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

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Dear Berkeley High School Community,

Working with our Public Health partners at the City of Berkeley, we are shifting our case response focus to school-wide weekly testing of students and staff and community-wide COVID risk notifications, rather than individual exposure letters for students. 

Testing will be available at Berkeley High School to:
Students: Tuesday, February 15th through February 17th during their English class
Staff: Monday, February 14th through Thursday, February 17th 8:15-3:00PM at the Jacket Stadium ticket booth with a lunch break from 12:00-12:30pm. 

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. This is one-time registration only.  It is not necessary to register for each test date.

Weekly testing by a majority of our students and staff will provide an 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, 18 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 to see case numbers on a daily basis.

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Estimada Comunidad en la Escuela Berkeley High School:

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Junto con nuestros socios de Salud Pública del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Berkeley, estamos cambiando nuestro enfoque de respuesta de casos a pruebas semanales para estudiantes y el personal y notificaciones de riesgo de COVID en toda la comunidad, en lugar de cartas de exposición individual para estudiantes.

Las pruebas estarán disponibles en Berkeley High School para:

Estudiantes: Martes, 15 de febrero al 17 de febrero durante su clase de inglés
Personal: Lunes, 14 de febrero al jueves 17 de febrero de 8:15-3:00pm en la boletería del Jacket Stadium con una pausa para el almuerzo a partir de las 12:00-12:30pm


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.  Esta es una inscripción única.  No es necesario que se inscriba para cada fecha de la prueba.

Esta prueba, la cual se realiza una vez 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, 18 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 para ver los números de casos a diario.
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