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Here is the link to the full new order: https://montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/Resources/Files/health-officer-directive-AM-201124.pdf Link to updates guidance from county: https://t.co/LbAV4QG2xX New amended masking order 11/24/2020: Advertisement Wording on previous order on 11/23/2020: Previous Wording before both of these:Continue Reading

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PDF of the notes. This is the version that also has links. Click on the question in the Table of Contents and it will take you there Link to video of meeting is not up yet will add that. Advertisement Be sure to check out the Unofficial meeting notes repository with links to all theContinue Reading

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Full unofficial notes PDF: Link to new MCPS Covid Dashboard: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/dashboard/ Meeting Video: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meetings/live.aspx Agenda (no slides yet but may be updated): Advertisement https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/Public Full Unofficial notes Part 1 meeting: Unofficial Meeting Notes:Continue Reading

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There is a really interesting dashboard on the Maryland Covid page which details the contact tracing information for those that tested positive over the last week (and a separate cumulative chart). This includes where they are employed, what high risk locations they were exposed to, and what types of largeContinue Reading

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Over the past few weeks, we keep seeing that our County’s number of positives per day keeps increasing and I’m sure many are wondering what that means and what the current detailed stats (as of 11/08/2020) reflect for Moco. When this page first started we were doing daily analysis ofContinue Reading

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Below are key links from the meeting along with the Unofficial meeting summary by June Traicoff and Moderately MOCO. Here’s the PDF: Full meeting charts here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/20201106-Version4-ReturntoSchoo.pdf MCPS Community Update: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2020-2021/community-update-20201106.html Advertisement Student Survey (probably the most important part to get every MCPS student to provide input – both pages goContinue Reading

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A vote on new restrictions / updated executive order postponed until Tuesday. At the County Council meeting now they are discussing the changes in the document here: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2020/20201105/20201105_2A-3-2B.pdf On the reasoning for looking at shutting down late night takeout, Maryam Shahzad reports on Twitter references to involving underage drinking andContinue Reading

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Since MCPS released their metrics for a possible reopening (https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-updates-metrics-on-hybrid-and-in-person-schooling-groups-at-boe-meeting/), we’ve been taking a look at how those compare to other nearby school systems and state guidance. As you can see, MCPS is a clear outlier and the most restrictive of any local or state guidance we could find. MCPSContinue Reading