Happy Sunday PK parents - may the odds be ever in your favor

[Anonymous]

I would like to see some uniform guidance on this PK testing, then. Our principal said the class is sent home for one positive - no mention of vax status or kids who weren’t exposed. I also heard some classes shut down for positives last Monday, which was contrary to what our principal said re: 2 day exposure window.

Or just implement test to stay and I’ll be less grouchy about this weekly testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to see some uniform guidance on this PK testing, then. Our principal said the class is sent home for one positive - no mention of vax status or kids who weren’t exposed. I also heard some classes shut down for positives last Monday, which was contrary to what our principal said re: 2 day exposure window.

Or just implement test to stay and I’ll be less grouchy about this weekly testing.

Has this actually happened in your school? Seems not at all in line with the DC Health guidelines- it is bad enough that they make anyone who might be exposed go home for two weeks but then to not even take into account actual exposure is completely non sensical.

PK4 kids are starting to get vaxxed now as well so that needs to be taken into consideration

[Anonymous]

Our school just announced a test to stay pilot for ECE last night. I didn’t realize it wasn’t citywide!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school just announced a test to stay pilot for ECE last night. I didn’t realize it wasn’t citywide!

What school? DCPS or charter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school just announced a test to stay pilot for ECE last night. I didn’t realize it wasn’t citywide!

This is great news. Curious which school if you don’t mind sharing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school just announced a test to stay pilot for ECE last night. I didn’t realize it wasn’t citywide!

This is great news. Curious which school if you don’t mind sharing.

DCPS. Ludlow-Taylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a positive in my kid’s pk3 class and everyone had to quarantine. But kids that were absent that Friday did not.

That’s incentivizes me to consider keeping my kid home on Fridays…

This is honestly a solution. Do virtual/cancel Fridays and only keep the positive kids home the next week. Everyone else avoids the quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school just announced a test to stay pilot for ECE last night. I didn’t realize it wasn’t citywide!

This is great news. Curious which school if you don’t mind sharing.

DCPS. Ludlow-Taylor.

This is great! It has not be implemented in our school yet but I hope it is soon. Did the announcement explain what was meant by “pilot”?

[Anonymous]

It was implemented in all schools that had PK cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was implemented in all schools that had PK cases.

What is the source for this?

[Anonymous]

Just got an email from DCPS about test to stay in PK. Huge relief!

[Anonymous]

I feel for you preK parents. Get together and advocate. Once kids turn five and are vaccine eligible they should absolutely be treated like any other child in the school regarding quarantine, and test to stay needs to be available to all peelers not just a select few.

[Anonymous]

Can you share the email from DCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you share the email from DCPS?

January 24, 2022

Dear DCPS Pre-K Families,

Thank you to all our families for implementing the second week of our required weekly testing program. As of noon today, 3,897 Pre-K students submitted their results, and 18 positive cases were reported.

As part of our weekly testing program, we are implementing a test-to-stay pilot program for Pre-K students. Test to Stay for Pre-K classrooms will go into effect should a student test positive through the required weekly testing each Sunday. This means that all students in the classroom who tested negative can attend school, and the following steps will take place to start the school week:


On Mondays, all children in a classroom impacted by a positive reported case from weekly Pre-K testing will receive a verbal and visual health screening by a trained health professional to check for any symptoms of COVID-19.

On Tuesdays, a rapid antigen test — like the one in the weekly at-home kit — will be administered by a trained health professional to all students in the classroom. If a student tests positive in that rapid test, the student will be moved to the health isolation room and parents will be contacted to pick the student up from school.

If additional testing or action for the classroom is warranted based on the Tuesday rapid test results for the students, information will be communicated to families at that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you share the email from DCPS?

January 24, 2022

Dear DCPS Pre-K Families,

Thank you to all our families for implementing the second week of our required weekly testing program. As of noon today, 3,897 Pre-K students submitted their results, and 18 positive cases were reported.

As part of our weekly testing program, we are implementing a test-to-stay pilot program for Pre-K students. Test to Stay for Pre-K classrooms will go into effect should a student test positive through the required weekly testing each Sunday. This means that all students in the classroom who tested negative can attend school, and the following steps will take place to start the school week:


On Mondays, all children in a classroom impacted by a positive reported case from weekly Pre-K testing will receive a verbal and visual health screening by a trained health professional to check for any symptoms of COVID-19.

On Tuesdays, a rapid antigen test — like the one in the weekly at-home kit — will be administered by a trained health professional to all students in the classroom. If a student tests positive in that rapid test, the student will be moved to the health isolation room and parents will be contacted to pick the student up from school.

If additional testing or action for the classroom is warranted based on the Tuesday rapid test results for the students, information will be communicated to families at that time.

Please note:

If you choose to opt your child out of rapid antigen tests administered on-site at school, your child must quarantine for 10 days and cannot attend school during this time.

Families in impacted classrooms can also request two at-home PCR tests mailed to your residential address. Use this link to request those tests.

At this time, the Test to Stay for Pre-K pilot program applies only to impacted classrooms where a student tested positive through the required weekly testing requirement. This means that if a Pre-K student tested positive for COVID-19 outside of the weekly testing requirement, then the test-to-stay option for close contacts in that classroom is not yet available.

We ask that all families to continue to monitor your student for any symptoms of COVID-19 every day. If they are showing any symptoms, please keep them home from school. Finally, getting yourself and child vaccinated if eligible is the best way to protect your family against COVID-19. I urge you to visit vaccinate.dc.gov for free vaccine clinics across the city, including walk-up sites at schools. In addition, please visit coronavirus.dc.gov/covidcenters to learn more the District’s COVID Centers, where residents can access free vaccinations, boosters, rapid antigen tests, and PCR tests.

Sincerely,

Lewis D. Ferebee, Ed.D.
Chancellor

Oops sorry I missed some in the first post