D.C. public schools will require negative COVID test before return

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Students and staff in the Washington D.C. public school system will need to test negative for COVID-19 in order to return to the classrooms from winter break next Wednesday.

of coronavirus spread, and the new measure announced on Wednesday aims to keep classrooms open through a massive testing drive.Students and staff will need to take a test next Tuesday and upload results by 4 p.m.. Those who test negative will be allowed in classrooms the next day.one of the several daily sitesD.C. has handed out 108,000 rapid test kits to residents since beginning the distribution last Wednesday, according to new stats.

Charter schools will also distribute self-test kits, but are not all held to the same requirement for a negative test result. D.C. Public Schools and the charter sectors enroll nearly 90,000 students.to tie in-person school closings to a specific COVID-19 metric, such as the number of cases at a campus.

Instead, Bowser said school leaders will make a determination about remaining open for in-person instruction or going virtual-only every school night by 8 p.m. Statuses will be posted online. Teachers will be provided KN95 masks and students will continue to be offered surgical masks if they need one.Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commentingOften criticized for a lack of racial and socioeconomic diversity, Nevada charter schools are starting to embrace weighted lotteries as a way to increase enrollment of under-resourced students.

 

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Oh but their is a shortage of testing available, and as of today, rapid tests may not work, so yes definitely mandate that non symptomatic kids clog the system to get PCR tests. Add that to the fact that they can be - today and + tomorrow. Ughh

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