Among the measures Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced last week about COVID-19 protocols was a forthcoming survey for parents to gauge their interest in voluntary testing of their children. 
“We believe keeping students in face to face classrooms is critical for both students and families,” the Cobb County School District said in a message issued at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The message, sent through its ParentVUE portal, indicated that the survey period would last last until 5 p.m. Thursday.
If parents agree, their children would be tested as a means of reducing “the time students are not in a face-to-face classroom.”
Only enrolling parents have access to the survey, which the district said would be part of a “local and state public health” partnership. The single question on the survey asks parents if they would participate in such a testing program for their students.
In addition to maintaining a masks-optional policy, Ragsdale said last week that the district was altering its quarantine protocols regarding close contacts. Students who are quarantining at home for three days can return after that, as long as they are asymptomatic.
That policy took effect Monday, just after the district announced 942 new active COVID-19 cases among students and staff last week, double the previous week’s total.
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