28/ The graphs show COVID spread in APS with the new variant waves, which arrived as:
- all returned from summer
- during teacher in-service week if not handled thoughtfully
- after Thanksgiving
- after winter break
- after spring break

- also, event superspreaders (#Wakefield)

25/ A comparison of what % of a school got sick, per confirmed/reported cases in Arlington Public Schools.

#Discovery elementary had the most kids infected in a school program last year. Then #Taylor.

26/ This shows the % of a school's student body getting sick in the same week of a school year, from COVID-19, in
@APSVirginia.

Can you spot the outbreaks? #ArlingtonCareerCenter shows up with a very high % of students infected already this year. Followed by #Tuckahoe, #Cardinal

24/ Can you spot the schools having outbreaks of COVID-19?

This is a data table snapshot by week for last school year, and this year, set up by program — not building.

#COVIDIsntOver #COVIDIsAirborne #COVID19 #Schools

23/ On the bird site, we added another aside, and asked:

@BethanyZSutton
@cdiaztorres240
@PriddyAPS
@MaryKaderaAPS
@ReidForSchools

to get serious about cleaning up the air in our schools; disrupting COVID, flu, RSV, etc.

Hot take: 1,000+ sick staff & 3,000+ sick kids annually will burden this system!

22/ APS collected data about prevalence of infectious kids/staff at school:

In 2022:

3,203 students, 717 employees were on campus (& bus, sports) in 48 hours before testing + for COVID.

So a significant number of these folks were possibly infectious at school; after May 2022, many were walking around during outbreaks w/o masks (especially in North Arlington.)

At least 529 kids, 152 staff members were highly likely contagious: on campus AFTER taking the test that would come back +.

20/ About those APS buses: There is often COVID-19 riding them. Feel really bad for our bus drivers and attendants who are exposed continuously to germs in their air; but not provided with GOOD masks in a variety of styles.

Rolling down those bus windows seems pretty smart.

21/ Took a look at how often a COVID+ kid was on a morning bus route during the first two months of this school year. The answer was about 27% of the time, based on reported cases. Roll down the windows. Mask up on the bus.

19/ Sports: Many pairs/trios of cases on teams on same days. Haven't made a fancy graph, but here are cases by sport. Many sports teams had case clusters. (Et tu H-B ultimate frisbee?)

Biggest clusters:
#WashingtonLiberty boy's basketball (Dec. superspreader)
#Wakefield football

Coaches can instill in players concern for others, a "take care of our team health" mentality; ask sick kids to stay home/get tested.

"Play healthy" should be a policy push.

17/ When you know you were exposed, you can watch for symptoms, get tested.

APS data indicate 31% of staff/32% of kids did NOT have symptoms at the point tested positive.

Data supports sending symptomatic kids home, providing testing access, and communicating about exposures.