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Dear Lees Corner Families,
As the number of COVID cases increase around the county, we want to share some additional information about the COVID processes in place. Thank you for your help in keeping all of our students and staff safe at school!
Keep your child home from school with any symptoms that are COVID-like.
The most important way you can help as a parent is to keep your child(ren) home if they present with any illness or symptoms that are associated with COVID.
Families are strongly encouraged to monitor their children for symptoms of infectious illness every day through a home-based symptom screening, and students who are sick should not come to school. Please consider the questions in the Health Screening Questionnaire each morning before sending your child to school. If you answer “YES” to any of the questions, please keep your child home.
Keep your child home if you suspect your child may have come in contact with someone who has COVID.
If you keep your child home, and they are feeling better the next day, then they do not need documentation from a medical provider to return.
If your child comes to school and presents with COVID-like symptoms, they will be placed in the Care Room and will be sent home. Your child must then be seen by a medical provider in order to return to school.
Please be overly cautious and keep your child home if you are awaiting COVID test results.
As soon as you have information that your child has COVID or likely has it, please let us know. We only reveal the name of a student to the health department. The sooner we have information, the sooner we can alert the health department to begin the contact tracing
Aligned with guidance provided by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has established procedures for the use of face coverings/masks (cloth or disposable) for students, staff, and visitors designed to mitigate the spread of COVID. This document highlights the types of masks that are appropriate for students to wear to school.
If a student tests positive and was at school during the infectious period (within 48 hours of onset of symptoms), we will share general information to alert the entire school community. We will not reveal individual student/staff names in this general communication. The school reviews seating assignments throughout the school day and identifies potential close contacts to the student who has tested positive for Covid-19.
If your child is considered a potential close contact, we will now notify you immediately. If your child is currently at school, we will ask you to come pick your child up from school.
Out of an abundance of caution, any student who is identified as a potential close contact by FCPS staff will have to stay home from school until the Health Department completes its contact tracing and closes the investigation. We have been told that this could be up to 72 hours. While your child is at home, your child’s teachers will provide assignments for them to access. If your child does not have their computer at home, we will work with you to pick it up at school. We will share additional updates regarding this process very soon.
Please note that FCPS staff can only identify potential close contacts; we are not identifying students who have to quarantine. Only the Health Department can determine if your child needs to quarantine through their contact tracing investigation.
We cannot disclose details of the positive case to include the child's name, grade, class or any additional information; or the staff member's name or assignment. The health department will contact you directly and will direct the appropriate students to quarantine. The school will notify the entire community when the contact tracing is complete. Once the Health Department has completed their investigation, we will also invite any student who was staying home per FCPS staff direction and who has not been required to quarantine per the Health Department to return to school.
For additional information, you may refer to the Guidance for Parents of School-aged Children updated on 9/2/21 and available on the Fairfax County public page.
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