#NEW latest @MCPS quarantine info released in Thursday @mocoboe meeting @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/2VkHwZMdWd
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) September 9, 2021
Showing posts with label quarantine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quarantine. Show all posts
Thursday, September 9, 2021
#NEW latest @MCPS quarantine info released in Thursday @mocoboe meeting
Friday, August 20, 2021
Parents concerned about fall sports after COVID outbreak shuts down football at Quince Orchard HS
...What no one knows is how long Quince Orchard’s 100-person football program will be suspended for, as the county conducts contact tracing and how this could impact quarantines and closures when those student-athletes enter into school building starting Aug. 30.
"I probably would do the same thing, if I needed to shut down a quick outbreak, but does that mean their whole season is going to be lost? I don’t know," Goodman said.
FOX 5 got to ask the Montgomery County Deputy Health Officer about outbreaks involving sports teams and how this might impact schools when Montgomery County student-athletes step back into the classroom in less than two weeks.
When asked if there is a number for what could shut down a sports team or school, Dr. James Bridgers told FOX 5, "If one person on the football team is tested positive or the whole team is tested positive, the whole team needs to isolate."..
Friday, March 26, 2021
Cautionary tale from Alberta of what happens when you don't obey post-travel quarantine. One case of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 imported to the province January 1 led to 42 cases; there have now been 1,886 cases
Cautionary tale from Alberta of what happens when you don't obey post-travel quarantine. One case of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 imported to the province January 1 led to 42 cases; there have now been 1,886 cases https://t.co/kYhDAuNP2y pic.twitter.com/RD5cBHTmYa
— Ilan Schwartz MD PhD (@GermHunterMD) March 24, 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021
COVID-19 at Bells Mill Elementary School
March 12, 2021
Dear Bells Mill Elementary School Parents and Families,
This letter is to inform you that an individual who was last present at Bells Mill Elementary School between March 8th and March 9th, 2021, has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Following Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) guidelines, we notified individuals who were known to have direct contact with this individual and have advised them to quarantine for 14 days.
Per current DHHS guidance and our contact tracing process, unless you are notified directly, your child does not need to be tested or quarantined as they were not in direct contact with the person who tested positive for COVID-19. Direct contact is defined as:
being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters) of an individual with COVID-19 for a prolonged period of time (e.g., being in the same office or classroom as a positive and symptomatic individual), or having direct contact with the infectious secretions from an individual with COVID-19 (e.g., being coughed on).
Note: The definition of “close contact” does not include all other individuals on the same floor or in the same building as a positive individual, unless they also meet criteria (1) or (2).
We encourage you to closely monitor your child for symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough and shortness of breath. If your child develops any of these symptoms, do not send them to school. You should contact your healthcare provider immediately for advice. Please contact the school if your child develops COVID-19-like symptoms. Students who develop symptoms, or test positive for COVID-19, will not be able to return to the building until they are medically cleared.
As a reminder, here are the steps that we can all take to keep ourselves, families and school community safe:
Wear a mask, or appropriate face covering, at all times when in school and other public spaces.
Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, especially before and after eating.
Cover your cough and/or sneeze and immediately wash your hands for 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer.
Practice physical distancing and keep 6 feet away from others when possible.
Stay home if you are sick.
Visit montgomeryschoolsmd.org/COVID19 and montgomerycountymd.gov/COVID19 for additional information. We appreciate your cooperation as we work to maintain a safe and healthy school environment.
Sincerely,
Dr. Stacy L. Smith
Principal
Bells Mill Elementary School
COVID-19 Positive Individual at Rock Terrace School #specialeducation
March 9, 2021
Dear Rock Terrace Parents and Families,
This message is to inform you that an individual who was last present at the Rock Terrace School on Friday, March 5, 2021, has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Following Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) guidelines, we notified individuals who were known to have direct contact with this individual and have advised them to quarantine for 14 days.
Per current DHHS guidance and our contact tracing process, unless you are notified directly, your child does not need to be tested or quarantine as they were not in direct contact with the person who tested positive for COVID-19. Direct contact is defined as: being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters) of an individual with COVID-19 for a prolonged period of time (e.g., being in the same office or classroom as a positive and symptomatic individual), or
having direct contact with the infectious secretions from an individual with COVID-19 (e.g., being coughed on).
Note: The definition of “close contact” does not include all other individuals on the same floor or in the same building as a positive individual, unless they also meet criteria (1) or (2).
We encourage you to closely monitor your child for symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough and shortness of breath. If your child develops any of these symptoms, do not send them to school. You should contact your healthcare provider immediately for advice. Please contact the school if your child develops COVID-19-like symptoms. Students who develop symptoms, or test positive for COVID-19, will not be able to return to the building until they are medically cleared.
As a reminder, here are the steps that we can all take to keep ourselves, families, and school community safe:
-Wear a mask, or appropriate face covering, at all times when in school and other public spaces.
-Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, especially before and after eating.
-Cover your cough and/or sneeze and immediately wash your hands for 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer.
-Practice physical distancing and keep 6 feet away from others when possible.
-Stay home if you are sick.
Visit montgomeryschoolsmd.org/COVID19 and montgomerycountymd.gov/COVID19 for additional information.
We appreciate your cooperation as we work to maintain a safe and healthy school environment.
Graham Lear
Principal
Rock Terrace School
240-740-4650
Two Individuals Present at Gaithersburg HS this Week Test Positive for COVID-19. Classrooms Move to Virtual for 2 Weeks.
2 Covid cases @mcps Gaithersburg HS 3/9-12 @mocoboe @ShebraEvans @brendawolff1 @MonifaRMS @Lynne4Students @KarlaSilvestre6 @nickasante_ @Marc_Elrich @tomhucker @nancy_navarro @amfriedson @RicePolitics @willjawando @albornoz_gabe @EvanMGlass @MC_Council_Katz pic.twitter.com/gpYxj0l1TE
— Safe_MCPS (@McpsSafe) March 13, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As U-Va. and U-Md. try to curb surge in coronavirus cases, neighboring communities brace themselves
One campus, in Maryland, temporarily canceled in-person classes after coronavirus infections surged past 60 cases two days in a row. The other, in Virginia, kept classrooms open even after it logged 229 cases in a single day.
The region’s flagship universities — the University of Maryland at College Park and the University of Virginia — have tracked an alarming uptick in the number of viral cases on campus. And each school has taken a different approach to curbing the spread, illustrating the tensions and uncertainty of trying to operate major research universities in the pandemic and preserve public health...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
May a school disclose the number of students who have COVID-19 to parents and students in the school community without prior written consent? YES
May Schools Disclose Information about Cases of COVID-19?
By: Kevin Herms, Director of the Student Privacy Policy Office
Do federal privacy laws allow schools to disclose information about cases of COVID-19? The Student Privacy Policy Office at the U.S. Department of Education provided guidance on that subject in March 2020. Today, we are reminding schools of this guidance and answering four of the most common questions that schools may face regarding privacy and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schools across the nation are working hard to keep students, teachers, and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many schools are wondering whether the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) allows them to disclose information about cases of COVID-19 to the community. The Student Privacy Policy Office provided answers to these questions in our March 2020 guidance. Subsequent to issuing the guidance, we have seen reports that states, cities, school districts, and schools are continuing to face questions about disclosing COVID-19 cases. Today, we are answering four of the most common questions...
https://blog.ed.gov/2020/09/may-schools-disclose-information-cases-covid-19/
Monday, September 28, 2020
Sunday, September 13, 2020
America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
...“The grand challenge now is, how can we adjust our thinking to match the problem before us?” says Lori Peek, a sociologist at the University of Colorado at Boulder who studies disasters. Here, then, are nine errors of intuition that still hamstring the U.S. pandemic response, and a glimpse at the future if they continue unchecked. The time to break free is now. Our pandemic summer is nearly over. Now come fall, the season of preparation, and winter, the season of survival. The U.S. must reset its mindset to accomplish both. Ant death spirals break only when enough workers accidentally blunder away, creating trails that lead the spiraling workers to safety. But humans don’t have to rely on luck; unlike ants, we have a capacity for introspection...
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Montgomery Co. private school student, employee test positive for coronavirus
A student and an employee at a private school in Montgomery County, Maryland, tested positive for coronavirus this week.
Archdiocese of Washington spokesperson Paula Gwynn Grant told WTOP that a second-grade student at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Kensington had tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday after showing mild symptoms on Tuesday.
Grant said this was after an employee had already tested positive earlier in the week...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Baltimore City teachers union files complaint against school district over work days
The Baltimore Teachers Union has filed a complaint over a decision by the school system’s top leaders to require them to work four additional days at the end of June, days they say the contract does not require.
The fierce tug of war is over whether the teachers had already worked the 190 days their contract required by June 16 when school ended. The BTU contends that it worked four days in March — the 16th through 19th — when schools were first shut down because of coronavirus, but the school system disagrees...
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