{"id":9788,"date":"2021-09-24T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:41:34","slug":"acps-health-and-safety-information-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/acps-health-and-safety-information-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"ACPS Health and Safety Information Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to ACPS Express and ACPS Insider newsletters, numerous information resources for families and staff are available on the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACPS website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and elsewhere. These include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Health and Safety Guidelines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 ACPS has shared information with families about the health and safety measures in our schools. See our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3738\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health and Safety Guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page for the latest updates. Also see the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3761\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Return to School Guidelines: Symptoms, Close Contacts, and COVID Diagnosis<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3760\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your Child has Tested Positive or Been Exposed to COVID-19. What\u2019s Next?<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3760\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-COVID-19_Protocols-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2329\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3763\">Facilities and Operations Health and Safety Protocols<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/facilities-health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2294\" height=\"2161\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Frequently Asked Questions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 See the ACPS <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3740\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> webpage, which is updated regularly to provide answers to questions from families throughout the school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Town Halls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 ACPS Town Halls address common questions about health and safety mitigation measures in our schools and the process when COVID-19 cases are reported. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3758\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View the recordings and slides from September 2021 Town Halls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Learning in Quarantine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Our top priority is to provide in-person instruction five days a week. If students need instructional support because they are not able to attend class while in quarantine, ACPS uses live streaming for students to view their teachers providing instruction in the classroom in real-time. For details, visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3743\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning in Quarantine webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ACPS COVID-19 Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/3672\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACPS COVID-19 dashboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides case data for our schools and is updated at 4 p.m. every Monday. This webpage also includes information on temperature screenings and the Daily Symptom Checklist for students and staff, as well as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/domain\/1600\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where to get free COVID-19 vaccines and testing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Alexandria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ACPS Helpline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 We are ready to assist families through the ACPS Helpline. Families can text or call the Helpline, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For English, text or call 703-844-1763<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Spanish, text or call 703-844-3424<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Amharic, text or call 703-927-6866<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Arabic, text or call 703-927-7095<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ask ACPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 This new communications option provides families with a way to provide ACPS with your comments and questions about division-wide policies or issues. Email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ask@acps.k12.va.us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ask@acps.k12.va.us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please keep in mind that no school-specific questions or confidential student information should be sent to this email address. Continue to contact your child\u2019s teacher or front office staff for issues related to a specific school and your student.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>School Newsletters and Social Media<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families can get school-specific communications as well. Get news and updates from your student\u2019s school by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bxJ88T\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signing up for school newsletters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/socialmedia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following your school on social media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to ACPS Express and ACPS Insider newsletters, numerous information resources for families and staff are available on the ACPS website and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 20:16:11","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\/9788","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=9788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9791,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions\/9791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}