In conjunction with the California Department of Public Health, Union School District secured enough rapid antigen test kits to send home with each student in our district prior to Winter Break. The test kits provide an additional layer of safeguard for our students and staff prior to returning to school on January 3, 2022.

We are recommending our families to have your student take one of the rapid antigen tests today, Sunday, January 2nd. While this is not required to return to school, we are highly encouraging everyone to test prior to returning to school campuses to support us in keeping our schools safe after the holidays.

Please note, test results are not required to return to school from Winter Break, but are highly encouraged. If your rapid antigen test results come back positive, we ask that you notify the front office, keep your child home from school, keep siblings home from school, and contact your health care provider for next steps.

Watch the video on how to test: How to do an iHealth Rapid Test

Understanding your test results

If the test is negative:

• If your student feels well and has no COVID-19 symptoms, return to school!
• If your student has symptoms or has been in contact with someone with COVID-19, please call the school before they return EVEN IF THE TEST IS NEGATIVE. More testing might be needed.

If the test is positive:
Stay home from school and contact your doctor and your school. You will need to get a PCR test from your health care provider to verify the home test.

If the test results are not clear:
Contact the school for next steps, to find the next in-school testing date, or find a local testing site to retest. Dartmouth Middle School and Union Middle School both have community pods for your testing conveniences.