It's a Miracle! Two @mcps Elementary Schools have ZERO COVID-19!! How did they do it? Are Great Seneca Creek ES and South Lake ES Telling the Truth? Spoiler: No.

 

Take a look at the Montgomery County Public Schools COVID-19 School Dashboard.  Order the school list by cases and scroll on down to the bottom of the list.

Look at that! Two elementary schools haven't had one single case of COVID-19 among staff or students! Great Seneca Creek Elementary ( approximately 538 students) and South Lake Elementary (approximately 790 students) have never reported a single case of COVID-19 among staff or students.  

How can this be?  What's their secret?

Their secret is that they aren't reporting.  The Parents' Coalition has learned that COVID-19 reporting is being suppressed at some schools.  Why would principals and school nurses suppress this information during a pandemic?  

How can school opening/closing decisions be made if the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is being suppressed by individual schools?  

MCPS SUMMER: POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE NOTIFICATION LETTERS

July 16, 2021 - Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Burtonsville Elementary School

July 16, 2021 - Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Stonegate Elementary School

July 12, 2021 - Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at Stonegate Elementary School

ABC News @ABC · New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says schools must report testing data.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says schools must report testing data.

"The numbers will tell you the facts. And once you have the facts, you can operate logically. If the schools are not safe, I'm not going to allow them to operate—period." https://t.co/fT1SZJYWZ4 pic.twitter.com/KrqFE7tKnU

— ABC News (@ABC) September 29, 2020

Seneca Valley High School Opens School to Seniors This Week

In a video on Twitter, Seneca Valley High School's Principal Marc Cohen announces that the school will open up this week for seniors to come to the auditorium to have their senior pictures taken.  As shown in the video, there are multiple workers in the school building along with the principal.  

Yesterday, MCPS' Supervisor Gboyinde Onijala from the Department of Communications said that students and staff are not in buildings.  Yet, this video clearly shows the SVHS Principal and workers in the school building and includes an announcement that students will be in the building for senior pictures. 

SVHS senior pictures start being taken on October 1, 2020.

The arts are critical to the social, emotional, AND intellectual development of the young people we educate at SVHS 2.0. Thank you to ⁦@MCPS⁩ for investing in the whole child by giving us this beautiful performance space. ⁦@marcjcohen⁩ pic.twitter.com/I3tk5YQs1b

— SVHS ScreamingEagles (@SenecaValleyHS) September 24, 2020

Senior picture appointment portal:   https://www.freedspirit.com/