Possible Covid exposure at SAT

rosemaryandthyme
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:02:10 +0000

@2Devils I’m glad to hear this. I was looking at things like El Pais’ description of a classroom over 2 hours, where the particles basically disperse over the whole classroom. Hopefully the fact that they mostly weren’t talking and my child sat near the door will help, if someone happened to be positive. https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html

Once my kid calmed down from the anxiety of the day, she said she thought she still did ok-- by which she meant that finished all sections with time to check all her answers. I wouldn’t be thrilled if they canceled her score, but I’d understand. I’m hoping they contact trace and ask kids to take Covid tests. I don’t care about the SAT but rather the risk.

She said the proctor was very nice and it may just have been that he wasn’t looking for a fight that day. She didn’t really want me to report him but his job is literally to enforce the rules.

@oldfort I had talked to my daughter about saying she was uncomfortable with unmasked people, and asking to move. Instead she just asked to move without mentioning the masks. I think the SAT is so hierarchical it is naturally very intimidating for standing up for oneself-- she’s normally plenty assertive. But I should have walked her through more scenarios. Our school district is meeting in person but she’s all virtual, so she hasn’t had much practice.