SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—As students prepare to return to school on Jan. 4, districts across the county are offering families a tool to test their children for Covid-19 before they return.
While not required for return to class, the tests are “highly recommended,” Soquel Union Elementary School District Superintendent Scott Turnbull said.
The Santa Cruz County office of Education on Friday received hundreds of boxes of iHealth test kits, each of which contains two individual tests. These will be distributed at schools and sites and will be available for pickup beginning Sunday.
Dr. Faris Sabbah, superintendent of Santa Cruz County Schools, said 80,000 Covid-19 test kits arrived, enough for each student in the 100-plus schools in Santa Cruz County, to get two test kits each. That includes all 39 schools within the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
These rapid tests take 15 minutes to administer, Turnbull said.
Here are locations where you can pick up Covid-19 tests and information:
Where: District Office Drive-Thru, 294 Green Valley Rd., Watsonville
Dates: January 4th-7th
Times: 9am-5pm
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Where: Family Engagement & Wellness Center, 530 Palm Ave., Watsonville
Dates: January 4th-8th
Times: 11am-7pm
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Where: Cabrillo College Parking Lot K Drive-Thru, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos
Dates: January 3rd-8th
Times: M-F 9am-5pm | Sat 9am-2pm
For additional information visit this website. Go here to learn about how to test students at home.
