School notes

Well, I've been back in person since Aug 11, but school officially started with students on campus on Aug 23, so it's been 2 weeks of teaching full classes with everyone masked but not distanced. At least our campus is 98% vaccinated, which is good. The bad news is that we still had a few students test positive, which lead to quite a lot of anxiety and furor. The students who tested positive were asked to stay home and not return until confirming a negative COVID test, but the entire campus of ~500 people are considered "close contacts" because between 8 classes and no distancing rules, it was easier than doing contact tracing. And the guidance has been that vaccinated close contacts merely have to self-monitor. This has, naturally, made people who have unvaccinated children at home super nervous.

( some rambling about testing )