{"id":18370,"date":"2022-02-18T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18370"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T21:16:59","slug":"acps-covid-19-testing-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18370","title":{"rendered":"ACPS COVID-19 Testing Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"\u201dACPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220218-spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">en espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a> | <a title=\"\u201dACPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220218-amharic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b (PDF)<\/a> | <a title=\"\u201dACPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220218-arabic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<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 will begin implementing additional COVID-19 testing programs in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 04:23:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18370"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18392,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18370\/revisions\/18392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}