Oso planning to go pro
Lots of chatter this weekend in our neighborhood about quarantines and shut downs. More and more of tracing goes back to sleep overs, after game team parties, etc. People are letting their guard down about who they let in their homes and whose homes they enter. It is wiping out entire sports teams right as state is approaching. I think people are rationalizing, well its just 8 kids coming over, not realizing the math behind it.
Palm Beach County Schools have a rise in reported cases. Since only positive cases are kept out of school, not those in close contact, I suspect the numbers will rise. Also, they are relying on self reporting. I know of one positive case where the parent did not notify the school. They just kept their kid out of school. Again, I think another reason for future spikes.
We've paused in person until next Tuesday. 5 isolated cases. 4 students, 1 substitute teacher. They seemed to have changed their protocol. Instead of isolating / Q'ing kids clustered together in homerooms, they were keeping entire homerooms home. Soon 6 homerooms were home. And a bunch more kids bc of siblings. Ideally people get tested this week to measure spread, though they have determined none of the cases link up.IMHO and uneducated opinion, I think they jumped the gun on the pause too quick. Not sure if going back on Tuesday is just what they're telling us or their true intent. Our health department told them they could stay open, they were not concerned. (Hilltopper doing cartwheels over this news)
Our principal sent an email last Friday saying dont do extracurriculars, and that means y'all going to that tournament. The kids involve were sent home on monday, now the shut down. We think this is the school's way of saying knock it off and dont F this up for everyone else. We are in support of her action, if this is the case.They miss 1 day (Th), Friday was an off day already, then 1 week virtual, plus the 2 days before Thanksgiving. Not a bad time to send a stern message.Indoor winter sports are going to be a disaster for schools staying open.
Yeah we're waiting on that honor code form to come home. I would guess 60%+ have kids in hockey, WYBL hoops or indoor soccer (plus a few Irish Dance) it will be interesting to see what happens. My son played all summer for Chapman AAU and then did his 3 on 3 this fall and we didn't have any reports of cases from those. Kids are playing hoops masked up. I think the issue comes from overnights and in between games when parents are mixing families together etc. But what do I know.
My younger kid's school just went all remote through the Thanksgiving holiday. At least three confirmed cases, all in different grades. First pause since the school year started in August.Hearing it's likely a lot of schools in the region will go all remote for at least two weeks after Christmas break, because of expected travel and holiday gatherings.
K-12 should do what most colleges are doing, and what your kid's school is doing. Going all remote through Thanksgiving and Christmas. Too much travel, family events, that can lead to a massive spike in infections. Just leave those centered in families, and not further spread in schools. It's only a matter of probably a month of schooling. Wait 10-14 days after New Years, and start in person education back up again.
(Hilltopper doing cartwheels over this news)
I agree with most of this, but I’m not sure it will be time to re-open schools in mid January. Most of the projections I have seen predict that hospitalization rates will be higher in mid- to late January than they are now in many parts of the upper Midwest. If that proves to be the case, it may not be prudent to resume in-person schooling until a few weeks later. Maybe mid- to late February?
My daughter's school released statistics, and there are more cases from students e-learning than there are from students attending classes. 0.8% of students elearning have tested positive. 0.7% in person have tested positive. 919 students have been quarantined as a result of close contact. 2 of those have later tested positive.
It's basically a statistical tie, but it's nonetheless very interesting. Have they drawn any conclusions as to why, or at least theorized as to why?
Kids at school are used to wearing masks, so they keep wearing them around non family members. Kids who are e-learning seem to not wear them as much when they are around other people. Just their theory.