Covid Update from the Head of School

North Cross community,

I hope all of you are having a safe and enjoyable holiday break.  We have been closely following the spread of the omicron variant and it seems to be spreading very fast.  On the positive side, it appears to cause fewer serious symptoms, particularly among those that are vaccinated, but it remains a cause for concern.
 
I think our general precautions and masking are sufficient but I do think it prudent to test our community before we all return to campus.  This prevents us from possible large scale quarantining of students that are exposed to students in their classrooms that test positive.
 
As such, we are going to move our return-to-school testing to Monday, January 3rd, in the afternoon from 1:00pm to 5:00pm in the CAC for all students, faculty, and staff.  And we will not have school on Tuesday, January 4th so that we may receive our test results.  This allows us to start school on Wednesday with a student population as healthy as possible. 
 
I recognize that whenever we change our plans, it is an inconvenience and for that I apologize.  I also realize that many families are using this day as a travel day which is why we have scheduled testing in the afternoon.  Hopefully you will be able to return to Roanoke in time for testing.  If you are unable to make testing on that Monday, please reach out to Pam Moskal, pmoskal@northcross.org, to arrange for testing. 
 
Again, I apologize for the inconvenience but we continue to try to do the best we can to keep our school as safe as possible for all.
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