Remote Learning, Testing & Contact Tracing

  • Remote Learning

    For information related to the Irvington UFSD distance learning plan, please review Section XIV of the Irvington UFSD Reopening Plan.

    COVID-19 Testing
    Please note, the Irvington UFSD is not equipped to conduct COVID-19 testing in the event of a large-scale outbreak. We have a standing relationship with the Westchester County Department of Health (DOH), and in the event that testing is required, we will defer to the Westchester County DOH for any required or relevant information. Additional Testing information is available Westchester County Department of Health Q&A

    Testing is readily available in our community. Students, staff or visitors requiring COVID-19 testing should contact their health provider, a local urgent care, federally qualified health center or visit the NYSDOH website to locate a nearby testing facility.

    Contact Tracing
    The Irvington UFSD will notify the state and local health department immediately upon being informed of any positive COVID-19 diagnostic test result by an individual within school facilities or on school grounds, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors of the District. For more information on contact tracing, please review Section VIII of the Irvington UFSD Reopening Plan.

    To assist the local health department with tracing the transmission of COVID-19, the District has developed and maintains a plan to trace all contacts of exposed individuals in accordance with protocols, training, and tools provided through the New York State Contact Tracing Program.

    The District will assist with contact tracing by:

    • Keeping accurate attendance records of students and staff members.
    • Ensuring student schedules are up to date.
    • Keeping a visitor log that includes date and time, address and phone number, and where in the school they visited.
    • Assisting the local health departments in tracing all contacts of the individual in accordance with the protocol, training, and tools provided through the NYS Contact Tracing Program.
    • Informing the local health department of a staff member testing positive regardless of county of residence.
    • For all contact tracing, the DOH will require the name, address, and phone number as well as the name and phone number of the guardian of a student.

    If/when COVID-19 cases are discovered, in consultation with the local health department and the school medical director/school physician, the District will do the following:

    • Close or quarantine locations of potential exposure for 24 hours, if possible
    • Clean and disinfect locations as necessary
    • Provide DOH with information as required

    Confidentiality must be maintained as required by federal and state laws and regulations. Staff should not try to determine who is to be excluded without guidance and direction from the local health department.