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[quote=Anonymous]Here's another example of the Chancellor lying:

https://dcpsreopenstrong.com/chancellor/important-update-on-asymptomatic-and-symptomatic-testing-at-dcps/

[quote]This post is an email sent by Chancellor Ferebee to the DCPS community on August 27, 2021.

Dear DCPS Families,

DC Public Schools is committed to the health and safety of our students and staff. We have a robust, layered mitigation strategy to prevent the spread of COVID-19 based on three key pillars: prevent, screen, and inform.

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We are writing with an update on how schools will administer these tests. Students will now be automatically enrolled in the testing program which supports asymptomatic testing, symptomatic testing and testing for close contacts. Please [b]disregard the COVID-19 testing consent forms previously shared in messages from DCPS.  
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The test will be a non-invasive, saliva-based PCR test. Instead of a nasal swab, students will hold a small vial with a funnel attached and produce a saliva sample.

To opt-out, parents/guardians or students over the age of 18 will now need to email or provide their schools with a signed opt-out form available at osse.dc.gov/page/school-based-covid-19-testing.

Asymptomatic testing will begin on a rolling basis at schools starting September 2, 2021. If any student or staff member is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms while at school, [b]on-site rapid tests will be available beginning on the first day of school[/b].

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Two bolded points.

1.  It's great the mayor went to opt-out testing. Kudos to her. But it is a sign of the[b] MASSIVE disorganization at DCPS that she did this THREE DAYS before the first day of school[/b]. After many schools and parents and PTOs spent a lot of time scrambling to get the opt-in forms signed.

2.  In my experience with friends and parents at about 15 schools across the city,[b] it is FALSE [/b]that rapid tests are available.  My kid had symptoms at our school and got sent home and told to see a doctor for a test.  This is utter malpractice.  It's bad enough there are no rapid tests - every school system should have them for teachers and kids on hand.  But this is the chancellor lying about it.  This is the kind of thing an IG with subpoena power would prevent.
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