Mission Consolidated Independent School District now offers rapid COVID-19 testing to students and employees on campus, the district announced Tuesday.
The district is offering the tests as part of a state program that allows symptomatic and asymptomatic students and employees to be tested, the district said in a news release.
The program uses the BinaxNOW tests and provides results in 15 minutes. They are administered with a nasal swab and have accuracy rates of 97 to 98% for symptomatic people, according to the statement.
The tests will be available to all students showing symptoms of COVID-19. However, to participate in the program, parents must complete a form that was emailed but can also be picked up at each campus.
Parents will be called with the test results and the results will also be shared with officials from MCISD, the Hidalgo County Department of Health and Human Services, and the Texas State Department of Health.
District officials said that if a parent has a child experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, they should not be sent to school. According to the release, those parents can contact their campus to make arrangements with the school nurse to arrange for testing.
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