I’ve gotten a lot of questions about if Montgomery County’s rapid drop in positive Covid cases are actually representative of what is happening on the ground. Some have questioned if the case dropping is due to an increase in availability of rapid tests. But I’m going to explain how thatContinue Reading
Link to PDF of notes (includes linked table of contents) Full official slides: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BVYM7659CD8F/$file/Opening%20Schls%20Recovery%20Ed%20201203%20PPT.pdf Unofficial notes repository from all meetings:Continue Reading
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 Student Survey (probably the most important part to get every MCPS student to provide input – both pages go sameContinue Reading
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
During the 10/27/2020 Board of Education Meeting, MCPS outlined metrics for group return to hybrid in person schooling. Here is their chart: What is interesting is that DHHS actually just updated their new dashboard to show these exact criteria highlighted 5, 10, 15 Etc cases per 100k. As you canContinue Reading
See the bottom for links to new dashboard, old dashboard, and the announcement of new dashboard metrics. This is the main frame from the new dashboard As you can see above, the main concerns are “new confirmed cases per 100k” and “Covid hospital bed utilization.” Let’s look at them inContinue Reading