Re-opening Schools in the era of COVID
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"Oklahoma school superintendent is the first in the district to test positive for COVID - after he's been in every single classroom greeting students."
Coyle Public Schools moving to virtual learning after Superintendent tests positive
https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus...learning-after-superintendent-tests-positive/
Coyle Public Schools are moving to virtual learning after its superintendent tested positive for COVID-19.
“He has a cough. He’s running a fever. He feels really bad that he had to be the first,” said Shane Weathers, Coyle High School Principal.
Weathers says Superintendent Terry Zink called him Wednesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19.
Students have only been back in school for a little over a week, but Weathers says Zink has made his rounds.
“He’s tried to meet all the students,” said Weathers.
According to a letter sent home to parents, Zink had been in every classroom.
Students were sent home before the end of the school day Wednesday.
“I’m more frustrated than anything,” said Coyle parent, Brianna Dufrain.
Dufrain says she got the news Wednesday and scrambled to make plans for her daughter, with no laptop, no tablet and no WiFi.
“I don’t even know how we’re gonna do it. There’s really no way for a lot of parents to do it at all,” she said.
Other parents across the state are also changing their plans.
In Moore, another student tested positive for the virus less than a week after a Westmoore High School student knowingly came to school with the virus.
In El Reno, an employee tested positive, causing the Lincoln Learning Center to close.
Coyle will return to in-person classes August 31.
“If we feel that it’s not safe by Aug. 31, we could extend it,” said Weathers.
(This probably belongs in the Covidiots thread)
Coyle Public Schools moving to virtual learning after Superintendent tests positive
https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus...learning-after-superintendent-tests-positive/
Coyle Public Schools are moving to virtual learning after its superintendent tested positive for COVID-19.
“He has a cough. He’s running a fever. He feels really bad that he had to be the first,” said Shane Weathers, Coyle High School Principal.
Weathers says Superintendent Terry Zink called him Wednesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19.
Students have only been back in school for a little over a week, but Weathers says Zink has made his rounds.
“He’s tried to meet all the students,” said Weathers.
According to a letter sent home to parents, Zink had been in every classroom.
Students were sent home before the end of the school day Wednesday.
“I’m more frustrated than anything,” said Coyle parent, Brianna Dufrain.
Dufrain says she got the news Wednesday and scrambled to make plans for her daughter, with no laptop, no tablet and no WiFi.
“I don’t even know how we’re gonna do it. There’s really no way for a lot of parents to do it at all,” she said.
Other parents across the state are also changing their plans.
In Moore, another student tested positive for the virus less than a week after a Westmoore High School student knowingly came to school with the virus.
In El Reno, an employee tested positive, causing the Lincoln Learning Center to close.
Coyle will return to in-person classes August 31.
“If we feel that it’s not safe by Aug. 31, we could extend it,” said Weathers.
(This probably belongs in the Covidiots thread)
Just about every single major university in North Carolina has now gone to on-line classes only except for Duke. Nearly all universities were overwhelmed with COVID cases within two weeks of having students back on campus. Of course, the students immediately partied off-campus upon their return - -widely spreading COVID.
Why is Duke different? Well they tested every single student before allowing them on campus and they test every student each week -- using fast response COVID testing. I expect with students paying over $55K per year in tuition - the university has plenty money to pay for this testing. Their policy of permanently expelling any student caught violating social distancing guidelines on-campus or off-campus --- has held the parties in check.
Today - ECU became the latest major university in N.C. to go online:
ECU goes online for rest of semester; UNC Charlotte delays in-person classes until October
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/ec...ays-in-person-classes-until-october/19249880/
Why is Duke different? Well they tested every single student before allowing them on campus and they test every student each week -- using fast response COVID testing. I expect with students paying over $55K per year in tuition - the university has plenty money to pay for this testing. Their policy of permanently expelling any student caught violating social distancing guidelines on-campus or off-campus --- has held the parties in check.
Today - ECU became the latest major university in N.C. to go online:
ECU goes online for rest of semester; UNC Charlotte delays in-person classes until October
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/ec...ays-in-person-classes-until-october/19249880/
Let's see how the K-12 school re-openings are going for teachers...
Teachers Die of COVID in South Carolina, Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma As Schools Reopen
https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-d...missouri-iowa-oklahoma-schools-reopen-1531147
Teachers Die of COVID in South Carolina, Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma As Schools Reopen
https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-d...missouri-iowa-oklahoma-schools-reopen-1531147
6 teachers died according to your article. You have to read the article to see that, and get past the hysterical headline, though. Also:
"Two are believed to have contracted the virus outside of school and one unnamed teacher died before classes officially began."
So only three actually died since going back from going back. Huh. And how many are just fine? What's the death rate? What's the death rate of teachers during the flu season?
Oh, and in the comments section - one of the three that "Newsweek" (I put "news" in quotes because that rag is essentially a tabloid - shows this:
Ahahahaa...what a joke. So the woman died of a heart attack and Newsweek calls it COVID.
6 teachers died according to your article. You have to read the article to see that, and get past the hysterical headline, though. Also:
"Two are believed to have contracted the virus outside of school and one unnamed teacher died before classes officially began."So only three actually died since going back from going back. Huh. And how many are just fine? What's the death rate? What's the death rate of teachers during the flu season?
Oh, and in the comments section - one of the three that "Newsweek" (I put "news" in quotes because that rag is essentially a tabloid - shows this:
Ahahahaa...what a joke. So the woman died of a heart attack and Newsweek calls it COVID.
You can read the same stories from at dozens of other news sources if you don't view Newsweek at reputable.
The bottom line is that teachers are dying of COVID after school has started. It is pretty clear that many of them caught it in the school -- since in many cases they have been very cautious in their personal life.
This is the CNN article covering the South...
At least 3 teachers have died from Covid-19 complications in recent weeks
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/us/demetria-bannister-teacher-coronavirus-death-trnd/index.html
First, whether I consider Newsweek reputable or not (I don't) is irrelevant, I just showed you how the article was a total joke. Hysterical headline, but only six teachers died of COVID. Three didn't get it from the schools and one that supposedly did actually died of a heart attack according to the family. That makes two out of...???
Total. Joke.
Second, how about we look at the CNN article you just posted?
It lists three teachers dying from COVID. Again, how many teachers are out there teaching? How many died of car accidents from driving to school? Driving is dangerous, why should they have to drive to school???
But lets look at the three:
Demetria Bannister, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, was diagnosed with the virus last Friday and died Monday from Covid-19 complications, a week into the start of the school year there, CNN affiliate WIS reported.
Ms. Bannister was teaching virtually, from home. So she didn't get it from going to school. FAIL
AshLee DeMarinis, a 34-year-old middle school teacher in Potosi, Missouri, died Sunday after battling complications related to Covid-19 for three weeks, CNN affiliate KMOV reported.
Ms. DeMarinis was battling COVID for three weeks. Since school in her district opened on August 24th, she did not get the virus from school. So again,
FAIL
Thomas Slade, a teacher at Vancleave High School in Jackson County, Mississippi, passed away last week, Superintendent John Strycker said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr. Slade died from "Complications related to COVID" but strangely enough, there are no details about this anywhere to be found, other than a picture showing an extremely obese man. Still, without the ability to rule it out, it could very well be that this one teacher died from COVID and that he contracted COVID from going back to school.
Again, how many teachers are just fine? How many died from the flu in 2017-2018?
All the kids in Jackson County Mississippi should have stayed home so Mr. Slade wouldn't catch COVID? Or maybe Mr. Slade should have isolated if he were that susceptible?
Maybe you've got some other stupid articles that show how this is a narrative? I mean, the ones you've posted are doing a great job.
You don't seem to understand that in most districts even when the students are remote... the teachers are required to teach from the school. Most schools near where I live have 3 to 4 teachers & assistants in a single class room teaching the students who are remote.
Similarly even when classes started on August 24th for students; the teachers were already in school for at least a week for teacher workdays to prepare the lessons, classrooms, take required training, etc. before the first class is taught.
You can try to poke holes and make claims that the number of sick & dead teachers is small.... or try to claim they did not catch COVID in the school. However the bottom line is that the toll is rising every week.
The other reality is that nearly every school that has opened in the U.S. for on-premise teaching had to close or partially close within two weeks reverting to virtual teaching due to COVID. This is because they are not following the best public health practices of only opening a school for students when the positive testing rate in the community is below 5%. Failing to adhere to basic common sense practices leads to the obvious results of COVID widely spreading in the school.