Update: October 1, 2021

Permanent substitutes, long-term substitutes, lunch/recess monitors and translators will be required to be fully vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Because current staff workloads result in an inability for staff to track and verify testing results for all temporary employees who could visit multiple locations, all other temporary staff, including daily substitutes must be fully vaccinated beginning October 11. 

All staff, including temporary staff such as substitute teachers and monitors, will be required to provide proof of full vaccination or undergo regular COVID-19 testing. Employees will receive an email to their HCPSS email address with information about the protocols for verification of vaccination status and COVID-19 test results. 

No. HCPSS will accept only proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test.

PinPoint will manage the verification of staff vaccination status and will provide customer support to HCPSS employees who are accessing their web portal. If you need assistance, please email hcpss@vaccinecheck.us or call 888-750-2247.

Any employee who is required to be tested and refuses to do so according to the HCPSS timetable will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

If a vaccinated employee does not wish to provide proof of vaccination, they will be treated as if they were unvaccinated and will need to be tested on a weekly basis. Any employee who is required to be tested and refuses to do so will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

Employees must use PinPoint's VaccineCheck service to verify proof of full vaccination. If employees refuse to use PinPoint's VaccineCheck service, they must undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

The staff COVID-19 testing program launched Monday, October 11.

Staff will not receive coverage for their classroom or job responsibilities in order to be tested or vaccinated, so they must do so at times that have no impact on their professional job responsibilities. Depending on their respective negotiated agreement, staff may choose to take leave in blocks as short as 30 or 60 minutes to be tested or vaccinated, as long as that leave doesn’t require substitute coverage.

HCPSS will not disclose any employee names and vaccination status other than with supervisors and central office administrators who may require access to view reports to determine the testing schedule.
  
All data collected will be maintained on a the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant platform via PinPoint and not on any other HCPSS database of record.