Barrow County School System: 5 Things To Know Before Jan. 5 Return

Press release from the Barrow County School System:

January 3, 2022

We are looking forward to seeing our students on Wednesday, January 5! Please review the five items below to ensure your students are prepared for their return.

1.  Classes for the spring semester will resume in-person on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, as scheduled.

We will continue to follow the COVID-19 Protocols adopted on November 10. If a school’s status changes, we will immediately alert impacted families. At this time, masks are strongly recommended but not required in buildings. Per the federal mandate, masks are required on school buses.
 

2.  Please come to school healthy.

We all must do our part to keep ourselves and others healthy. Please …

3.  The CDC and DPH issued new isolation and quarantine guidelines on December 28, which BCSS will follow.

4.  The Barrow Health Department is hosting a vaccination event at the Center for Innovative Teaching on Thursday, Jan. 6 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Students and adults will be able to get Pfizer dose 1, Pfizer dose 2, or a Pfizer booster shot. Flu shots will also be available. No appointment is necessary. Visit our website for vaccination event details. We encourage all students and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
 

5.  BCSS will be starting a voluntary, weekly COVID-19 testing program at schools.

Regular COVID-19 testing of students and staff will help us lower the risk of the disease in our schools by identifying positive cases of COVID-19 quickly. Testing will allow us to have regular in-person learning while making everyone feel safer.

What is the COVID-19 voluntary testing program?

Visit our website for testing details. You can sign up at any time, but please sign up by January 10 to be included in the program starting on January 17.

The program is voluntary. Students and staff are not required to participate in the program.

*Test program volunteers who have no symptoms may continue to come to school/work while awaiting results unless they are unvaccinated and have a known exposure to a positive case.

We strongly encourage participation to help us reduce the spread of the COVID-19 disease.

Thank you and be well!
Barrow County School System

This press release was produced by the Barrow County School System. The views expressed here are the author’s own.