November 18, 2020
Dear BB&N Families,
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you have not yet signed up for the mandatory baseline testing that we will conduct after Thanksgiving break. As Dr. Price communicated a few weeks ago in this letter to the community, we are requiring all faculty, staff, and students who will be working and learning on campus to be tested before they can return to campus after the Thanksgiving holiday. At this time, we are asking that you answer the following questions and to take the appropriate action.
1) Do you need to sign up? If you are planning to test at school, please schedule your appointment by Sunday, November 22nd here. As a reminder, we are saving the Sunday appointments for faculty, staff, and Lower School students who need to return to campus by Wednesday. If you are a faculty/staff member or MS/US student, and you will not be returning to school until Thursday, December 3rd, please schedule your appointment for Monday. Available testing times will be in 15-minute reserved spots during the following times:
- Sunday, November 29 11:00am-5:00pm
- Monday, November 30 8:00am-5:00pm
Please note, you will receive a confirmation email after you schedule your appointment. It may say “Faculty/Staff” sign up. Even if you are a student, it is ok.
2) Do you feel like you already scheduled an appointment? If yes, do not schedule another one through the system at this time. Please contact Tammy Calise via email at tcalise@bbns.org — we have found that some parents put their name instead of the student’s name and/or use a nickname instead of the full name we have on file. Dr. Calise will help sort out your appointment in the event this happened.
3) Are you planning to travel and/or test at an alternate facility upon your return? Please complete this form to indicate your plans to test somewhere else. For individuals using alternative locations, the campus-based school nurse must receive a record of a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result by 4:00pm the day before the student’s planned return to campus. Negative test results for individuals using alternative testing sites should be sent to healthforms@bbns.org.
4) Are you planning to be remote between Thanksgiving and January 1, 2021? If you will not be on campus for any reason (e.g., school, athletics, etc.), you are not required to get tested. Please indicate your intentions here (this will stop future emails/calls to sign up). If you would like to be tested, you can schedule an appointment here.
Testing results will be provided to their guardian (based on the information provided in the sign-up form). All individuals who are participating in BB&N’s testing program for the first time this year will be required to complete a waiver which will allow BB&N to receive a copy of testing results. Our testing partner, PhysicianOne, will contact individuals with positive test results and BB&N will follow up to discuss the return-to-school timeline and plan in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidance and our COVID-19 Policies. As is the case with any diagnostic testing program, there are a certain number of tests that are returned as TNP (Test Not Processed) or invalid. BB&N’s experience with this test result has been just over 1% — consistent with what The Broad Institute reports is normal. If you receive an invalid or TNP result, we will work with you and your family to retest so that everyone can be back on campus as quickly as possible.
Please contact Tammy Calise, Associate Director of Health and Wellness, at tcalise@bbns.org if you have any questions about testing.
Thank you,
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Kimberly Gold
Director of Student Support Services
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Tara Gohlmann
Chief Operating/Financial Officer
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