[BHS Etree] ADMIN: Twice-Weekly School Covid Testing for Elevated Risk Notification

Fri Jan 14 17:57:26 PST 2022

Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions, contact BHS
Principal Juan Raygoza at juanraygoza at berkeley.net.

Hello Berkeley High School Community,

Berkeley High School is experiencing an elevated COVID-19 risk during the
Omicron surge. Working with our Public Health partners at the City of
Berkeley, we are shifting our case response focus to twice-weekly
school-wide testing of students and staff and community-wide COVID risk
notifications, rather than individual exposure letters for students.

We will be testing all Berkeley High School students and staff on the
following dates:

*Starting Tuesday, January 11th, all students and staff can access Covid
(rapid) testing at J104/Athletic Plaza on a grade-level schedule:*

   - 9th/12th graders can access testing on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
   3:30-5:00pm
   - 10th/11th graders can access testing on Wednesdays and Fridays from
   3:30-5:00pm
   - Student Athletes will continue their regular testing schedule which
   falls primarily on Mondays
   - Staff can access testing on Monday - Friday from 2:30-5:00pm

Most Berkeley High School students and staff are already registered for
BUSD’s free COVID-19 testing. Anyone not registered for testing can register
here <https://my.primary.health/l/berkeley_usd>. This is one-time
registration only. It is not necessary to register for each test date.

This twice-weekly testing will provide a faster and more efficient way of
identifying students and staff who have COVID at Berkeley High School,
which will slow the spread of COVID at our school.

In the last seven days, 136 COVID-19 cases have been identified as having
been on campus while infectious. We will continue to watch our case numbers
and, in consultation with the City of Berkeley Health Department, make a
determination about the pace of future testing.

Please refer to the COVID Case Dashboard
<https://www.berkeleyschools.net/coronavirus/case-dashboard/>to see case
numbers on a daily basis.

Thank you.

__________

Por favor de no responder a este email. Si tiene preguntas, comuníquese con
el director de BHS, Juan Raygoza, en juanraygoza at berkeley.net.

Hola Comunidad en la Escuela Berkeley High School,

La Escuela Berkeley High School está experimentando un riesgo elevado de
COVID-19 durante el aumento de Omicron. Trabajando con nuestros de Salud
Pública del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Berkeley estamos cambiando nuestro
enfoque de respuesta de casos a pruebas de estudiantes y personal escolar
dos veces por semana y notificaciones de riesgo de COVID en toda la
comunidad, en lugar de cartas de exposición individual para estudiantes.

Estaremos administrando la prueba en la Escuela Berkeley High School para
todos los estudiantes y el personal docente en las siguientes fechas:

*A partir de martes 11 de enero, todos los estudiantes y el personal pueden
acceder a las pruebas (rápidas) de Covid en J104/Athletic Plaza en un
horario de nivel de grado *:

   - Los estudiantes de 9.º y 12.º grado pueden acceder a las pruebas los
   martes y jueves de 3:30pm a 5:00pm
   - Los estudiantes de 10.º y 11.º grado pueden acceder a las pruebas los
   miércoles y viernes de 3:30pm a 5:00pm
   - Los estudiantes atletas continuarán con su horario regular de pruebas,
   que se realiza principalmente los lunes.
   - El personal puede acceder a las pruebas de lunes a viernes de 2:30pm a
   5:00pm

La mayoría de los estudiantes y el personal docente en la Escuela Berkeley
High School están ya inscritos para la prueba gratuita COVID-19 en BUSD.
Cualquier persona que no esté inscrito para recibir la prueba puede inscribirse
aquí <https://my.primary.health/l/berkeley_usd>. Esta es una inscripción
única. No es necesario que se inscriba para cada fecha de la prueba.

Esta prueba, la cual se realiza dos veces por semana, ofrecerá una forma
más rápida y eficaz de identificar a los estudiantes y al personal docente
que tienen COVID en la Escuela Berkeley High School, lo cual disminuirá la
propagación del COVID en nuestra escuela.

Durante los últimos siete días, 136 casos de COVID-19 han sido
identificados de haber estado en el plantel escolar mientras estaban bajo
el periodo de infección. Seguiremos observando el número de casos y, en
coordinación con el Departamento de Salud del Gobierno de la Ciudad de
Berkeley, tomaremos una decisión acerca del ritmo de las futuras pruebas.

Consulte el Tablero de Casos de COVID
<https://www.berkeleyschools.net/coronavirus/case-dashboard/> para ver los
números de casos a diario.

Gracias.

*_____________________________*

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