There have been 7236 cases of pediatric COVID in Duval; of that, only 519 have made DCPS's dashboard. (see the links below). Absolutely nothing DCPS says can be taken seriously. Either their deception or incompetence is unacceptable.
Now I want to be fair the COVID Dashboard didn't even exist until August, so cases from April to them wouldn't make the dashboard. Likewise, the board doesn't include charter, homeschool, or just not in school kids. That being said, DCPS would have us believe that from August to today, as the pandemic has raged out of control, it's only affected, 519 students? I call bull sh*t.
Teachers have told me all year long that they know students who have had it, but they don't hear it from the school or see it on the dashboard. They hear it from the kids or families.
This is reckless and deceptive, and if the district doesn't know it, then they should.
Pediatric cases in Florida by county.
DCPS Covid Dashboard
Even the chief judge in Duval County suspended in person operations thru the end of next month effectively going back to phase 1. Yet the powers that be at the school board building continue to keep their heads up their 5th point of contact. We pretend like community spread has nothing to with schools and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteHis full email is below.
As the charts below show, Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties’ health conditions have drastically deteriorated over the last month to the point that the entire Circuit is now trending up faster than or exceeds the state averages for weekly new cases and positivity rates. As a result, we must modify our current operations plan. The Circuit remains in Phase 2; however, I am implementing the following modifications:
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021, ALL IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL A TENTATIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2021. THERE WILL BE ENO IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS IN ANY OF THE CIRCUIT’S COURTHOUSE FACILITIES. EXCEPTIONS SHALL BE GRANTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OR NASSAU COUNTY OR CLAY COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE ONLY.
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021, THERE WILL BE NO INMATES TRANSPORTED TO ANY COURTHOUSE FACILITY UNTIL A TENTATIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 22, 2021. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL JURY TRIALS ARE SUSPENDED. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
ANY JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22 OR AFTER MAY REMAIN SCHEDULED, PENDING FURTHER NOTICE.