{"id":10213,"date":"2022-02-18T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2022-02-18T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:36:22","slug":"acps-covid-19-testing-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/acps-covid-19-testing-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"ACPS COVID-19 Testing Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting the week of Feb. 21, 2022, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) will begin implementing additional COVID-19 testing programs in schools. These programs do not replace the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/domain\/1613\">weekly COVID surveillance testing currently conducted in ACPS schools through Curative<\/a>. Information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3823\">ACPS testing is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"acps-day-6-10-covid-testing-pr\">ACPS Day 6-10 COVID Testing Program<\/h2>\n<p>The ACPS Day 6-10 COVID Testing program is for students who have tested positive for COVID-19 who are returning to school on day six through 10 of their 10-day isolation period. This program is designed for students who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are returning on days six through 10 following a positive COVID test result<\/li>\n<li>Have symptoms that have resolved or who are asymptomatic (including fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication)<\/li>\n<li>Are able to mask for the duration of the school day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting Feb. 22, 2022, students who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be required to fulfill one of the requirements below in order to return to school:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fulfill a 10-day isolation period<\/li>\n<li>Fulfill a minimum five-day isolation period, be free from symptoms and submit a negative antigen (rapid) test result from an at-home test or a test from a medical or testing provider to <a href=\"mailto:reportingCOVID@acps.k12.va.us\">reportingCOVID@acps.k12.va.us<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>These tests should be taken no earlier than 7:00 p.m. on day five of the student\u2019s isolation period.<\/li>\n<li>The results submitted must include a picture of the test with the student\u2019s name and the date tested written on the test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fulfill a minimum five-day isolation period, be free from symptoms and participate in the ACPS Day six to10 COVID Testing program as described below:\n<ul>\n<li>A test would be provided at school the first morning of the student\u2019s return on day six, seven, eight, nine or 10 of their isolation period.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, parents or guardians should drive or walk the student to school.<\/li>\n<li>If students test positive, they will be required to go home and complete the full 10-day isolation period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The benefit to students and families is that students are able to return to in-person learning more quickly than with a full 10-day isolation period following COVID-19 diagnosis or the development of COVID-19 symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Parents or guardians can provide consent for the in-school ACPS Day six to 10 COVID Testing program by completing this ACPS Consent for In-School Testing form: <a href=\"https:\/\/acpsva.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3JFA9WD9ZrAtuJg\">ACPS Consent for In-School Testing Form<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"vdh-test-to-stay-pilot-at-sele\">VDH Test-to-Stay Pilot at Select Schools<\/h2>\n<p>On Tues., Feb. 22, 2022, ACPS will begin a pilot program as part of Virginia\u2019s \u201cTest to Stay\u201d effort aimed at minimizing the impact of quarantine on students and keeping more students in the classroom when identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This state program is open to students at the schools selected for the pilot initiative who are <strong>unvaccinated or who are not yet fully vaccinated<\/strong>; staff, parents and fully vaccinated students are not eligible to participate at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The three ACPS schools that are part of this pilot program are <strong>John K. Polk Elementary School<\/strong>, <strong>Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy<\/strong> and the <strong>Satellite Campus of Alexandria City High School<\/strong>. The pilot program works as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It requires eligible close contacts to take a COVID-19 test every day for five days after the exposure.<\/li>\n<li>If the test is negative, they are allowed to stay in school; they must also wear a mask and remain without symptoms for 10 days after the exposure.<\/li>\n<li>Test kits are provided free of charge for families who would prefer to conduct testing at home.<\/li>\n<li>Results for tests conducted outside of school must be submitted to <a href=\"mailto:reportingcovid@acps.k12.va.us\">reportingCOVID@acps.k12.va.us<\/a>. The results submitted must include a picture of the test with the student&#8217;s name and the date tested written on the test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents or guardians can provide consent for the VDH Test-to-Stay Pilot program by completing this ACPS Consent for In-School Testing form: <a href=\"https:\/\/acpsva.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3JFA9WD9ZrAtuJg\">ACPS Consent for In-School Testing Form<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"symptomatic-testing\">Symptomatic Testing<\/h2>\n<p>ACPS will also be providing opportunities for students who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 while at school to receive at-home testing kits. These tests will require the scheduling of an online appointment to be proctored by a virtual testing professional. These tests may also be supported on-site if families need additional assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Students and families would be able to use the results from these at-home tests to return to school as long as they were free from symptoms for at least 24 hours and the test result was negative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting the week of Feb. 21, 2022, Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) will begin implementing additional COVID-19 testing programs in schools. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 02:08:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10217,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10213\/revisions\/10217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}