Nashville Tennessean
Schools, both public and private, across Tennessee are starting to pilot rapid COVID-19 tests in an effort to keep classrooms open.
Hamilton County Schools, the state’s fourth-largest district, began testing symptomatic teachers in the district’s middle schools on Monday, using BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 tests provided by the Tennessee Department of Health.
Mardee Miller, principal of Howard Connect Academy, was one of the first tested by a trained school nurse. The tests are available to school districts free of charge thanks to federal funding, according to Shelly Walker, spokesperson for the state Health Department, and provide results in just about twenty minutes.