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Anchorage School District recently issued the following announcement.

Challenging a positive. All positive PCR tests are considered final. ASD does not offer re-testing. If a student or staff chooses to re-test at an alternate site, ASD will still require the student/staff follow isolation protocols following the original positive test.

For VACCINATED Individuals

I am vaccinated, have had Covid in the past 90 days,  and I have recently developed new symptoms:

You have three options (you only need to do one of these options):

Submit or confirm that a copy of the positive molecular test within the last 90 days is on file with the school nurse or Healthcare Services and stay home until fever-free for 24 hours and symptoms are resolving.

Obtain a doctor note that states that the symptoms are not COVID related (Chronic Condition/Symptom Release Form)

Isolate for 5-days from the start of symptoms or positive test, whichever comes first.

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

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I have been vaccinated and I have recently tested positive:

5-day isolation required

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

If you have symptoms - day 0 of isolation is the 1st day that symptoms started.

If you don't have symptoms - day 0 of isolation is the day you received the test.

If you develop symptoms within a week of your positive test result, your isolation resets to day 0 on the day symptoms started.

ASL Video Version Available Here

I have been vaccinated and I have had recent contact with a known positive who I will no longer have contact with:

No quarantine is required initially if you have no symptoms.

If you have symptoms, see #5, below.

If you have no symptoms, you may return to school/work. The CDC recommends that you receive a lab-confirmed, molecular-based COVID test on or after Day 5. This is not required at ASD.

If you get tested and it is positive, see #2, above.

ASD requires universal masking at school. It is recommended by the CDC that you wear a mask in public and monitor symptoms for 10-days from the last day of exposure.

ASL Video Version Available Here

I have been vaccinated and I have had close contact with a known positive who I will continue to have close contact with:

No quarantine required initially if you have no symptoms.

If you have symptoms, see #5, below.

If you have no symptoms, you may return to school/work. The CDC recommends that you receive a lab-confirmed, molecular-based COVID test on or after Day 5. This is not required at ASD.

If you get tested and it is positive, see #2, above.

ASD requires universal masking at school. It is recommended by the CDC that you wear a mask in public and monitor symptoms for 10-days from the last day of exposure.  

ASL Video Version Available Here

I have been vaccinated and I have symptoms:

At Home Health Screening for Parent(s)/Guardians Flyer

You have three options (you only need to do one of these options):

Receive a negative molecular test. * ASD is not accepting antigen tests or at-home tests.

Obtain a doctor note that states that the symptoms are not COVID related (Chronic Condition/Symptom Release Form)

Isolate for 5-days from the start of symptoms

Day 0 of isolation is the 1st day that symptoms started.

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

ASL Video Version Available Here

For UNVACCINATED Individuals

I am not vaccinated, have had Covid in the past 90 days, and have recently developed symptoms:

You have three options (you only need to do one of these options):

Submit or confirm that a copy of the positive molecular test within the last 90 days is on file with the school nurse or Healthcare Services and stay home until fever-free for 24 hours and symptoms are resolving.

Obtain a doctor note that states that the symptoms are not COVID related (Chronic Condition/Symptom Release Form)

Isolate for 5-days from the start of symptoms or positive test, whichever comes first.

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

I am not vaccinated and I have tested positive for Covid-19:

5-day isolation required

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication).

If you have symptoms - day 0 of isolation is the 1st day that symptoms started.

If you do not have symptoms-  day 0 of isolation is the day you received the test.

If you develop symptoms within a week of your positive test result, your isolation resets to day 0 on the day symptoms started

I am not vaccinated and I have had close contact with a known positive who I will no longer have contact with:

If I have had a positive Covid test in the past 90 days, I do not need to quarantine.  90 days begins on the date the test was collected.

5-day quarantine is recommended but not required at ASD. If opting to quarantine, you may return to school/work on Day 6.

Day 0 is the last day that you were exposed to the positive person

The CDC recommends that you receive a lab-confirmed, molecular-based test on or after Day 5. This is not required at ASD.

ASD requires universal masking at school. It is recommended by the CDC that you wear a mask in public and monitor symptoms for 10-days from the last day of exposure.

I am not vaccinated and I have had close contact with a known positive who I will continue to have close contact with:

If I have had a positive Covid test in the past 90 days, I do not need to quarantine.  90 days begins on the date the test was collected.

Once known positive isolation has ended, a 5-day quarantine is recommended but not required at ASD. If opting to quarantine, you may return to school/work on Day 6.

If you have no symptoms you may return to school/work. The CDC recommends that you receive a lab-confirmed, molecular-based COVID test on or after Day 5. This is not required at ASD.

If you get tested and it is positive, see #2, above

ASD requires universal masking at school. It is recommended by the CDC that you wear a mask in public and monitor symptoms for 10-days from the last day of exposure.

I am not vaccinated and I have developed symptoms:

At Home Health Screening for Parent(s)/Guardians Flyer

You have three options (you only need to do one of these options):

Receive a negative molecular test. * ASD is not accepting antigen tests or at-home tests.

Obtain a doctor note that states that the symptoms are not COVID related (Chronic Condition/Symptom Release Form)

Isolate for 5-days from the start of symptoms

Day 0 of isolation is the 1st day that symptoms started.

Can return to school/work on Day 6 if symptoms are resolving and you have been fever-free for 24 hours fever-reducing medication.

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