Positive Staff COVID Case

Dear Shrevewood Staff and Community:

In cooperation with the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD), this letter is to inform you an employee on site at Shrevewood Elementary School has reported testing positive for COVID-19. 

The FCHD will identify and communicate with close contacts of this individual and tell them what action to take, such as testing or quarantine. 

If you do not receive a call from the Health Department, you have not been identified as a close contact to this case. A close contact is any person, regardless of vaccination status, who is within six feet of a COVID-19 positive individual for equal to or greater than 15 minutes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) K-12 Exception states students will not be identified as close contacts if they are at least three feet apart and consistently wearing masks (adults are not included in this exception).

When the FCHD has completed its contact tracing and investigation of this case, FCPS will send an email to notify you the FCHD has closed the case.

If you have questions, you may contact the Fairfax County Health Department at 703-267-3511 (9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends). You may also email ffxcovid@fairfaxcounty.gov (monitored 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays). 

FCPS maintains a COVID-19 Dashboard that shows daily cases at https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/fcps-confirmed-covid-19-case-reporting. This provides information on our division health metrics and COVID-19 cases. 

Please know that this information is being shared to keep you informed and aware as we all work together to stop the spread of COVID-19. Learn more at https://www.fcps.edu/blog/stop-spread

 

For more information on COVID-19 Supports and Resources, please visit https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/#COVID-19-resources

 

Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we work through the COVID-19 pandemic together.

Sincerely,

Joshua DeSmyter

Principal