Thank you for your continued support as we kick off the 2021-2022 school year. At KEY Academy, keeping your children safe and in school is our top priority. We have learned a great deal over this past year and our current guidance and procedures reflect the most updated recommendations from the CDC and the California Department of Public Health.
For the 2021-22 school year, testing is mandatory for all students and staff at KEY Academy regardless of vaccination status. Testing, masking, and vaccinations are our three most effective ways to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our school community and keep our students learning in our schools. We are partnering with COVID Testing Today to administer weekly test, and COVID Testing Today will only require a one-time student testing registration and parent/guardian consent.
Please register online using our unique school link (https://book.covid-testing-today.com/?KeyAcademyCharterSchool) for the first testing on September 3, 2021. After clicking the link above, this will prompt you to fill out your insurance information for the lab. If you have any questions or need help registering online, please outreach to us.
Tests will be administered by trained COVID Testing Today nurses and then sent to the lab. We expect to get these test results in 24 to 48 hours. Results will be sent to parents/guardians’ emails, as well as, to the school. Students can continue to come to school while awaiting test results; they do not need to quarantine while awaiting the results.
If a student tests positive for COVID-19, they must quarantine at home for the CDC-recommended ten days since symptoms appeared or ten days since the positive test before returning to school. The student must also be without symptoms for 24 hours.
It is our hope that these measures will work together to keep our school safe and your student in school. Thanks again for your support during this challenging time. We look forward to welcoming your students back to the classroom.