WA Guidance released suggests our elementary schools should open!
Grateful that the Washington state guidance was released and is posted and linked below. The communities in the Issaquah School District...
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harlang
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Our Students, Families, & Staff deserve to know what Key Indicators will trigger in-person learning!
School districts across King County have elected to begin the school year 100% remote. What has not been discussed publicly, is what the...
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harlang
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Not all King County is the same, so not all King County School Districts should have the same plan
While there is no question that there has been an increase of COVID-19 cases in King County during the month of July that has inspired...
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harlang
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Don't believe the eye-catching titles!
So, there is a lot of misinformation swirling out there about young children, COVID-19, and reopening schools safely. The Seattle Times...
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harlang
- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
Countywide median COVID-19 cases <1.0 per 1,000 age 5-9
King County has provided the COVID-19 data by 5-year age bands as requested. Here is a snapshot which shows denser populations have...
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harlang
- Jul 7, 2020
- 4 min
Young Children are Less Susceptible to COVID-19 Transmission & to Spreading COVID-19
The research is very consistent across the globe that young children appear to be less susceptible to acquiring COVID-19, not only in the...
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harlang
- Jun 24, 2020
- 1 min
Research demonstrates benefit of 1 meter physical distancing, benefit for 2 meters is questionable
If hospitals and long term care facilities would be "High Baseline Risk for Infection," (Blue line) schools would be Low (Green line) or...
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harlang
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
Denmark schools distancing 3 feet and cases continue to decrease!
Wanted to share this information in case you haven't seen it. Denmark reduced the distancing guidelines for schools to 1 meter. ...
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harlang
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Facemasks have not been shown to decrease transmission of respiratory viruses in children
After the SARS outbreak in 2003 (which was also a coronavirus that originated in Asia), there were many studies that looked at...
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harlang
- Jun 10, 2020
- 5 min
Op-Ed I wrote that Seattle Times which refused to publish
We need to admit that these 3 months of education have by and large been a failure for a majority of students across the state of...
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harlang
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Why doesn't Washington have a plan?
Our schools have been closed for almost 3 months and our state still does not have a plan to reopen. Why not? Please challenge your...
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harlang
- May 31, 2020
- 2 min
Ask the Seattle Times to ask our leaders the hard questions!
Seattle Times and other local media needs to be challenged to ask different questions about school closures and serology testing. The...
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harlang
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Emergency Care is Essential!
Heart attacks did not just stop happening with the advent of COVID-19, yet we are not seeing them present to our emergency departments. ...
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harlang
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Why is the WA Attorney General going after small businesses?
It seems that this approach is more politically motivated to sensationalize the news, rather than a collaborative approach to figure out...
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harlang
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
My Proposal for Phased Re-Opening of Our Schools
On April 10, 2020, I sent a letter to state Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Governor Inslee asking for them to consider re-opening our...
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