Jauquet: No more room for students, quarantined virtual classes maxed out

MCPS staff shortages by the numbers for Tuesday, January 12th

...MCPS is staying with the in-person model to continue pursuing a rich and quality education. However, with coverage provided by a rotating carousel of adults, are students receiving any curriculum instruction?

A staff member shared that students are scared as a whole. Some students are choosing not to participate in their sport right now because of the fear of spreading it to their families or getting themselves sick. School teams are missing several players. Parents are asking for winter sports to be paused indefinitely as fear, anxiety, and stress is too much for students right now. 

Blair High School: Absences—22 staff members. 1 substitute

Gaithersburg Elementary School—Absences: 5 classroom teachers, 4 support teachers, 3 paraeducators, 2 building service workers, 1 office staff. Rapid test kits were distributed to students on Tuesday. There were 27 positive cases over night. 

Lakeland Parks Middle School—Absences: 32 Teachers/staff

Montgomery Village Middle School—Absences: 9 teachers and 3 paraeducators. 1 substitute teacher. 1 Central Office Personnel. 

Paint Branch High School—Absences: 23 staff leading to 16 uncovered jobs, which means that 80 classes are without coverage. 6 bus routes are not running. On Tuesday, 50 students were quarantined, in addition to the 90 students and 16 staff who were quarantined on Monday. It is important to note that middle school and high school teachers teach 5 classes and about 150 students a day. When an upper-grade level teacher is absent, they need a substitute for every class...

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