Dear Lone Star Families,
I have spent most
of my time this week on the phone or answering emails. We appreciate all
the rapid communication from parents of students with positive Covid
testers in their home. I have heard many times this week that this is a
test a parent hopes their child would fail! I have not heard of any of
our LSE students or siblings that have been hospitalized . For this we
are very grateful.
A look at the Covid tracker (link below) will
show the wave has been increasing. LSE will begin today notifying
parents by email if an individual in their child's homeroom has tested
positive in the previous few days. Email notifications will go out on
Tuesday afternoons of the cases reported that day and the day before.
Also, each Friday afternoon, email letters will go to each homeroom
parent of any class with a Covid positive individual reported later that
same week. This will help parents to watch more closely their child's
symptoms to keep them home for a day or 2 for anything unusual. And then
getting them to a doctor or tested before returning to school if still
not 100%.
Regarding testing, MISD free Covid testing center has
been swamped ,as well as local clinics and pharmacies that test. It is
also difficult to find home Covid testing kits at CVS or Walmart. MISD
will soon post job a opening to help out with free MISD Covid testing
for students and staff. Other duties will include communicating with the
Montgomery County Health Department . PPE provided! That is an inside
scoop! You heard it first because you read LSE Nurse's Notes!
Please continue to reach out to me for any questions or concerns.
www.misd.org/return_to_school_plan
Monica Lemke, R.N.LSE School Nurse
936-276-4523
[email protected]