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Post by Jen in NCal on Aug 26, 2021 3:57:58 GMT
And I say "yet" because it is going to happen. It is inevitable.
We are two weeks into our school year. Out of 750 students, we have 3 positive cases. All of them notified the school within the last two days. One yesterday and two today. One of them is in my class for 2 periods and her cousin is in another class of mine. I guess if I only have 1 out of 160 students that pass through my door each day I'm doing pretty good.
I have maybe a handful of others that have been out for more than a few days because of exposure but I haven't been notified of their status.
We have about 20 kids that haven't shown up for school yet this year so they don't count as positive cases. They technically aren't enrolled until they show up.
Staff is required to be vaccinated or tested often. Everyone must wear a mask while indoors. Most students keep their masks on while in the halls as well. They only take them off when eating outside. I have had no mask issues.
We estimate about 2/3 of the students are vaccinated based on their age. If a kid turns 12 they are excited to get poked.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2021 4:35:41 GMT
In dh's class, yes.
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Post by katybee on Aug 26, 2021 4:47:03 GMT
I have just returned to work after having covid, but tested positive before school started. One of my students has been out since last week because his mother tested positive. No word on whether or not he is positive. The school district next to mine has had over 400 positive cases since school started less than 2 weeks ago, half in elementary. Health officials are urging them to shut down for 2 weeks, but they’re not going to. My district has had 228:positive cases, but only one in our school (not me!).
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Post by seaexplore on Aug 26, 2021 4:59:03 GMT
I’ve been in school since August 6. My classroom is a revolving door of quarantined kids. I don’t even know how many are out at a time, I just mark a Q on my attendance sheet. I see 134 kids daily. So far, we haven’t had a positive kid on campus or so I’ve been told.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 26, 2021 5:11:02 GMT
We don’t start until after Labor Day, but I can’t imagine it will take long. We had 4 cases during our 6 weeks of summer camp, but each time we had a positive case we shut down for a week to minimize spread. I am not sure what the protocol for the school year are.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Aug 26, 2021 5:51:54 GMT
Not in my classroom, but at my school. We've had three positive cases in the first 7 days of school. Many students have had to quarantine due to close contact (at least 30). No teacher quarantines because they have been vaccinated, and with a negative test, they can continue to work. Delta be damned.
At our board meeting last night, half of the public comments were that we weren't doing enough to keep students safe, and the other half saying that we're stifling student growth and mental health by requiring masks in inside (per public health department requirements, not district). The board is considering mandating vaccines or negative tests, but our parent population is extremely litigious.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 26, 2021 8:32:08 GMT
I have just returned to work after having covid, but tested positive before school started. One of my students has been out since last week because his mother tested positive. No word on whether or not he is positive. The school district next to mine has had over 400 positive cases since school started less than 2 weeks ago, half in elementary. Health officials are urging them to shut down for 2 weeks, but they’re not going to. My district has had 228:positive cases, but only one in our school (not me!). This is insane. |
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 26, 2021 9:40:24 GMT
The school district in Georgia where my ds's step-daughter attends school (6th grade, first year of middle school, not quite 12 so she couldn't get vaccinated) has over 1,000 positive cases that they know of in this first three weeks of school. My granddaughter is one of them. seaexplore mentioned the revolving door of quarantined kids... well that's basically what's going on down in Georgia where vaccination rates are abysmally low even among those who could get the vaccine. The problem seems to be that there wasn't really any plan in place for how to deal with the revolving door. Having an entire class out in quarantine would almost be easier because the teacher could just continue on with the regular lessons but virtually (if all that technology is still in place of course...) But.. Kid A is in school on Mon. and Tues. then out for the rest of the week and some of the following week; Kid B is in school through Thurs. but then is out on Friday and all of the following week, but Kid A is back in school toward the end of Kid B's quarantine. etc. Multiply that by 28 in each class and you have an infinite number of combinations of who's missing which lessons and when.  We start here on Monday and although our vaccination rate is much higher than down in Georgia we still have all the kids who aren't old enough to be vaccinated. I work in an elementary school and there is so much angst among parents and teachers. There really doesn't seem to be a plan for quarantined kids beyond "will receive asynchronous work around 'core concepts'". When pressed the admin has defined "core concepts" as "information that is part of important general knowledge" or something vague like that. The teachers are upset about it because that definition seems to do nothing to keep the kid caught up with what the class is actually working on at the time. And it means more planning, as if they don't already have enough to do. And, how do you plan lessons like that without knowing which kid it's being planned for? In one 3rd grade class you might have a kid who can read several grade levels above 3rd, who spent virtual learning at home with his math teacher mother, etc. -- along with the kid whose first language is not English and whose parents spent last year trying to scrape together multiple jobs and even when they were home they couldn't help their child with school work because they speak no English. You obviously have to have different lessons planned for each of those kids for any at-home quarantine time. It's going to be a mess. If we could just get the vaccine approved for kids under 12 I feel like that we'd be turning a corner. At least up where I live we would be. I just hate that my ds and his family have to live in Georgia!  |
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Post by Merge on Aug 26, 2021 10:44:40 GMT
Not yet at my school. We have a handful who are enrolled but haven’t reported yet because they’re quarantining at home. The revolving door issue mentioned above was real last year and will be again this year, too. katybee I read about your neighboring district in the news. What insanity. Our neighboring district started the year with no mask mandate, and had to shut down two elementary schools in the first two weeks because they had literally dozens of cases. Their school board voted to implement masks earlier this week. |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Aug 26, 2021 12:16:52 GMT
The school district in Georgia where my ds's step-daughter attends school (6th grade, first year of middle school, not quite 12 so she couldn't get vaccinated) has over 1,000 positive cases that they know of in this first three weeks of school. My granddaughter is one of them. seaexplore mentioned the revolving door of quarantined kids... well that's basically what's going on down in Georgia where vaccination rates are abysmally low even among those who could get the vaccine. The problem seems to be that there wasn't really any plan in place for how to deal with the revolving door. Having an entire class out in quarantine would almost be easier because the teacher could just continue on with the regular lessons but virtually (if all that technology is still in place of course...) But.. Kid A is in school on Mon. and Tues. then out for the rest of the week and some of the following week; Kid B is in school through Thurs. but then is out on Friday and all of the following week, but Kid A is back in school toward the end of Kid B's quarantine. etc. Multiply that by 28 in each class and you have an infinite number of combinations of who's missing which lessons and when. We start here on Monday and although our vaccination rate is much higher than down in Georgia we still have all the kids who aren't old enough to be vaccinated. I work in an elementary school and there is so much angst among parents and teachers. There really doesn't seem to be a plan for quarantined kids beyond "will receive asynchronous work around 'core concepts'". When pressed the admin has defined "core concepts" as "information that is part of important general knowledge" or something vague like that. The teachers are upset about it because that definition seems to do nothing to keep the kid caught up with what the class is actually working on at the time. And it means more planning, as if they don't already have enough to do. And, how do you plan lessons like that without knowing which kid it's being planned for? In one 3rd grade class you might have a kid who can read several grade levels above 3rd, who spent virtual learning at home with his math teacher mother, etc. -- along with the kid whose first language is not English and whose parents spent last year trying to scrape together multiple jobs and even when they were home they couldn't help their child with school work because they speak no English. You obviously have to have different lessons planned for each of those kids for any at-home quarantine time. It's going to be a mess. If we could just get the vaccine approved for kids under 12 I feel like that we'd be turning a corner. At least up where I live we would be. I just hate that my ds and his family have to live in Georgia! This whole thing sounds like a nightmare. I almost feel like it's even worse than it was when schools shut down in March 2020, but now admin's all "gotta live our lives like pre-COVID" - not by choice, not ruled by science, but the sheer fact that everyone is sick of working around covid. |
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Post by ~Sherri~ on Aug 26, 2021 12:25:34 GMT
Not a teacher but in my grandkid's schools, there have been so many cases of Covid. In the middle school where my grandson goes, there were 18 positive cases reported. And the high school where my granddaughter goes has had 17 positive. But I am sure that number is much higher now. My DGD tells me that half of the band is out with Covid or possible Covid. And we are just barely 3 weeks in. There were reports of over 450 students out sick yesterday at the high school alone. No Covid precautions are implemented at the time.
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Post by dexter on Aug 26, 2021 12:44:11 GMT
I am in Iowa. Zero mask mandates, zero mitigation happening at school. We started Monday the 23rd. I have one out quarantining because the rest of her family has/had it. The local department of public health is only recommending quarantining, school isn't enforcing any quarantines.
All my students are under 12 - no vaccinations. I myself am vaccinated as are most but not all staff.
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Post by AnastasiaBeaverhausn on Aug 26, 2021 13:42:39 GMT
I have just returned to work after having covid, but tested positive before school started. One of my students has been out since last week because his mother tested positive. No word on whether or not he is positive. The school district next to mine has had over 400 positive cases since school started less than 2 weeks ago, half in elementary. Health officials are urging them to shut down for 2 weeks, but they’re not going to. My district has had 228:positive cases, but only one in our school (not me!). You must live near me. I'm in Liberty Hill but it sounds like you're talking about Leander. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 26, 2021 13:43:44 GMT
We don’t start until after Labor Day but I’m anxious to see what happens. Our district is requiring masks but some of the others around us are not. When reading their “safe learning” strategy, it sounds like at least one is not even requiring that students test or quarantine if exposed, which is ridiculous to me.
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Post by annaintx on Aug 26, 2021 14:02:17 GMT
So far it's OK at my DD's middle school. But our illustrious governor mandated no mask mandates, it's still in court, so we'll see what happens.
Rumor is that a charter school in the neighborhood sent the entire 2nd grade home due to a COVID outbreak. They had mot been requiring/enforcing masks at all. Go figure. And we're talking several hundred kids, this is a large school.
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Post by Sorrel on Aug 26, 2021 14:12:38 GMT
None yet in my school of 750. We have mandatory staff vaccinations and a mask mandate. However, I am supposed to start speech therapy screening and evaluations on Monday, and I am trying to figure out how best to do that with masks. I have some clear masks for the kids, but they fog up. Definitely won't be quality therapy for awhile, but I am still glad we have a mask mandate.
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Post by Linda on Aug 26, 2021 14:15:01 GMT
not a teacher - but in dd14's classes there are multiple kids out with either covid or quarantine in each class and biology is missing more than half the class. Her geometry teacher is also out.
school doesn't publicly share numbers. No mask mandates (per our governor). DD wears a mask and has been told more than once by a classmate that it is useless (ironically one of those classmates is now out on quarantine). She's vaccinated and won't have to quarantine if exposed unless symptomatic. It seems to be taking a week-ish from exposure to notification of exposure/need to quarantine in some cases.
Our county has been #1 in the state for per capita cases for the past two weeks and positivity rate is in the mid 30s. Our vaccination rate is low (under 40% for one dose, 31% for fully) and pretty stagnant.
It's pretty dismal to be honest
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Post by melanell on Aug 26, 2021 14:21:43 GMT
We haven't started yet, but it should be interesting. The district has revised their original statements, and now masks will be required, BUT, because everyone will be wearing masks, they have decided that in the case of close contact, since people are all wearing masks, no quarantining of those in close contact will be necessary. Which might work out if the kids wore masks every second they were in class. But with the entire student body back in school, there will be no social distancing possible, meaning close contact will always be happening, while mask-wearing cannot always be happening since, you know, kids need to eat.  So, time will tell.  |
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Post by casii on Aug 26, 2021 14:30:04 GMT
I don't know how, but it seems like my FYP on TikTok is full of very stressed teachers and parents of students too young to be vaccinated. I don't even know what to say anymore. Sending love your way and know that this citizen is still doing everything she can to protect other from covid.
Our county has a mask mandate for schools and they started a week ago Wednesday. Already there are students and staff out. To what degree I'm not sure. I feel that we did have a window for a while where we could've had a more normal school year. Yes, still wear masks and quarantine as needed, but due to low vaccination rates in many areas, Delta was able to get a grip on us which has upended us right back to where we started in many ways.
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Post by agengr2004 on Aug 26, 2021 16:15:12 GMT
Well apparently Bexar County’s mandate just got overturned by the Texas Supreme Court. May the odds be ever in our favor.
A friend on mine has a son in 1st grade and their class got quarantined after a whopping day and a half.
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Post by candleangie on Aug 26, 2021 17:25:12 GMT
None yet in my school of 750. We have mandatory staff vaccinations and a mask mandate. However, I am supposed to start speech therapy screening and evaluations on Monday, and I am trying to figure out how best to do that with masks. I have some clear masks for the kids, but they fog up. Definitely won't be quality therapy for awhile, but I am still glad we have a mask mandate. Swing by a sporting goods store or an auto parts store. There are anti fog solutions you can wipe on to keep them clear! |
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Post by longtimenopea on Aug 26, 2021 17:31:24 GMT
We had two staff test positive, after being in the building, and reported it on day one.
They were unwell enough to go get tested after being at school all day and we had to send out exposure notices on day one.
My nearby high school and maaaaaaany elementary schools had the same damn thing.
Like, come on folks. Can we not screw the pooch completely on day one??
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Post by Alexxussss on Aug 26, 2021 20:05:13 GMT
We haven't started yet, but it should be interesting. The district has revised their original statements, and now masks will be required, BUT, because everyone will be wearing masks, they have decided that in the case of close contact, since people are all wearing masks, no quarantining of those in close contact will be necessary. Which might work out if the kids wore masks every second they were in class. But with the entire student body back in school, there will be no social distancing possible, meaning close contact will always be happening, while mask-wearing cannot always be happening since, you know, kids need to eat. So, time will tell. Yup my school will be doing the same…you have a mask? No social distancing, no quarantining, nothing.  It’s going to be crazy… |
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Post by fwscrapper on Aug 26, 2021 22:25:25 GMT
My 2 oldest go to a HS that reported 16 cases in one day. Masks are optional. We are in the dfw area. We have lots of staff out all over the district with it too.
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Post by Merge on Aug 26, 2021 23:36:15 GMT
Houston just reported its first confirmed pediatric Covid death for a kid with *no* underlying health conditions. The child actually died in late July, which means there have probably been more since, as our numbers have ramped up sharply.
Meanwhile, the parent group in my district that pushed for early reopening last fall is now funding a van that circles one of the elementary schools in the area with messages about how masking is “child abuse.” In full view of all the kids in the school.
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Post by katybee on Aug 26, 2021 23:50:56 GMT
I have just returned to work after having covid, but tested positive before school started. One of my students has been out since last week because his mother tested positive. No word on whether or not he is positive. The school district next to mine has had over 400 positive cases since school started less than 2 weeks ago, half in elementary. Health officials are urging them to shut down for 2 weeks, but they’re not going to. My district has had 228:positive cases, but only one in our school (not me!). You must live near me. I'm in Liberty Hill but it sounds like you're talking about Leander. Yep.  |
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Post by scrapmaven on Aug 26, 2021 23:58:18 GMT
Houston just reported its first confirmed pediatric Covid death for a kid with *no* underlying health conditions. The child actually died in late July, which means there have probably been more since, as our numbers have ramped up sharply. Meanwhile, the parent group in my district that pushed for early reopening last fall is now funding a van that circles one of the elementary schools in the area with messages about how masking is “child abuse.” In full view of all the kids in the school. What a bunch of idiots. The sad thing is that these morons are raising children who will grow up to be morons, because of their parent's influence.
A question for teachers: If you could choose what to do for the fall semester what would you do? Online teaching is difficult, but would you feel a lot safer at home? I know it's risk vs. benefit thing. I think that teachers should have a large say in what happens.
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Post by TankTop on Aug 27, 2021 0:17:15 GMT
We have been back since the first Wednesday in August.
Total positive students so far is 21 in our k-5 building. We have had two classrooms shut down.
Still no masks in sight.
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Post by Merge on Aug 27, 2021 0:19:50 GMT
Houston just reported its first confirmed pediatric Covid death for a kid with *no* underlying health conditions. The child actually died in late July, which means there have probably been more since, as our numbers have ramped up sharply. Meanwhile, the parent group in my district that pushed for early reopening last fall is now funding a van that circles one of the elementary schools in the area with messages about how masking is “child abuse.” In full view of all the kids in the school. What a bunch of idiots. The sad thing is that these morons are raising children who will grow up to be morons, because of their parent's influence.
A question for teachers: If you could choose what to do for the fall semester what would you do? Online teaching is difficult, but would you feel a lot safer at home? I know it's risk vs. benefit thing. I think that teachers should have a large say in what happens.
I hate online teaching and would do many things to avoid it, including continually nagging small children to keep their masks pulled up, which I also hate (and even in week 1, I can’t nag enough - masks are continually slipping below noses and some little kids pull them down pretty frequently). But IDK what the answer is. I do know that online learning was mostly a disaster in my district last year. But I also don’t want any of my students to be seriously ill. The university my kids attend is doing some hybrid classes and some in person, depending on class size and content. Hopefully that will allow them to keep going in person as much as possible. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 27, 2021 0:30:16 GMT
Another school mess... Connecticut this time.. Anti-maskers this week used a toddler as a political prop while protesting a back-to-school discussion hosted by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. The event was cut short when anti-mask protesters "began shouting about Lamont's policy to continue requiring students and staff to wear masks inside school buildings through Sept. 30 and COVID-19 vaccine requirements for state workers" the Hartford Courant reported. Video of the town hall was posted to Twitter by attorney Ron Filipkowski. "A deranged parent smothered his baby's mouth with a mask and hand, while waiving his baby in the air, in front of CT Governor Ned Lamont at a public forum in Cheshire today, to try and claim masks are child abuse," he wrote. www.rawstory.com/watch-parents-use-toddler-as-a-political-prop-while-ranting-about-masks-in-schools/ |
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