Hello from the Coonley Safety Committee!
As a committee we are composed of teachers, staff, administrators, and our school engineer. We meet once a month to discuss our safety plan, updates, and any concerns that may come up due to COVID-19. Through collaboration, openness, and always keeping solutions at the forefront, we are continuously working hard to ensure the safety of our students and staff while in school. It is great to see that we are almost 84% fully vaccinated, and have almost 50% of our student population participating in weekly COVID testing. As a committee, we know this has helped keep our students and staff safe.
Thank you!
The Coonley Safety Committee
As a committee we are composed of teachers, staff, administrators, and our school engineer. We meet once a month to discuss our safety plan, updates, and any concerns that may come up due to COVID-19. Through collaboration, openness, and always keeping solutions at the forefront, we are continuously working hard to ensure the safety of our students and staff while in school. It is great to see that we are almost 84% fully vaccinated, and have almost 50% of our student population participating in weekly COVID testing. As a committee, we know this has helped keep our students and staff safe.
Thank you!
The Coonley Safety Committee
Reporting Positive Cases: Please be sure to self-report positive cases promptly to cps.edu/covidresults. Be sure to enter your child's student ID correct when completing the self-report. If it is entered incorrectly, we will not receive the information from the self-report.
Weekly In School Testing
In the 2022-2023 school year, CPS will continue to provide in-school COVID-19 surveillance testing through our partners at Thermo Fisher.
IMPORTANT: Every CPS student or staff member who wants to enroll in weekly testing this school year MUST complete a new consent form. Consents from last school year or this summer WILL NOT be valid for the 2022-23 school year.
Weekly In School Testing
In the 2022-2023 school year, CPS will continue to provide in-school COVID-19 surveillance testing through our partners at Thermo Fisher.
IMPORTANT: Every CPS student or staff member who wants to enroll in weekly testing this school year MUST complete a new consent form. Consents from last school year or this summer WILL NOT be valid for the 2022-23 school year.
- Parents or guardians can click here to complete this year’s consent form. Once consent is given for the 2022-23 school year, staff and students will remain consented until they leave CPS.
- Please refer to this guide if you need assistance in filling out the consent form.
- You will need your student’s ID number to complete the form. Your student's ID can be found on their report card.
- Testing will begin the week of August 29. For the first week of school, starting August 22, each student and staff member will be given a take-home rapid COVID-19 test.
COVID Vaccination
Student vaccination records will be entered into the student’s profile in Aspen, where they can be stored safely and used to inform the contact tracing and quarantining process.
To submit a copy of your child’s vaccination card, you may:
Student vaccination records will be entered into the student’s profile in Aspen, where they can be stored safely and used to inform the contact tracing and quarantining process.
To submit a copy of your child’s vaccination card, you may:
- E-mail a copy of the card to Nurse Annie Kulik (akulik@cps.edu) and Nurse Cathy Lehner (calehner@cps.edu)
- Send a copy to school with your child. They should give it to their homeroom teacher. Their homeroom teacher will secure the copy in a folder and give it to our School Clerk or School Nurse as quickly and safely as possible to ensure safe storage until it can be entered.
Updated Quarantine/Isolation Guidance
Beginning February 1, 2022, CPS adopted new guidance around quarantine and isolation to align with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Guidance has also changed regarding what it means to be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine doses.
1 Are you up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines doses?
This means:
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Beginning February 1, 2022, CPS adopted new guidance around quarantine and isolation to align with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Guidance has also changed regarding what it means to be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine doses.
1 Are you up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines doses?
This means:
- For people 18 years or older: You received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people.
- For people 5-17 years old: You completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.
- Positive at-home tests must be reported at cps.edu/covidresults.
- Negative at-home tests do not meet the criteria to exempt or shorten quarantine for close contacts, release someone from isolation, clear individuals who are experiencing Covid-like symptoms, or to enter or return to the U.S. from an international location
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