APS Hear Our Voice

Repping APS teachers, staff & families. VITAL: ventilation, inoculation, transparency/testing, accommodations for staff, and lunch outside!

[APS Hear Our Voice @APSHearOurVoice]

@APSVirginia @APSVaSchoolBd

[ArlStar @star_arl]

Listen to the epidemiologist and require masks for all in school. @SuptDuran @BarbaraKanninen @ReidForSchools @Monique4APS @cdiaztorres240 @PriddyAPS @APSReady @BrianStockton19 Make a good choice, don't spread Covid

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

12) We honestly need to mask regardless of vaccination status too. Here is direct proof, again from detailed analysis from Singapore. Lots of transmission events from vaccinated to unvaccinated.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Olivia died Saturday from complications from Covid-19.
#GetVaccinated

[ArlStar @star_arl]

kids r getting delta at camp. do you want this in @APSVirginia or will you have masks + outdoor lunch?
@SuptDuran @BarbaraKanninen @ReidForSchools
@Monique4APS @cdiaztorres240 @PriddyAPS
@APSReady @BrianStockton19
https://t.co/pZkrLDaK9o

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Let this sink in—over 100 US counties right now have <20% of local population vaccinated. This will not end well.#COVID19

@nicolebattista1 reports.

[Arlington Public Schools @APSVirginia]

Congratulations Torri! We'll be cheering you on this summer. #olympics2021

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

After this past year+ of virtual learning and pandemic teaching, not a single person can pretend that they are unaware of how underfunded and under-resourced schools are, how underpaid and undervalued teachers are, and how inequitable education is.

[Tamara Molina (she/her) @TGAMolina]

That's it! She did it! Torri Huske just broke (her own) American record in the 100m fly final at Olympic Trials. Watch out, Tokyo! This Patriot is on 🔥 🔥 🔥!!
@Principal_YHS @yhssports @yhscounseling

[Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica]

11 Arlington: 48.3
11 Hanover: 48.3
13 Loudoun: 48
14 Charlottesville: 47.9
15 Middlesex: 47.8
16 Staunton: 47.5
17 Roanoke Co: 47
18 Highland: 46.8
19 Mathews: 46.6
20 Henrico: 45.8
21 Poquoson: 45.6
22 Charles City Co: 45.4
23 Fluvanna: 45.3
24 Fauquier: 44.1
25 Clarke 44
(2/2)

[Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica]

We have some shake-ups in the fully vaxxed top 25:
1) Albemarle: 54.8%
2) Goochland: 54.3%
3) Fairfax city: 54%
4) Lancaster: 53.7%
5) Northampton: 52.2%
6) Falls Church: 51.7%
7) James City County: 50.2%
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8) Northumberland: 49.4%
9) Fairfax County: 48.6%
9) Nelson: 48.6%
(1/2)

[Leana Wen, M.D. @DrLeanaWen]

Could we see a surge of #covid19 infections in areas with low vaccine uptake? I hope not, but it’s possible and we need to prepare for it. Many of these places also lack public health infrastructure, which is critical to detect cases, trace contacts, and prevent outbreaks.

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

Buildings are chronically under ventilated.

Not an accident. By design.

Standards are set for bare minimums; not human health

Despite decades of science showing benefits of higher ventilation rates

This need to change

#HealthyBuildings

[SafeEdForAll #SafeEdForAll @SafeEdForAll_UK]

@DrZoeHyde Yes, no change since issuing the order of full return for all in September 2020 with the following ‘robust’ system of controls which allows bubbles of 300, no SD, no masks, no ventilation monitoring and lunches eaten indoors seated at bench tables

[Dr Zoë Hyde @DrZoeHyde]

Children easily get infected with SARS-CoV-2, and they transmit it to other children and adults.

Schools appear to be playing an important role in the spread of the Indian variant (B.1.617.2) in the UK.

[WAVY TV 10 @WAVY_News]

Some parents still have concerns about sending kids back to school. Right now, only children ages 12 and up are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine.

https://t.co/Lh1rgzqKQf

[APS Hear Our Voice @APSHearOurVoice]

Wish APS would take common sense cautionary action like this. Many teachers have suggested doing exactly this. No response from @APSVirginia @APSVaSchoolBd

https://t.co/YrMGjzqkJt

[APS Hear Our Voice @APSHearOurVoice]

Still too soon. 6ft is the min, not 3. Ventilation is key. Kids DO spread COVID at highinsidious. schools. @SuptDuran @APSVirginia @smartrestartaps @APSVaSchoolBd
https://t.co/872Q7j4xFL

[APS Hear Our Voice @APSHearOurVoice]

@ElaineMaag @smartrestartaps @APSVirginia Unfortunately, APS hasn't dealt nicely with whistle-blowers in the past, and teachers are not willing to share what they're seeing on the ground if their identities are not kept confidential.We wish it weren't this way. How can we make safe schools if teacher can't safely report

[APS Hear Our Voice @APSHearOurVoice]

@APSVaSchoolBd @APSVirginia More transparency, please!

[SmartRestartAPS @smartrestartaps]

@ElaineMaag @APSVirginia @APSHearOurVoice Here's a sorted list with the positives and suspected cases, and close contacts, although some students who have been told their class will be virtual through Spring Break are not on here and we don't know why.