Reminder, pool testing will be on Tuesdays. Our testing team will go door-to- door to each classroom and perform a lower anterior nasal swab. Test samples will be placed in a vial and sent to the lab. If a positive test result is obtained, all testers from that vial will be tested again with a Binax rapid antigen test to determine the positive individual. From there, school contact tracing will begin for that positive individual.
As a reminder, pooled testing is only for those who are not experiencing Covid symptoms, so if your child is not feeling well please do not send your child to school or come for testing.
If you would still like to sign your child up for testing, the link is below. Please keep in mind the consent would permit a student to be tested the week following consent. In other words, a parent is not able to sign the consent online and expect their child to be tested in real time on the same day.
I would also encourage you to sign your child up for Test and Stay, which is also in the provided link. In this program, if your child is identified as a close contact to a positive individual from a school exposure, your child may remain in school during their quarantine period provided they are without symptoms and their daily Binax test result is negative. You can find more information about both programs by reading the CPS Covid-19 Health Protocol on our school and district website.
Pool Testing Consent and/or Test and Stay Consent Google Form Link Below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfSHazJ4EQvmKRfes5QkMmCdcjOjrqpTlecVxPd6PXMlmLZA/viewform
Thank you for considering your child's participation in these testing programs.
Our goal is to to keep our students and staff healthy and safe at school!
Good Health to All,
Nurse Regan
