Sacramento City schools to give out more at-home COVID-19 tests
As COVID-19 cases increase in Sacramento schools and in the surrounding area of Sacramento County, the Sacramento City Unified School District is planning to send students home with more rapid COVID-19 test kits ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.In a message to SCUSD families, the district said parents can expect their children to get the at-h0me tests Thursday and Friday before the holiday. “You know, just another extra precaution. It only takes 15 minutes, so it’s nothing too bad,” 11th grader Damian Garcia said.The district also “strongly advised” everyone to wear a face mask indoors. “People are getting the virus multiple times and we are seeing clusters of cases impacting our schools,” the SCUSD message to parents stated.Paula Falcon’s daughter is in first grade. She said she learned someone in her daughter’s class recently tested positive for COVID-19.”So, of course, you know being that we have a large family, a lot of grandkids, we have to make sure we’re safe too,” Falcon said.She said her daughter took a rapid at-home test that came out negative. When the district’s COVID-19 data was most recently updated last Friday, it showed 652 students and staffers had contracted the virus and were present at school or work during the infectious period so far this month. That is compared to 237 the month before.Cases are on the rise, but they are still nowhere near the spike in January that amounted to 4,032. Still, SCUSD said it is a good idea to take a COVID-19 test before big celebrations, like graduations, even if someone is vaccinated against the virus.
As COVID-19 cases increase in Sacramento schools and in the surrounding area of Sacramento County, the Sacramento City Unified School District is planning to send students home with more rapid COVID-19 test kits ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
In a message to SCUSD families, the district said parents can expect their children to get the at-h0me tests Thursday and Friday before the holiday.
“You know, just another extra precaution. It only takes 15 minutes, so it’s nothing too bad,” 11th grader Damian Garcia said.
The district also “strongly advised” everyone to wear a face mask indoors.
“People are getting the virus multiple times and we are seeing clusters of cases impacting our schools,” the SCUSD message to parents stated.
Paula Falcon’s daughter is in first grade. She said she learned someone in her daughter’s class recently tested positive for COVID-19.
“So, of course, you know being that we have a large family, a lot of grandkids, we have to make sure we’re safe too,” Falcon said.
She said her daughter took a rapid at-home test that came out negative.
When the district’s COVID-19 data was most recently updated last Friday, it showed 652 students and staffers had contracted the virus and were present at school or work during the infectious period so far this month. That is compared to 237 the month before.
Cases are on the rise, but they are still nowhere near the spike in January that amounted to 4,032.
Still, SCUSD said it is a good idea to take a COVID-19 test before big celebrations, like graduations, even if someone is vaccinated against the virus.
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