Navigating the COVID guidance at TSA
Dear TSA Community,
As you may have heard about in the news, the COVID guidance from the CDC, the Vermont Health Department, and the Vermont Agency of Education has been evolving rapidly over the past few weeks in response to Omicron.
The new guidance can be confusing, and there’s a lot of it, so we have posted detailed instructions on our website for reference if/when you find yourself in one of the following situations:
We hope this will be a useful reference guide, but if you are ever confused about what to do next, please do not hesitate to reach out to Andrew Lane, our COVID coordinator. We will update the website as the situation evolves so that you will have the most current protocol when it applies to you.
Thank you for everything you do to keep TSA open and running smoothly in spite of the pandemic.
For more information, check out the COVID-19 FAQ page or COVID-19 Resource page.
Mary Newman
Head of School
The Sharon Academy
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Andrew Lane, COVID-19 coordinator and director of the Sharon Academy Middle School, right, collects a nasal swab in Sharon, Vt., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, for a PCR test from a student who had an exposure late last week and was asymptomatic. With the PCR results expected in as little as 36 hours, the student also took a rapid antigen test, which was negative. As the Vermont Agency of Education issued a new test-at-home COVID-19 protocol for public schools last week, independent schools in the state are to continue with test-to-stay. Lane said that because of the small size of his school and his expectation that independent schools will receive the same test-at-home supplies in a matter of weeks, he is comfortable continuing with the current routine. “Once you do something every day, it becomes ritual,” said Lane. (Valley News 1/21/22- James M. Patterson)
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