Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is now testing kids for free at Syphax. Room 101. Walk-in all day till 7 pm. Did it today with a kid with a cold, and they uploaded results to school to clear for return. No cost.

Is it a rapid?

Yes, rapid, results in 10 minutes, automatically sent to the school. When you sign in you enter the student ID number. It was rather seamless. So happy to not have to go to our ped for this!

Just a heads up, this testing is ONLY for kids who are sent home with COVID like symptoms OR students who are id'd as close contacts (unvaccinated, asymptomatic, and identified as a close contact via exposure that occurred at). Not for pre-travel testing, woke up with a sore throat, etc.

No, not correct. I called my kid in sick to school with a sore throat and was told by the attendance office I could take them here to get tested and get the return to school clearance. We did it with no issues. i agree this is not for travel, etc.

NP here. I called into the nurse’s office one day when I had a sniffly kid and was able to get a proctored rapid test sent home in a sibling’s backpack. Took test that evening with negative result and sent my kid back to school the next day. Sniffles cleared up with Zyrtec so glad we didn’t miss out on multiple days due to springtime.

APS is sending home additional tests before spring break

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is now testing kids for free at Syphax. Room 101. Walk-in all day till 7 pm. Did it today with a kid with a cold, and they uploaded results to school to clear for return. No cost.

Is it a rapid?

Yes, rapid, results in 10 minutes, automatically sent to the school. When you sign in you enter the student ID number. It was rather seamless. So happy to not have to go to our ped for this!

Just a heads up, this testing is ONLY for kids who are sent home with COVID like symptoms OR students who are id'd as close contacts (unvaccinated, asymptomatic, and identified as a close contact via exposure that occurred at). Not for pre-travel testing, woke up with a sore throat, etc.

No, not correct. I called my kid in sick to school with a sore throat and was told by the attendance office I could take them here to get tested and get the return to school clearance. We did it with no issues. i agree this is not for travel, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is now testing kids for free at Syphax. Room 101. Walk-in all day till 7 pm. Did it today with a kid with a cold, and they uploaded results to school to clear for return. No cost.

Is it a rapid?

Yes, rapid, results in 10 minutes, automatically sent to the school. When you sign in you enter the student ID number. It was rather seamless. So happy to not have to go to our ped for this!

Just a heads up, this testing is ONLY for kids who are sent home with COVID like symptoms OR students who are id'd as close contacts (unvaccinated, asymptomatic, and identified as a close contact via exposure that occurred at). Not for pre-travel testing, woke up with a sore throat, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is now testing kids for free at Syphax. Room 101. Walk-in all day till 7 pm. Did it today with a kid with a cold, and they uploaded results to school to clear for return. No cost.

Is it a rapid?

Yes, rapid, results in 10 minutes, automatically sent to the school. When you sign in you enter the student ID number. It was rather seamless. So happy to not have to go to our ped for this!

So good to know!! Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why people need the doctors notes? Whenever my kids have had a non-covid illness this year, all we needed was the negative covid test (which we did through curative) and then they could go back when they were better.

Here’s an example… My child randomly threw up one evening. No fever no other symptoms, etc. Nurse said they had to get a Covid test. We were keeping them home anyway due to 24 hour throw up rule/good rule of thumb, even though they were perfectly fine. We think it was a combination of something they ate plus sports. Anyway, at the time curstive was taking several days to provide results. We were able to get a doctors note with in hours.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is now testing kids for free at Syphax. Room 101. Walk-in all day till 7 pm. Did it today with a kid with a cold, and they uploaded results to school to clear for return. No cost.

Is it a rapid?

Yes, rapid, results in 10 minutes, automatically sent to the school. When you sign in you enter the student ID number. It was rather seamless. So happy to not have to go to our ped for this!

I don’t get why people need the doctors notes? Whenever my kids have had a non-covid illness this year, all we needed was the negative covid test (which we did through curative) and then they could go back when they were better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school sent us home with a home test and an instruction sheet on how to take the test proctored. Which was incredibly simple. I’m sure you can use any home test using this process.

How did your school instruct to take the test proctored?

NP. We didn't use the test that DD brought home from school in January. Instead, I picked up a specially labeled Binax from the school, downloaded an app, did a proctored test, and sent the results to the school. It was remarkably easy, and I appreciated the fact that I didn't have to drive to any test site, or get a pediatrician appointment just to confirm a negative.

That is great to hear. Was your kid a close contact, or did they have symptoms? Asking b/c we had to go get a doctors note earlier this week even though we tested negative for COVID with congestion.

These doctors notes requirements have been swamping pediatric offices. Really wish schools would stop this practice. It just makes it harder for truly sick kids needing medical care to get appointments.

Agreed- And we’ve been four times in the past year, where if doctors note wasn’t needed, we would have never gone to the doctor for these symptoms. We would have managed them at home. None of these incidents ended up being Covid. It makes me understand why people aren’t testing at all and sending their kids to school with runny nose/sore throat because of the hassle. It’s wrong, but I understand it.