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Greenville County Schools Suspends Test-To Stay And Quarantine Practices

The District will continue tracking positive cases at all schools and locations.

February 28, 2022

In follow-up to DHEC’s most recent changes to COVID-19 requirements for schools, Greenville County Schools has several updates:

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Starting Tuesday, March 1, all Greenville County Schools locations are suspending Test-to-Stay and quarantine practices in accordance with DHEC guidance. The District has reviewed data from the last two weeks as required by DHEC and determined that no GCS schools or locations had 10% or more of their students and staff absent due to COVID-19, and less than 0.3% of students and staff were positive for COVID-19 District-wide. Therefore, all GCS schools and locations are suspending Test-to-Stay and quarantine practices related to close contact exposures until further notice. This means that all schools and locations can resume normal operations and suspend contact tracing, social distancing, and mask requirements for students and staff after an exposure.

The District will continue tracking positive cases at all schools and locations. If a school or location reaches 10% of its students and staff absent due to COVID-19 over two consecutive one-week periods, the District will notify the administration, and they will reinstate contact tracing, Test-to-Stay and quarantine practices at their location as required by DHEC.

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Any students or staff who have symptoms* of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19 are still required to be excluded from school/work and isolate. If a student or staff member has symptoms* or tests positive for COVID-19, they need to report the symptoms* and/or test results to their school or work location. Schools will continue to send notifications to families when there is a positive case in a classroom.

*Symptoms of COVID-19 with or without fever include:

GCS is now providing COVID-19 test kits to students or staff who have symptoms and need to take a test. The process to request a test kit remains the same as it was for Test-to-Stay; parents or staff may request a test kit from their school or work location. Additionally, the three GCS Testing Sites will continue to operate until further notice.


En seguimiento a los cambios mΓ‘s recientes de DHEC a los requisitos de COVID-19 para las escuelas, las Escuelas del Condado de Greenville tienen varias actualizaciones:

A partir del martes 1 de marzo, todas las ubicaciones de las escuelas del condado de Greenville suspenderΓ‘n las prΓ‘cticas de prueba para quedarse y cuarentena de acuerdo con la guΓ­a de DHEC. El Distrito revisΓ³ los datos de las ΓΊltimas dos semanas segΓΊn lo requiere DHEC y determinΓ³ que ninguna escuela o ubicaciΓ³n de GCS tuvo el 10 % o mΓ‘s de sus estudiantes y personal ausente debido a COVID-19, y menos del 0.3 % de los estudiantes y el personal dieron positivo para COVID-19 en todo el Distrito. Por lo tanto, todas las escuelas y ubicaciones de GCS estΓ‘n suspendiendo las prΓ‘cticas de prueba y permanencia y cuarentena relacionadas con exposiciones de contacto cercano hasta prΓ³ximo aviso. Esto significa que todas las escuelas y ubicaciones pueden reanudar las operaciones normales y suspender el rastreo de contactos, el distanciamiento social y los requisitos de mascarillas para los estudiantes y el personal despuΓ©s de una exposiciΓ³n.

El Distrito continuarΓ‘ rastreando casos positivos en todas las escuelas y ubicaciones. Si una escuela o ubicaciΓ³n alcanza el 10% de sus estudiantes y personal ausente debido a COVID-19 durante dos perΓ­odos consecutivos de una semana, el Distrito notificarΓ‘ a la administraciΓ³n y restablecerΓ‘ las prΓ‘cticas de seguimiento de contactos, Prueba para quedarse y cuarentena en su ubicaciΓ³n segΓΊn lo requiera DHEC.

Cualquier estudiante o personal que tenga sΓ­ntomas* de COVID-19 o que dΓ© positivo en la prueba de COVID-19 aΓΊn debe ser excluido de la escuela/trabajo y aislado. Si un estudiante o miembro del personal tiene sΓ­ntomas* o da positivo en la prueba de COVID-19, debe informar los sΓ­ntomas* y/o los resultados de la prueba a su escuela o lugar de trabajo. Las escuelas continuarΓ‘n enviando notificaciones a las familias cuando haya un caso positivo en un salΓ³n de clases.

*Los sΓ­ntomas de COVID-19 con o sin fiebre incluyen:

GCS ahora proporciona kits de prueba COVID-19 a los estudiantes o al personal que tienen sΓ­ntomas y necesitan hacerse una prueba. El proceso para solicitar un kit de prueba sigue siendo el mismo que para Test-to-Stay; los padres o el personal pueden solicitar un kit de prueba de su escuela o lugar de trabajo. AdemΓ‘s, los tres sitios de prueba de GCS seguirΓ‘n funcionando hasta prΓ³ximo aviso.


This press release was produced by Greenville County Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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