SaltineQueen

Wow! Where are you located?

Where are you located & what are this year’s protocols? I’m in Indiana. I go back Wednesday, the kids a week later (8/11). This year masks are optional (so probably 3 people will wear them). Not sure how much distancing will be maintained...I know 6-12 physically can’t since there’s no virtual option this year, K-5 might be able to keep some distance. School contacts will not be quarantined but will have mask and distancing restrictions for those 2 weeks at school if they’re not vaccinated. So this should be fun. I think I’m dreading this year more than last.

Well, I'm on AN in the middle of my day, so... ??

I had COVID in November. Per our state and the CDC you can choose to wait, but you can also go ahead & get it within that 90 days. The medical director of out county health department says go ahead and get it, especially if you had a mild case of COVID because there's thought that you may not have built up a very strong immune reaction if you had a mild case. Our high school nurse had a fairly rough time with COVID and our doctor told her to absolutely get it even though she was within 90 days. A teacher of mine said her cousin, who is an epidemiologist in Tx, told her NOT to get it within that 90 days because it might compete with your body's natural antibody building process. But I can't find any evidence to support that.

I'm in Indiana. I think it's crazy how states in the same region are doing things so differently! Our admin & HD have been awesome. We're pretty much sticking with CDC guidelines. Indiana does support the 10 day early Q return with stipulations of 100% mask and distance. But our district decided we're going to stick with the full 14 days. We do not, in my district, investigate tattle-tale or anonymous messages or calls. If a kid says something we will call and ask on that. Or if we see evidence on social media that has the potential to impact the health of our staff and students, our admin backs us up on calling them out (not on SM obviously, but from work).

Well thank you

What are your thoughts on your new quarantine guidelines? How in the world is anyone going to keep track of whether or not masks were work and distance was maintained?

I've had one or two here & there over the last few years...but nowhere near as frequent as the last few days. I also have HTN, need to lose weight, and am stubborn & a terrible nurse-patient. ?? I did register with VSafe.

Does anyone have any cute activity sheets or coloring sheets for kids who get glasses? I have a group of siblings getting them, who we really worry will lose or break them fairly quickly. I was trying to find something to really get them excited about their glasses & want to take good care of them, but I'm not finding much out there.

I got my first dose of Pfizer Saturday & have been having alarmingly frequent PACs. Doc's feeling is that it's because my sympathetic nervous system is in high gear producing antibodies. I'll probably be wearing a Holter over the weekend.

My state put out a handy calculator. Scroll down a little bit. https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/2400.htm

We had a student at one of our elementaries get “lanyard burns” (for lack of a better word I guess) on his neck when his breakaway lanyard didn’t breakaway. I was worried something like that would happen. I would seriously rethink lanyards if I were you.

We started last Wednesday full in person. It’s going very well. I’m with littles, in a smaller school. Kids are doing awesome so far. Hopefully parents will cooperate this year. Prayers for all of us!

Sent a kid home first day of school. Fever, stomachache & nausea. Likely not COVID but what if... Thankfully mom was cool with the situation. This year is going to be so hard. ?

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