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Dear Dranesville Family,
We hope that you are doing well and that you have been able to enjoy our first significant snowfall of the season. We are optimistic as 2022 begins and we're looking forward to welcoming our students back for our first day of school in this New Year!
While we are all working through the surge of the omicron variant, we will get through this together. Thank you for your continued partnership and support in keeping our students, staff, and community safe.
Let's continue to be vigilant about consistent and correct mask wearing, hand washing and sanitizing, monitoring symptoms, and keeping students home when they are sick.
If your child is sick, email DranesvilleElem.Attendance@fcps.edu Please include a contact phone number in the email. You can also call and leave a message on the office attendance line at 703-326-5252.
We are prepared to support students who are out for a COVID related absence. If your child tests positive or is identified as a close contact, email our attendance line.
During a COVID related absence, students' learning will be supported through asynchronous assignments and a livestream or a recording of the direct instruction portion of the language arts and math lesson. Teachers will inform families and students of which option will be available and how to access it.
Students will also have individual and/or small group check-ins with a teacher(s) every other school day for academic support. An assigned staff member will also reach out during the week for an additional social-emotional check in.
For now, families, enjoy those bedtime stories, give those goodnight hugs and kisses, and let our Dragons know that we can't wait to see them tomorrow morning!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gadley
Superintendent’s Message *UPDATED*
New Guidance for Returning to School After Quarantine, Pause, or Isolation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for isolation and quarantine in late December, with multiple updates in January. This guidance reduces isolation and quarantine to five days. The VDH states that school districts may choose to continue more stringent isolation and quarantine requirements or may implement the new CDC guidance.
FCPS will adopt the new guidance with one exception:
- FCPS will adopt CDC’s recommendation for a five-day period of quarantine for students and staff.
- FCPS will adopt CDC’s recommendation for a five-day period of isolation for staff.
- FCPS will NOT adopt CDC’s recommendation for isolation for students as we are unable to implement the required physical distancing protocols during meals. FCPS students with COVID- 19 will need to continue to complete a ten day isolation period.
Return Guidance for Students with COVID-19
Students who are COVID-19 positive are able to return to school when ALL of the following criteria are met:
- Student completes at least 10 days of isolation from symptom onset for symptomatic students or 10 days since testing positive (day test administered) for COVID-19 for asymptomatic students; AND
- Student is fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication; AND
- Student’s symptoms have improved; AND
- Student submits the FCPS Isolation Letter with the return date to their attending school
Return Guidance for Students who are Close Contacts to School Related Exposures
Asymptomatic students who are close contacts and required to quarantine are able to return to school when all the criteria for one of the two options below is met:
- Option 1:
- Student completes five days of quarantine; AND
- Student is asymptomatic; AND
- Student is able to wear a face mask at school- Day 6 thru 10 ; AND
- Student submits FCPS Pause Letter with the return date to their attending school
- Option 2:
- Student completes ten days of quarantine; AND
- Student submits FCPS Pause Letter with the return date to their attending school
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Students with mask exemptions will need to utilize Option 2 to return from quarantine.
Some students and staff may be exempt from quarantine if they meet the CDC criteria, are able to wear a face mask, and are asymptomatic:
- Students must complete the FCHD vaccination survey, and receive a clearance email from the FCHD prior to resuming in-person learning and activities.
- Staff must complete the Fully Vaccinated Exemption Form
Return Guidance for Students who are Close Contacts to Community Related Exposures
NEW! FCPS will no longer require Return to School documentation for a student deemed a close contact in the community, outside of the school environment. FCPS recommends that families adhere to the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) quarantine guidance, as appropriate. If families have questions regarding COVID-19, they are encouraged to consult their physician or the Fairfax County Health Department.
Updated Health and Safety Guidance Documents
The best source of the most up-to-date information, including how students return to school after quarantine or isolation, is available on the Health and Safety Guidance Document on the FCPS website.
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