COVID-19 Information & Resources

Below are guidelines, resources and information as we continue to navigate the challenges created by COVID-19 in our community.

As of May 11, 2023, the Federal Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19 has officially ended. However, RSD is still committed to keeping everyone in our schools healthy. We have taken the guidelines recommended below from the Washington State Department of Health.

Isolation/Return to Work & School

If you test positive for COVID-19, please isolate at home for 5 days from your first onset of symptoms. You may return to work/school after 5 days AND if symptoms have improved AND you have not had a fever for 24 hours without use of fever reducing-medication.

If you test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms, you must still isolate at home for 5 days. If you develop symptoms after testing positive, your 5-day isolation should start over.

How to Calculate Your Isolation Period

Symptomatic: If you have symptoms, day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed. You may return to work AFTER 5 full days of isolation (not including day 0).

Asymptomatic: If you have not had any symptoms, day 0 is the date you were tested. Day 1 is the first full day after the specimen was collected for your positive test. You may return to work AFTER 5 full days of isolation (not including day 0).

If you have questions about how to calculate your isolate period, please email Kellie Lacey, Assistant Director of HR, at kellie.lacey@rsd.edu.

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Testing Information & Resources

Testing Resources and Information

Benton-Franklin Health District COVID-19 Testing Site Locator

All testing provided through RSD is done with rapid antigen tests. Regardless of test result, students who have a temperature greater than 100 degrees or severe COVID-like symptoms will need to go home and return according to current guidance.

Testing is voluntary and tests will not be administered on students without prior parent/guardian notification and proper consent from the parent or legal guardians. To help facilitate the testing, families may complete the COVID-19 Testing Consent Form and return it to their child's school if the parents want their student to be tested if needed. Completed consent forms will be kept in the health room.

If a student is feeling ill at school and has COVID-19-like symptoms, health staff will verify the student has written consent on file and make efforts to contact families before administering a rapid test. If a student does not have a written consent on file, a parent will be contacted to ask if they would still like to have their child tested. If yes, two school staff members must witness the verbal consent before the test is administered.

Testing Consent Forms

Click on the links to download consent forms.

COVID-19 Testing Consent Permission Form (English)

COVID-19 Testing Consent Permission Form (Spanish)

Vaccination Resources & Opportunities

Most commercial pharmacies such as Rite-Aid and Walgreens and those located in retailers such as Safeway/Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Walmart and Costco offer COVID-19 vaccinations at no charge. You can find information about vaccination events through the Benton-Franklin Health District website.

The district will share other vaccination opportunities in the community or hosted at schools as they are scheduled.