Fairfax County Public Schools: Pre-Registration For Optional Student Screening Testing

Press release from Fairfax County Public Schools:

November 15, 2021

Pre-registration for optional COVID-19 screening testing for students begins this week. Parents and guardians may pre-register their child(ren)and provide consent using the LTS secure online portal(link is external). If you do not want your child to participate in COVID-19 screening testing, no action is required. You will have the option each week to update your child’s vaccination status and consent for testing.

High School Student-athletes do not need to pre-register with the LTS online portal for screening testing, they will use a separate portal provided by their school's Student Activities Director.

There will be no student COVID-19 screening testing the week of November 22 due to Thanksgiving break.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends school-based testing to limit the spread of COVID-19 and to keep school open safely. Screening testing is used to identify unvaccinated people with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic and do not have known, suspected, or reported exposure to COVID-19.

For more information, visit our COVID-19 Screening Testing webpage.

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