Penfield school district reopening guidelines released

[Blimey]

Email out tonight.

After studying the state guidelines for reopening, we have determined that due to space and staffing limitations, we are unable to offer full-time, in-person instruction to start the school year. Therefore, like many other area districts, we are moving forward with plans for a hybrid model of instruction, as well as a fully remote learning model.

They are offering either 50% in person/50% home OR 100% home.

The 100% remote kids you might as well just give them shovels and axes now and send them to the camps, they won't be learning shit. Their education will be on youtube. Endless videos as they gorge lying on their bed, the next generation of idiots.

I am gang banged each year paying outrageous property taxes to this school system and they cannot even figure out how to deal with this. Apparently state guidelines are mandating 6' or some such shit. There is a cafeteria, there are hallways, there is a gymnasium (and they aren't playing sports anyway). There was a survey released and 2/3rd of parents in this school system had little or no concern sending their kids back, 25% had some concern, then the rest are maoists so who cares what they think.

 

[Saltwater60]

My son performed better working from home. 1/3 of the teachers are useless anyway. Actually both kids did. My one struggled with math a bit but he was in tenth grade so I kind of expect that. I fully expect mine will be going back 50/50. There’s no way they can do it 100% in person and follow the guidelines.

 

[BDinPutnam]

My son performed better working from home. 1/3 of the teachers are useless anyway. Actually both kids did. My one struggled with math a bit but he was in tenth grade so I kind of expect that. I fully expect mine will be going back 50/50. There’s no way they can do it 100% in person and follow the guidelines.

Funny but 9th and 10th grade math is where I went off the rails too.

I'm not sure how they're going to do this 50/50 thing and learn anything. I would suspect you are right and I hope someone compiles data and does a study. Seems too many variables and stressors at school and home and surrounding the whole thing for me to believe the 50/50 thing is going to be a success.

As with so much education related, a lot of the outcomes here will be dependent on quality of the school and probably more important, the home environment. Which is going to put a lot more pressure on households that cant afford to outsource homeschooling or supplemental home schooling.

 

[Blimey]

My son performed better working from home. 1/3 of the teachers are useless anyway. Actually both kids did. My one struggled with math a bit but he was in tenth grade so I kind of expect that. I fully expect mine will be going back 50/50. There’s no way they can do it 100% in person and follow the guidelines.

My two kids in public school despite being in an excellent district learned jack shit. Youngest had about one hour of zoom a week.

eldest in high school slacked off hugely, but still go “p” for pass which is all the school system was giving out. We are considering sending both to private school. Mental health of my kids definitely suffered staying at home.

Teachers should be giving half their salaries back since they support this half assed shit.

 

[Jmac00]

my wifes cousin works in IT for the Rochester City School District, they give the students laptops, some of them come back with video games on them. some how the little shits figure out how to hack the things and get gaming on them.

 

[Blimey]

my wifes cousin works in IT for the Rochester City School District, they give the students laptops, some of them come back with video games on them. some how the little shits figure out how to hack the things and get gaming on them.

just asked mine, she said they had Netflix running on theirs. School said not to but really didn’t care.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Email out tonight.



They are offering either 50% in person/50% home OR 100% home.

The 100% remote kids you might as well just give them shovels and axes now and send them to the camps, they won't be learning shit. Their education will be on youtube. Endless videos as they gorge lying on their bed, the next generation of idiots.

I am gang banged each year paying outrageous property taxes to this school system and they cannot even figure out how to deal with this. Apparently state guidelines are mandating 6' or some such shit. There is a cafeteria, there are hallways, there is a gymnasium (and they aren't playing sports anyway). There was a survey released and 2/3rd of parents in this school system had little or no concern sending their kids back, 25% had some concern, then the rest are maoists so who cares what they think.

Yes, because kids are so at risk themselves to the scamdemic as well as a hot bed of transmission to adults and family.

I saw a stat that 30 kids below the age of 15 have died during the scamdemic while about 160 during the flu season. Oh yeah, what ever happened to the "new" corona related disease that was life threatening to children in NY a few months ago? Remember that story? I guess they couldn't pass off Kawasaki Syndrome as a corona related disease. What a crock of shit this whole situation is.

 

[Saltwater60]

My two kids in public school despite being in an excellent district learned jack shit. Youngest had about one hour of zoom a week.

eldest in high school slacked off hugely, but still go “p” for pass which is all the school system was giving out. We are considering sending both to private school. Mental health of my kids definitely suffered staying at home.

Teachers should be giving half their salaries back since they support this half assed shit.

My wife and I took over and just did it with them. My youngest son had more A’s than he’s ever had. My other son had similar grades as normal.

My school system asked For double the tax increase as last year. I voted it down but apparently more assholes said yes than no. Can you tell me why the school needs more money. The support lady for my son literally did jack shit and honestly should not have been getting a paycheck. One teacher did an instructional zoom meeting three times per week. That tells me school is largely ineffective.

My wife and I are thinking of sending our kids through liberty university academy. It is Christian based and some of you will have an issue with that but my wife works in education and it’s about the best she’s found and the kids get help and support.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Get a load of this bullshit:

Kimberly Goreham

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ATTENTION PARENTS with SCHOOL-AGE KIDS, you’ll want to know this before allowing your kids back to school in 2020. This is dangerous mental programming for a VIRUS

that is ZERO percent deadly for children!!!

Expect MANDATED face masks for kids and teachers!

Isolation rooms for sick children

Mandated NASAL SWAB testing

Daily body temperature reading

Family contact tracing for positive tests

What’s next?!?!? Pap Smears?!?
Here’s the actual text from the South Carolina Department of Health:
This guidance is intended for child care facilities to plan their response to known or possible cases of COVID-19 as well as known contacts. This is based on what is currently known about COVID-19.
Preventive planning
Detailed guidance on planning that will reduce the risk of transmission within the child care setting is available from the CDC. Taking appropriate preventive steps will reduce spread and limit those who will be required to quarantine in response to a case in a facility.
• A person infected with COVID-19 is considered contagious starting 48 hours prior to the onset of their symptoms or two (2) days before the specimen for the test was collected if they had no symptoms.
• Any close contacts to a case of COVID-19 during the time they are considered contagious will be required to quarantine at home for 14 days after their last contact with the case.
o Example of 14-day isolation/exclusion: If a facility is notified about a case on June 4 and a child or staff member is identified as a close contact to that case during a time they would have been contagious on June 1 and 2, those who were in close contact with the person will be required to quarantine at home until June 16 (fourteen (14) days after last contact with the case on June 2).
• Social distancing: Proper social distancing can avoid multiple staff members needing to quarantine. Staff should avoid congregating together and should maintain at least six (6) feet of distance from other staff who do not work in the same classroom to the extent that is possible. Staff wearing masks will also help limit the risk of transmission to others if they become contagious but do not know it (in that two days before symptoms start), but wearing a mask does not replace social distancing.
Social distancing may not be feasible for young children in a classroom. For this reason, any children and staff in a classroom with a case will be considered close contacts and require quarantine unless specific social distancing practices were observed between all persons in the classroom.
• Cohorting: The number of children and staff that will be required to quarantine can be limited by cohorting each class. This means keeping the same children and staff together and limiting any interaction outside of that group. Children cohorted in a class together should be kept away from children in other classes, and staff should practice social distancing when around other staff members.
Children or staff with symptoms of COVID-19
Children and staff should be excluded from childcare if they have: • Any one (1) of the following
o Fever – or-
o Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing -or - o Loss of taste or smell -or –
• Any two (2) of the following: o Sore throat – and/or -
o Muscle aches – and/or - o Chills – and/or -
o New or worsening cough
Note: Parents of a child with any one of these symptoms should consider not allowing their child to attend the child care facility regardless of meeting exclusion criteria. If these symptoms are explainable by an underlying condition (such as shortness of breath or cough for an individual with asthma) exclusion may not be necessary.
• Child care providers should plan to have a room to isolate children or staff with symptoms of COVID-19 identified during the day.
• Children and staff should be moved safely, respectfully, as well as in accordance with any applicable privacy laws or regulations to the isolation room for evaluation. The individual should be provided a mask if they are able to use one (see who should not), and children should be supervised by a staff member who maintains at least six (6) feet of distance.
Return to Child Care Facility
• Advise sick staff members and parents of sick children not to return until they have met criteria for return.
• Children or staff excluded for these symptoms should not return until they have either tested negative for COVID-19 or a medical evaluation determines that their symptoms were more likely due to another cause (e.g. sore throat due to strep throat). In this later case, the individual can return when they meet criteria for that condition
• Children or staff that require testing for COVID-19 will require a negative PCR (mouth or throat swab) test or, if not tested, must complete the current isolation criteria for COVID-19 to return to childcare.
• Children and staff who test positive for COVID-19 and persons with symptoms of COVID-19 (see list above) who do not get tested, should isolate until:
o Ten (10) days have passed since symptoms started - and –
o Three (3) days (72 hours) have passed since last fever without taking medicine to
reduce fever - and -
o Overall improvement in symptoms.
• Those who test positive by a PCR (mouth or throat swab) test but do not have symptoms will be required to stay out of child care until ten (10) days after the specimen was collected.
• The criteria above should be used to determine eligibility to return to child care. Negative tests results are not required.
Current as of June 25, 2020
Testing
A child or staff member who develops symptoms of COVID-19 but does not get tested could limit DHEC’s ability to appropriately respond to new cases and ensure the health and safety of other children and staff.
• Location of testing sites is available on the DHEC website: https://scdhec.gov/infectious- diseases/viruses/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-screening-testing-sites
• Location of DHEC mobile and pop-up testing sites: https://www.scdhec.gov/infectious- diseases/viruses/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-mobile-pop-clinics
It is now recommended that close contacts of cases who have no symptoms be tested but no sooner than seven (7) days after last contact with the individual with COVID-19. This testing is not a requirement for return but should be encouraged.
Cases in classroom
Contagious period: If a child or staff member tests positive, they could have been contagious with the virus up to 48 hours before their symptoms began. If they tested positive but had no symptoms, their contagious period begins 2 days prior to the date the specimen for their test was collected.
Person not in the facility when contagious: If a child or staff member is determined to be a case of COVID-19, they must be excluded until they meet criteria for return (see “Quarantine” below).
Anyone who lives in the same household with the person with COVID-19 will also need to be excluded. No further steps need to be taken if it is determined they were not in the facility during their contagious period.
Person contagious while in the facility: Facility should not reopen the facility until the following measures are in place to prevent further spread in the event a person is determined to have been contagious with COVID-19 while in the facility (see “Actions to Take” below).
o Anyone who spent fifteen (15) minutes or more within six (6) feet of the case during their contagious period is considered a close contact and must quarantine until fourteen (14) days after their last contact with the case.
o Cohorted classes: If proper cohorting measures were followed in the facility (see “Preventive Planning” above), only children and staff in the classroom cohort with the case and any other identified close contacts will be required to quarantine for fourteen (14) days after the last time the case was in the facility.
o Non-cohorted classes: Facility will need to assess everyone who may have been a close contact to the person with COVID-19 and exclude them from the facility.

 

[Dr. Evil]

o The classroom will need to be closed for cleaning and disinfection before it can be used again.
o The facility should inform parents of other children in the facility who were not classroom or other close contacts to the person with COVID-19 that they should monitor their children for symptoms. The facility should also monitor incoming children and staff each morning for symptoms until fourteen (14) days after the case was in the facility.
o Flyers are available from DHEC to assist in making these notifications and explaining expectations.
Current as of June 25, 2020
Quarantine
Some children or staff may have been told they were a close contact to a case of COVID-19 outside of the child care facility and have to complete a quarantine period.
This means they will be required to stay home so they do not risk exposing others to COVID-19 if they become sick. DHEC staff will inform them of the length of their quarantine period. For children, a parents’ note that they have been cleared from quarantine may be used to allow return to child care.
• Household contact: If the child or staff member lives in the same household as the case, they will have to quarantine an additional seven (7) days after the date their household member has been cleared from their isolation period.
• Other close contact: If a child or staff member has been told they are a close contact to a case of COVID-19, they will need to quarantine until 14 days after the last contact with the case.
• Other household member in quarantine: If the child or staff member lives in the same household as someone in quarantine, they will not necessarily need to quarantine themselves unless the household member in quarantine is determined to be a COVID-19 case.
DHEC will notify those who are required to complete quarantine.
Note: No actions are necessary within the facility to respond to a child or staff member who has been told to quarantine unless that individual is later determined to be a case and was contagious while they were in the facility. They may be tested during their quarantine period, but must complete the full quarantine even if they test NEGATIVE.
Reporting
General guidance can be obtained through the DHEC Care Line 1-855-4-SCDHEC (1-855-472-3432). However, multiple cases in a facility should be reported to the appropriate regional health department. Please see the contact information below for the regional health departments.
Summary of actions to take in response to a case
Carefully review the guidance above.
1. If notified of a case in a child or staff member, they must be excluded throughout their isolation period. Any household members (siblings, etc.) must also be excluded during their quarantine period.
2. Was the case(s) contagious while in the facility [two (2) days before onset of symptoms or two (2) days before the test specimen was collected (if no symptoms)]?
• NoNo further action after excluding them and household members
• Yes (specific recommendations below)should not reopen facility until these measures are
in place:
Current as of June 25, 2020
o Identify all close contacts
o Plan to close down all areas the person was in while contagious until cleaning is
done
o Begin monitoring of anyone who continues to attend
3. Identify close contacts:
• This will include any individuals with whom they spent fifteen (15) minutes or more within six
(6) feet.
• Any staff members who did not observe proper social distancing with the case will be
considered close contacts (regardless of whether a mask was worn or not).
• Anyone in the same classroom including staff and other children will also be considered close contacts.
o Possible exception: If it involves a group of older children who were able to observe
proper social distancing at all times while in the facility, it is possible that they can be monitored (see below) instead of excluded (must be comfortable that social distancing was always observed).
• All close contacts must be excluded from the facility until fourteen (14) days after last contact with case (usually last day they attended). If a close contact becomes ill and is diagnosed with COVID-19, they must remain excluded for their isolation period and until told they are no longer considered contagious.
• If proper cohorting was practiced so that the case would have only had contact with those in the same classroom, the other staff and children in the facility may be monitored (see below) rather than excluded.
• If there was no cohorting of classes, must assess everyone in the facility that the case may have come into contact and exclude them for the 14-day quarantine period.
4. Monitoring of those not considered close contacts:
o Notify parents that they must monitor their children for symptoms and must not allow their
children to attend if they become ill (notification flyer available from DHEC).
o Check all children and staff for symptoms at the beginning of each day and observe for symptoms throughout the day. If symptoms are detected, separate the individual from other staff and attendees and arrange for them to be sent home.
o This should continue until fourteen (14) days after the last day the case was in the facility.
5. Cleaning the facility anywhere the person may have been while contagious: • CDC cleaning guidelines - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html
6. Reopening:
• May plan to reopen when all the actions above are completed and precautions are in place.
7. Clusters:
• If they report three (3) or more cases within 48 hours, you may contact your regional DHEC office at the information above to report as a cluster.
Current as of June 25, 2020
Here’s a Link to the Department of Health Guidelines:
https://www.scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/Interim_DHEC_Guidance_for_School_Response_to_Cases_and_Contacts_of_COVID-19-7.8.20%20FINAL.pdf

 

[Bigfoot]

COVID 19 isn't that deadly of a virus...

Just sayin

But it's being treated as if it is a death sentence...

 

[Bigfoot]

At first, it was flatten the curve.

Ever since then the goalposts have not stopped moving.
How people still fall for this BS is beyond me... But they are... Bigtime

This isn't about a virus, never has been.

 

[Bigfoot]

 

[@thewheels]

My wife and I took over and just did it with them. My youngest son had more A’s than he’s ever had. My other son had similar grades as normal.

My school system asked For double the tax increase as last year. I voted it down but apparently more assholes said yes than no. Can you tell me why the school needs more money. The support lady for my son literally did jack shit and honestly should not have been getting a paycheck. One teacher did an instructional zoom meeting three times per week. That tells me school is largely ineffective.

My wife and I are thinking of sending our kids through liberty university academy. It is Christian based and some of you will have an issue with that but my wife works in education and it’s about the best she’s found and the kids get help and support.

Since a percentage of children will not be in school come September, I expect my school taxes to be lowered.

School district response below:

 

[Bigfoot]

Kids should be in school IMO... This virus isn't going away... Plus, It's not that deadly.

Common sense and perspective have disappeared.
There is more risk of being killed driving on the public roads, than dying of COVID 19.
But everyone still drives down those public roads without a second thought.
Some while wearing their mask... Facepalm.

I wonder how the school districts are going to handle the school bus seating.
Multiple trips, (only so many kids on a bus at one time) ... IDK

For a little perspective, as of today in Genesee County, there are 2 people hospitalized due to COVID 19.
That's out of a population of 57,000 people... You can't make this stuff up... Talk about a coronahoax.

 

[Blimey]

My wife and I are thinking of sending our kids through liberty university academy. It is Christian based and some of you will have an issue with that but my wife works in education and it’s about the best she’s found and the kids get help and support.

I can't speak for online, but conservative private school is a lot better than the culture in public schools.

I am positive that the issue is kids are overly exposed to confusing stuff, so a huge percentage think they are gay or trans or god knows what when in fact they aren't. They're just seeing all this crap on youtube, and netflix where 1/5 people are gay (vs reality when about 2% are). It's all negatively impacting very pliable, impressionable young minds. Picking on the gay movement because it's the most obvious one. Haven't cared to worry about gay people personally in a long time. They don't impact me at all, let them do whatever. But there is an obvious agenda from the left, and there is a big difference between letting people do whatever and actively promoting it. It's absolutely rampant in public schools and highly damaging to kids who are lost at the best of times to seed more doubt about who they are.

In last day we are aware of a couple that has signed their kid up for private school in specific reaction to the state falling down on the job. The private school is able to keep classes open five days/week because they are beholden to their clients, not to union contracts. Last thing I want to do is commit to thousands more/year but we are strongly considering it.

 

[Saltwater60]

I can't speak for online, but conservative private school is a lot better than the culture in public schools.

I am positive that the issue is kids are overly exposed to confusing stuff, so a huge percentage think they are gay or trans or god knows what when in fact they aren't. They're just seeing all this crap on youtube, and netflix where 1/5 people are gay (vs reality when about 2% are). It's all negatively impacting very pliable, impressionable young minds. Picking on the gay movement because it's the most obvious one. Haven't cared to worry about gay people personally in a long time. They don't impact me at all, let them do whatever. But there is an obvious agenda from the left, and there is a big difference between letting people do whatever and actively promoting it. It's absolutely rampant in public schools and highly damaging to kids who are lost at the best of times to seed more doubt about who they are.

In last day we are aware of a couple that has signed their kid up for private school in specific reaction to the state falling down on the job. The private school is able to keep classes open five days/week because they are beholden to their clients, not to union contracts.

My son says nearly every one at his school says they are gay, bi, or trans. He said it’s so ridiculous at this point the pickings are super slim for a girlfriend. He did some stuff for the school play and he said the lesbians were so mean because he’s not gay he stopped doing it.

We will see what happened but I fully expect on line learning or a hybrid learning. They will not go back regularly. My kids were getting a bit depressed but now I have no problem letting them hang with friends so that should help
Even if they go back full time or part time can you imagine what would happen for the first Covid+ case at the school or the first flu. Fuck it’s hilarious when I sneeze at wegmans. I remove my mask to sneeze and you should see the looks I get. My wife yells at me and I say it’s gross to sneeze into my mask. I’m not Covid + so I don’t care.

We’re going out to dinner to night how ridiculous is it that I have to wear a mask until I sit down then I can take it off.