Montgomery County will ramp up test-to-stay in the new year. It's a practice the CDC director says 'works to keep unvaccinated children in school safely.”
. Students exposed to a virus-positive classmate were able to do rapid testing each morning for five school days,The result was significant: a combined 240 days of in-person learning spared from quarantine, said Earl Stoddard, assistant chief administrative officer for Montgomery County and part of the leadership team on the effort. What’s more, none of the students who stayed in school tested positive, he said.
In the Washington region, test-to-stay is still new — and untried in school systems in Arlington, Alexandria andcounties. School officials in Fairfax County submitted a request to be part of a test-to-stay pilot program Virginia is planning for the new year, a spokeswoman said. In Montgomery, rapid tests are not an obstacle, according to Stoddard. “The biggest challenge, by leaps and bounds, is staffing,” he said. The county has 75 extra contract employees, all in nursing, to bolster testing and other health efforts in schools, he said, and expects to bring more into schools in January.
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