Please view the most recent VDH information about isolation/quarantining due to COVID-19.
Every Saturday in January, LCPS and Three Rivers Health District are hosting a FREE Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Events. The events will be held at Lancaster Middle School from 10 am - 1 pm. All members of the community are able to attend with no appointment necessary. These will be PCR tests with results coming from the health department.
The dates of testing events are as follows:
Saturday, January 8th, 2022
Saturday, January 15th, 2022
Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
Saturday, January 29th, 2022
Lancaster County Public Schools will be closed for all students, including after school activities, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 5th.
Tomorrow will be a staff workday, all LCPS staff are to report to their buildings at 9:30 am.
Due to the weather and road conditions throughout the county, all Lancaster County Schools and Lancaster County School offices will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 4th. Please stay safe.
Due to the forecast of deteriorating weather throughout the school day tomorrow, Lancaster County Schools will be closed on Monday, January 3rd.
Starting in January, LCPS School Board meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month.
On Monday, November 15, 2021, Lancaster County Public Schools and Three River's Health Department will host a Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic for 5-11 year olds. The clinic will be held from 4 - 6pm at Dream Fields in the Hayden Building. This clinic is open to the public. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.
The Dream Fields Hayden Building is located at 1385 Irvington Rd. Weems, VA 22576.
The Lancaster County School Board voted tonight to approve November 22nd and November 23rd as additional student and staff holidays. These days are in addition to the previously approved holidays of November 24th through November 26th. This decision was made to give our students and staff a much needed break from all the hard work since returning to in-person learning and to align with neighboring divisions. All offices and buildings will be closed for the week.
The November school board meeting will be held this Tuesday, 11/9/2021 at 5:30 PM and will be conducted in-person at Lancaster Middle School. It will be held in the LMS auditorium. This meeting will also allow virtual participation for the public. 30 additional guests are able to attend in-person with adherence to social distancing. This will be on a first come, first serve basis. Social distancing will be enforced and public attendees will be required to wear a face covering and have a health screening. To reserve your in-person seat, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Public comments may be made both in-person or through virtual participation. If you wish to make public comments and will be participating virtually, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Watch virtually: https://meet.google.com/ccw-cudi-hjq
Attention Lancaster Families. Currently, there is a helicopter landing at LHS. This is not related to anything happening at LHS. This is happening at the request of the Sheriff's office.
Lancaster Families:
On Monday, Oct 11, 2021. We began offering students with symptoms of COVID-19 the option to take home a BinaxNOW at-home testing kit. These kits were provided to us through the Virginia School Screening for Assurance (ViSSTA) Program offered through a collaboration of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). These tests are of no cost to the school system or its families. We opted into this program to assist families in an easy and affordable way to test their children in order to keep the number of absences to a minimum and still follow all safety protocols for symptomatic students during this pandemic. The tests were sent to us along with the letter linked below extending the expiration date on those tests that had expired by three months. As always, we are working to ensure that we are putting safety first during this pandemic.
https://5il.co/10ell
The October school board meeting will be held this Tuesday, 10/12/2021 at 5:30 PM and will be conducted in-person at Lancaster Middle School. It will be held in the LMS auditorium. This meeting will also allow virtual participation for the public. 30 additional guests are able to attend in-person with adherence to social distancing. This will be on a first come, first serve basis. Social distancing will be enforced and public attendees will be required to wear a face covering and have a health screening. To reserve your in-person seat, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Public comments may be made both in-person or through virtual participation. If you wish to make public comments and will be participating virtually, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Watch virtually: https://meet.google.com/ccw-cudi-hjq
LCPS will host a Three Rivers’ Health Department COVID-19 Testing Event this Saturday, October 9, 2021, from 10 am-1 pm. This event is open to all staff, students, their families, and the community. The test provided is a PCR test. Results are provided by the health department. Please bring identification with you. Testing is an additional layer in COVID-19 prevention. Reasons to test include: You're symptomatic; you've recently traveled or attended a large event, or you are beyond the 5th day of quarantine and want to return to work or school on the 8th day with a negative result.
LCPS will host a Three Rivers’ Health Department COVID-19 Testing Event this Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 10 am-1 pm. This event is open to all staff, students, their families, and the community. The test provided is a PCR test. Results are provided by the health department. Please bring identification with you.
Testing is an additional layer in COVID-19 prevention. Reasons to test include: You're symptomatic; you've recently traveled or attended a large event, or you are beyond the 5th day of quarantine and want to return to work or school on the 8th day with a negative result.
The September school board meeting will be held this Tuesday, 9/14/2021 at 5:30 PM and will be conducted in-person at Lancaster Middle School. It will be held in the LMS auditorium. This meeting will also allow virtual participation for the public. 30 additional guests are able to attend in-person with adherence to social distancing. This will be on a first come, first serve basis. Social distancing will be enforced and public attendees will be required to wear a face covering and have a health screening. To reserve your in-person seat, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Public comments may be made both in-person or through virtual participation. If you wish to make public comments and will be participating virtually, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Watch virtually: https://meet.google.com/ccw-cudi-hjq
LCPS will host a Three Rivers’ Health Department COVID-19 Testing Event this Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 10am-1pm. This event is open to all staff, students and their families. The test provided is a PCR test. Please bring identification with you.
*Testing is an additional layer in COVID-19 prevention. Reasons to test include: You're symptomatic; you've recently traveled or attended a large event, or you are beyond the 5th day of quarantine and want to return to work or school on the 8th day with a negative result.
This message is to confirm that Lancaster County Public Schools will be open for in-person learning 5 days a week beginning Monday August 23rd. Additionally, we will adhere to the state statute, SB 1303, that requires us to follow CDC Safety Mitigation “to the maximum extent practicable.” Therefore, universal masking will be required for all students, staff and visitors while inside all of our buildings. We will also continue to implement the additional safety mitigations, to include, but not limited to sanitizing, social distancing of 3 feet or more to the greatest extent possible and enhanced fresh air circulation coupled with medical grade air scrubbing machines in each room. More information with greater detail will be shared with families and available on our website soon. We are excited to have all of our children returning to our schools soon!
The August school board meeting will be held this Tuesday, 8/10/2021 at 5:30 PM and will be conducted in-person at Lancaster Middle School. It will be held in the LMS auditorium. This meeting will also allow virtual participation for the public. 30 additional guests are able to attend in-person with adherence to social distancing. This will be on a first come, first serve basis. Social distancing will be enforced and public attendees will be required to wear a face covering and have a health screening. To reserve your in-person seat, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Public comments may be made both in-person or through virtual participation. If you wish to make public comments and will be participating virtually, please email amolineaux@lcs.k12.va.us. Watch virtually: https://meet.google.com/ccw-cudi-hjq
Lancaster County Public Schools will be holding a 3rd vaccination clinic for anyone age 12 and over, students, staff and parents. The clinic will be held on Thursday, August 5th at Lancaster High School from 9:00 - 12:00. The vaccine available is Pfizer. A link to pre-register is below along with necessary paperwork to complete and bring with you. Walk-ins are welcome; however, registering through the link helps for planning purposes. If you will be getting your 2nd vaccine on this day you must have your vaccination card present.
Please remember that an adult must accompany anyone under the age of 18 and that they must have the signed consent/encounter form with them.
https://www.lcs.k12.va.us/page/lcps-covid-19-vaccination-clinic
Update on Masks:
In an effort to keep the school community informed, this is an update. We have received updated guidance today from the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Education on masks for the 2021-2022 school year. We are reviewing the guidance and will share our local procedures in the near future.