January 6, 2022
Dear Columbus Academy Families,
We are pleased that our daily absentee rate is not that much different than what we usually experience this time of year. Our community’s vigilance around masking, staying home when sick, social distancing and washing hands frequently has certainly helped!
While we will continue to distribute Covid test kits to our students and faculty/staff members who are exhibiting flu-like symptoms, our supply of these tests is quickly diminishing. We have been informed by Franklin County Public Health that no more of these test kits will be arriving anytime soon. Therefore, they will only be administered to those who come to our campus on a daily basis. Please do not request or use our supply for yourselves or other family members.
If you already have test kits in your possession, please do not use them before consulting with our school nurses. They will advise you on when it is appropriate and the best time to administer the tests, because taking them too early can produce a false negative result.
Also, if your children test positive and then test positive again after five days of isolation they should then complete the final five days of isolation before returning to campus or any school activities. Any additional tests taken after the fifth day should not come from the school’s supply, and negative results must be verified with a school nurse before students are allowed to return.
And finally, thank you to everyone who has updated vaccination and booster records for their children within FinalForms. If you have not yet checked, please log in here, select the “Update Forms” button and then click on “COVID-19 Vaccine Information” to enter the dates for each shot.
As always, feel free to share any concerns directly with our nurses by replying back to this message, emailing them at nurse@columbusacademy.org or calling them directly at 614-509-2234 (school office), 614-332-2764 (Beckie Hoagland’s mobile phone) or 614-496-9591 (Janet Fireman’s mobile phone). More information, including the campus dashboard for current positive cases, can be found on our COVID-19 Information Page.
Sincerely,
COVID Response Team
Erich Hunker ’81, Assistant Head of School for Development and External Relations
Beckie Hoagland, School Nurse
Janet Fireman, School Nurse
Ralen Cleveland, Safety and Security Coordinator
Harland Young, Director of Buildings and Grounds
