COVID-19 Information & Resources

REMINDER: Please keep your child home if they are sick. This includes: an earache or severe headache; a fever of 100 degrees or more; a sore throat or swollen glands; a persistent cough or runny nose; skin rash or sores; inflammation of the eyes; nausea, vomiting or other stomach flu symptoms; painful swelling of any kind or another communicable disease. 

Parents/guardians will be contacted to pick up their student if they arrive at school with symptoms of illness.

Students may return to school following an illness (other than COVID-19) when they meet the following: no fever within the past 24 hours without use of fever reducing medications and their symptoms are gone or resolving

COVID-19 Symptoms (not related to another condition)

• Fever (100.4 or higher)
• Chills
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Muscle/body aches
• Congestion
• Runny nose
• Fatigue
• Diarrhea (2 or more loose stools in 24 hours)
• Nausea or vomiting
• Loss of taste or smell
• Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing

A student, child, or staff who tests positive for COVID-19 is required to isolate at home, regardless of vaccination status. The individual may return to school/work after 5 full days of isolation if:

• Their symptoms have improved or they are asymptomatic, AND
• They are without a fever for the past 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medications.

Testing Resources and Information

Benton-Franklin Health District COVID-19 Testing Site Locator

RSD schools will have COVID-19 tests available for students and staff for following scenarios:

• Student/staff member begins to show symptoms while at school or work
• Student/staff member is symptomatic and needs testing before attending school or reporting to work

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)

Order At-Home Test Kits

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits are available to order through the Washington State Department of Health and the federal government. Test kits are limited per household. Order kits at the links below:

Say Yes! COVID Test

Covidtests.gov

 

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.

Washington Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 Requirements For K-12 Schools

Washington State DOH K-12 Activity Guidance FAQ’S - WIAA

U.S. Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Recommendations For K-12 Schools