Testing Program

This testing opportunity is offered with no out-of-pocket cost  to participants who have health insurance (no copay, no cost sharing, no impact to deductible).  If your family has health insurance, you must provide your insurance information as part of the registration process.

For those who are uninsured, coverage will be provided at no cost, but you must provide a valid State ID as part of the registration process.

Participation in the testing program is absolutely a parent/guardian decision.  We are simply offering COVID-19 testing opportunities that are free, convenient and onsite to help your child stay healthy and stay in school as much as possible.

YOU make the choice to opt-in to the D20 testing program by completing the online registration form.  Registration will be open on a rolling-basis so you can join any time.

YOU can also decide to opt-in just for the diagnostic testing by completing a paper form in your school office if your child becomes ill.

As-Needed Diagnostic Testing for Symptomatic Individuals will be offered to help identify whether current symptoms in school are related to COVID-19.  The turnaround time for test results is typically 24-48 hours from lab receipt of the specimen.

This will help to reduce the number of days your child may be required to be excluded from school when s/he is exhibiting specific symptoms by making the testing process faster and more convenient for our families and staff. 

You can register online now, or opt-into this testing at your school office if your child becomes sick.

Weekly Screening Testing for Asymptomatic Students and Staff will not be offered during Fall 2022.

Outbreak Testing will be offered to students and staff in the event that there is a COVID-19 outbreak.  It is possible that the DuPage County Health Department (DCHD) and D20 Administration may need to declare an “adaptive pause” for in-person learning due to the number of positive cases and transmission in our schools. 

Should that occur, we would transition the identified group of students (by core group, classroom, grade level, school, or district depending on the circumstances) to synchronous (“live”) remote instruction (similar to last year) for a specified number of days. 

We would strongly recommend regular COVID-19 testing during the adaptive pause. The testing program will look similar to the weekly screening testing, but on a drive-thru basis at your child's school.

RT-PCR testing will be utilized to provide highly reliable results for diagnostic testing for symptomatic individuals, weekly screening testing, and outbreak testing.  Results are typically available approximately 24-48 hours from when the lab receives the specimen, but times may vary depending on the test collection time and specimen pick-up and testing at the lab.  Specimens will be collected using a gentle swab of the inner-cheek.  Adults may opt for a simple anterior nasal swab which is gently inserted into each nostril (this is not the deep nasal swab).

Parents will be contacted by email with all results (negative and positive).  Families may also choose to access test results by creating an account with Northshore’s Patient Portal.

Test results will remain confidential and will be made available to the district through a secure web-based clinical portal. 

Rapid antigen test results are available within 10-15 minutes and will be communicated to parents verbally. 

RT-PCR test results will generally be available approximately 24-48 hours from when the lab receives the specimen, but times may vary depending on the test collection time and specimen pick-up and testing at the lab. 

District and school staff will monitor all test results and will follow-up with parents. 

If you have additional questions or need help registering, please send an email to info@esd20.org or contact your school nurse.