As part of the Aegis registration process, parents/legal guardians will be required to provide consent for participation in COVID-19 testing services in the secure online registration portal as noted below. Students over the age of 18 can provide consent for themselves. Consent must be provided for SY 2022-23. Consents completed during SY 2021-22 will not be permitted. 

Consent will only be required once. Consent will be documented in the secure online registration portal and may be withdrawn at any time. 

FCPS Regional Diagnostic Testing - Student Consent Porta

Staff will provide information and consent for testing in the secure online staff registration portal.Staff will provide information and consent for testing in the secure online registration portal. Please refer to the Employee Hub’s COVID-19 Resources page for additional information. 

Consent will only be required once. Consent must be provided for SY 2022-23; consents completed during SY 2021-22 will not be permitted.

Consent may be withdrawn by emailing [email protected]. Aegis client services is responsible for managing consent revocation.

If you do not want your student to participate in COVID-19 testing, no action is required. Participation in COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing is voluntary. If you do not register your student and provide consent for testing within the Aegis online registration portal, your student will not be tested by Aegis.

To complete COVID testing, an anterior-nasal swab (a short swab no longer than a typical Q-Tip) is used to collect a sample from the inside of the front of the nose. Completion of the test is quick and easy (only a few seconds in each nostril).  Participating individuals will self-swab the first inch or so of each side of the inside of their nose themselves, when able to do so. For participating students unable to self-swab, the testing sample will be collected by a trained Aegis staff member. 
 

RT-PCR testing will be conducted for both diagnostic and screening tests. Results for RT-PCR diagnostic tests will be available in two (2) days. 

Test results will be provided via an email and a text message based on the information provided during registration. It is important to verify this information during the registration process by ‘opening’ the initial email/text. The parent/legal guardian providing consent for testing will be contacted by email and text message to the phone number and email address provided in the online registration with their student’s test results. 

Upon receiving the test result notification, click the link in the email or text message, then enter the last name and DOB of the individual tested to view the results. 

If you are having issues viewing the test results, please email Aegis at [email protected] and the Aegis’ client services team will provide support.
 

As with all other COVID-19 testing providers in Virginia, Aegis is required to share positive COVID-19 test results with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) for public health purposes. Test results will also be disclosed to the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) for public health purposes. Aegis will not disclose COVID-19 testing results to FCPS.

As noted in the online registration process, parents/legal guardians of students with a positive test result should notify their student’s school and follow FCPS’ return to school guidance as outlined at https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/health-and-safety-guidance-document. If the test result is positive, Aegis will provide the parent/legal guardian with the FCPS Student Isolation Guidance Letter in the test result notification.

FCPS is requesting that parents/legal guardians notify FCPS school staff of the student’s positive COVID-19 test results so that we may provide isolation guidance and instructional support.  

If a student is at school when a positive COVID-19 test result is received, the parent/legal guardian will need to notify the school. FCPS staff will relocate your student to the CARE room and the parent/legal guardian will need to pick up the student from school within one hour.
 

Information regarding FCPS return to school procedures are available at https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/health-and-safety-guidance-document. Students who are at school when diagnosed with COVID-19 must be picked up from the CARE room at school within one hour, and may not return to school until all of the following have been met:

• Student has completed at least five days of isolation; AND 
• Student is fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication; AND
• Student’s symptoms have improved or resolved
• Student wears a well-fitting mask for 5 additional days (day 6 through day 10) after the end of the 5-day isolation period, in accordance with VDH guidance OR

For students who are unable/unwilling to mask for days 6-10, VDH recommends two negative rapid antigen tests (includes home test) on or after day 6 performed 48 hours apart. The first test can be administered on or after day 6. If you do not have access to a rapid antigen test kit for this purpose, you may contact your school site. FCPS does not require a negative test to return.