Dear Salt Creek School District 48 Families,
District 48 is pleased to add on-site, weekly RT-PCR COVID-19 testing to our layered mitigations for our students and staff. We are still working on finalizing the testing schedule, but we expect to have that information to begin offering screening testing very soon.
All COVID-19 testing is voluntary, and only individuals who have provided consent to participate will be eligible to test. While fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from routine screening testing per CDC recommendations, anyone who provides consent may participate in the testing program. Providing consent does not require any individual to participate. For example, parents of a fully vaccinated student may choose to provide consent to participate now but can have the student refrain from participating in weekly testing. That student can still test in the event of a close contact, outbreak, or symptom later on because they have provided consent. Students who do not have a signed consent on file will not be eligible for testing at school.
Registration is now open to sign up to participate:
For Albright Middle School, click here to register.
For Salt Creek Primary School, click here to register.
For Stella May Swartz Elementary School, click here to register.
Once a student is tested, regardless of the outcome, the results are reported to the school and to the parent/guardian. Additionally, test results are required to be reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health. If a student tests positive, then we collaborate in our contact tracing efforts with the DuPage County Health Department. For positive test results, you will receive both a phone call and an email from Northshore Clinical with the results. For negative test results, then you will receive only an email. Results are typically received within 24 hours.
Testing is provided at no cost to participants or District 48. COVID-19 testing is covered 100% by all insurance companies with no deductible, co-pays, coinsurance, or any other out-of-pocket expense. For individuals without insurance, the cost is covered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The testing will either be an anterior nares swab (it goes less than 3/4 inch into the nose) or buccal (cheek) swab. In either test, this is not the nasopharyngeal swab that goes deep into the nasal cavity.
