning, but I don't know how much of this I am willing to do. This is the third week of school.
But how do they know that you’ve chosen to test?
Honestly, in that situation, I might be tempted to test and not tell them anything unless you get a positive result.
2021 Covid in Backwards States: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. If you don’t test, then they don’t have to tell people that it’s in the schools.
Someone please tell me that I'm 100% making the right choice to pull my unvaccinated 11 year old from a 6th grade class trip to Washington DC happening later this month.
I'm doing it, we can apply the funds paid toward a future trip and I have two additional kids so we aren't out anything financially. So many cherrypicked variables and reports pushed by the school to try and prove that it's safe to travel with unvaccinated kids right now. Apparently only 5-6 parents have objected, everyone else is just going along with it.
when my girl scouts carpool, i volunteer to drive vaccinated girls.
Unvaccinated girls in one car, vaccinated in another. It's nothing personal and is just about infection control. Periodt.
I get the logic there - if you are at high enough risk to test then you are probably at high enough risk to warrant isolating.
HOWEVER, in practice, they sent us an e-mail saying that although there was a positive case in the classroom, they determined that none of the kids were considered close contacts. Then they literally said said, "If you choose to test, your child may not attend until they have received a negative result. Siblings and unvaccinated household members must also stay home." So like at this point, they are NOT high enough risk to make stay home based on the exposure. But somehow if they choose to do the proactively safe thing and test, then they AND their siblings must be excluded? This does not make anyone safer. So the practical implementation of the rule is to discourage testing. It's counterproductive, whether it originates from the CDC or not. FWIW we're following the policy to the letter and also testing despite the inconvenience and the disruption to DS's learning, but I don't know how much of this I am willing to do. This is the third week of school.
But how do they know that you’ve chosen to test?
Honestly, in that situation, I might be tempted to test and not tell them anything unless you get a positive result.
2021 Covid in Backwards States: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. If you don’t test, then they don’t have to tell people that it’s in the schools.
I would be lying if I said I didn't consider that, but then if one of us does test positive we'd need to fess up and I don't know what the consequences would be. Also, my son very well might tell his teacher that he was tested.
I also tried buying more home rapid tests and they're all out of stock. Ugh, so frustrating.
Is it an overnight trip? If so, fuck that. I'd make the same decision.
Yeah, a 12 hour bus ride, two days of mostly indoor sightseeing, a "party" on a boat, rooming with another student and adult chaperone, and then a 12 hour ride home. It's three nights and it's part of the plan that they eat on the bus, which will obviously be unmasked. Another nice little detail, if my kid tests positive while on the trip, I'd have to come collect her. The itinerary isn't even great, the only reason to go at all is to spend time with friends and that can't happen the way it would in normal times because of covid.
My neighbor is an ER doctor and she's pulling her kid too, we just keep texting each other back and forth with WTF memes.
Holy cannoli. No way on hell would I allow my child to go on this trip.
Poppy, I would bet good money that there would be no consequences.
I’m just so angry at these systems that are set up to a) punish people for doing the right thing and b) artificially make numbers look better so they can try to convince people that spread isn’t happening in schools. It puts us “rule followers” in a really bad position…and our kids in an even worse one.
If I was in this situation with my 2nd grader, I’d probably just keep him home. He’s young enough and ahead enough in school that missing a bunch of days won’t hurt him academically. And I’m home anyway. But I’ve got a 5th grader, too…and that’s not as easy of a decision when there’s no virtual instruction and almost no work that is sent home. He will suffer significantly academically if we follow the rules every time.
Our district is not reporting numbers this year... Ugh.
We opted to get our kids tested after the notification of a positive in DD's classroom and now both kids are required to stay home until we receive results. If we hadn't tested, our son, who has no symptoms, could have gone to school today. I'm so annoyed that they disincentive testing like this. The guidelines for whether they can attend school should just be based on their exposure and symptoms.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
DS was a close contact and is vaccinated and can attend school as long as he's not symptomatic. We are not required to test, but strongly encouraged. I called this morning to see if he could come to school with a pending test and I was told yes since he is vaccinated and not showing symptoms.
We're into the third week of school and cautiously optimistic. In a district of 90,000+ kids, we've only got just over 100 active student cases and roughly three times that in quarantine. We've had two cases reported at our school, per notification from our principal, but we only got the single emails, not the double emails when they have to also inform of a close contact. All district staff are required to be vaccinated (by the end of the month, I believe), and masks are mandated for all grades and staff, regardless of vaccination status.
We're into the third week of school and cautiously optimistic. In a district of 90,000+ kids, we've only got just over 100 active student cases and roughly three times that in quarantine. We've had two cases reported at our school, per notification from our principal, but we only got the single emails, not the double emails when they have to also inform of a close contact. All district staff are required to be vaccinated (by the end of the month, I believe), and masks are mandated for all grades and staff, regardless of vaccination status.
This is direct evidence that doing the right things works. We have about 75,000 students in our district, and just through last Thursday (they are a week behind on reporting cases) we already had 1200 student positives. And people around here are still like "1200 out of 75,00 - not so bad!
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
DS was a close contact and is vaccinated and can attend school as long as he's not symptomatic. We are not required to test, but strongly encouraged. I called this morning to see if he could come to school with a pending test and I was told yes since he is vaccinated and not showing symptoms.
Yes, I think that’s what most places are doing. I have had nine students out with CV so far this year. I can keep working because I’m vaccinated and I’m just supposed to monitor my symptoms. They haven’t told us to test, either. If we decide to, we don’t have to await results.
We're into the third week of school and cautiously optimistic. In a district of 90,000+ kids, we've only got just over 100 active student cases and roughly three times that in quarantine. We've had two cases reported at our school, per notification from our principal, but we only got the single emails, not the double emails when they have to also inform of a close contact. All district staff are required to be vaccinated (by the end of the month, I believe), and masks are mandated for all grades and staff, regardless of vaccination status.
I think that is pretty standard everywhere. If you have pending test results you can not go to school, work, doctor's appointments, camp, daycare, etc (at least here). That is CDC guidance I believe.
That’s true…but it makes no sense when people aren’t required to test in the first place. You could just not test and go on your merry way, OR test and miss several days of school while you wait for results. It punishes people/kids for doing the right thing, especially since most of these schools don’t have another way of getting instruction while they’re out.
Funny that I posted this yesterday, because this our exact situation today. My oldest son had a headache and sore throat last night. I tested him this morning using a rapid test. Positive. So, since we tested (not required), my oldest has to stay home 10 days, and my youngest has to be home 24 days. If we had just waited for symptoms to pass, my oldest could have gone to school as soon as he felt better, and my youngest would have never needed to stay home.
I feel so awful for the school nurses. Their hands are tied, and you can just hear the frustration in their voices…but there’s nothing they can do.
I am BEYOND furious right now. I am 100% certain that this came from school. My son wears his mask, but most kids don’t…not even on the bus where it is “required.” But at the same time, I knew it was inevitable, and I’m oddly kind of happy that we’re getting it out of the way now. And I feel even worse hoping that my youngest gets a positive test today, too…so he can go back to school in 10 days and not 24.
That’s true…but it makes no sense when people aren’t required to test in the first place. You could just not test and go on your merry way, OR test and miss several days of school while you wait for results. It punishes people/kids for doing the right thing, especially since most of these schools don’t have another way of getting instruction while they’re out.
Funny that I posted this yesterday, because this our exact situation today. My oldest son had a headache and sore throat last night. I tested him this morning using a rapid test. Positive. So, since we tested (not required), my oldest has to stay home 10 days, and my youngest has to be home 24 days. If we had just waited for symptoms to pass, my oldest could have gone to school as soon as he felt better, and my youngest would have never needed to stay home.
I feel so awful for the school nurses. Their hands are tied, and you can just hear the frustration in their voices…but there’s nothing they can do.
I am BEYOND furious right now. I am 100% certain that this came from school. My son wears his mask, but most kids don’t…not even on the bus where it is “required.” But at the same time, I knew it was inevitable, and I’m oddly kind of happy that we’re getting it out of the way now. And I feel even worse hoping that my youngest gets a positive test today, too…so he can go back to school in 10 days and not 24.
This is why testing should be required, or at the very least incentivized rather than disincentived. If we actually wanted to get a handle on COVID, it would be.
Can your other kid return to school in 14 days if you isolate them from each other? If that's even feasible for you?
Funny that I posted this yesterday, because this our exact situation today. My oldest son had a headache and sore throat last night. I tested him this morning using a rapid test. Positive. So, since we tested (not required), my oldest has to stay home 10 days, and my youngest has to be home 24 days. If we had just waited for symptoms to pass, my oldest could have gone to school as soon as he felt better, and my youngest would have never needed to stay home.
I feel so awful for the school nurses. Their hands are tied, and you can just hear the frustration in their voices…but there’s nothing they can do.
I am BEYOND furious right now. I am 100% certain that this came from school. My son wears his mask, but most kids don’t…not even on the bus where it is “required.” But at the same time, I knew it was inevitable, and I’m oddly kind of happy that we’re getting it out of the way now. And I feel even worse hoping that my youngest gets a positive test today, too…so he can go back to school in 10 days and not 24.
This is why testing should be required, or at the very least incentivized rather than disincentived. If we actually wanted to get a handle on COVID, it would be.
Can your other kid return to school in 14 days if you isolate them from each other? If that's even feasible for you?
We *could* isolate them, in theory. Since masks aren’t required at school and they’re doing nothing to stop the spread in schools, I just don’t think that it’s worth it for us. He’s already been exposed at home. He’ll continuously be exposed at school. Might as well just get it out of the way. (He was actually sick over the weekend. Congestion, runny nose, fever. Both rapid and PCR tests were negative, but now I’m wondering if they were accurate. I sent out a new PCR test today.)
I hate this stupid state right now.
EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, isolating away from family at home isn’t an option in our Return to Learn Plan. I don’t even know if they’d accept it. We have a big house, and I’m going to encourage them doing different things, but for everyone’s mental health, I’m not separating them officially.
Post by Velar Fricative on Sept 9, 2021 10:45:31 GMT -5
I am so sorry lilac05!!! Ugh, this is exactly what we went through in February with the rest of us requiring more quarantine time because we didn't test positive. Also, despite two positive cases in my daughter's classroom (my daughter being one of them), very few other parents tested their kids because they didn't want to deal with quarantines either. They're basically forcing parents to somehow *want* their kid to get and have covid. Fuck these asshole governors.
Post by picksthemusic on Sept 9, 2021 11:01:36 GMT -5
They had a good day overall as far as we can tell. They had lots to talk about and were exhausted and hungry, haha. I told DD that she needed to eat more than salad at lunch if she didn't want to be starving when she gets home (they get free school lunch because of FDA funds). She claimed she wasn't excited about French bread pizza, so I told her to grab a cold lunch instead. I guess I could tell her she can pack her own lunch if she wants it. Maybe starting next week.