Special COVID-19 testing planned today for Oak Grove Elementary School

A special COVID-19 testing event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, for students, families and staff in the Turner school district. The testing will be at the Oak Grove parking lot at 5340 Oak Grove Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

Oak Grove Elementary School in the Turner school district announced on Thursday that it would return to all-online learning for two weeks because of COVID-19. At Oak Grove, three staff members and four students tested positive for COVID-19, with 100 students exposed.

The testing at Oak Grove School today is only for Oak Grove families, students and people in the Turner school district.

Other members of the community who live or work in Wyandotte County can get tested at the usual free testing site, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday – Friday at the UG Health Department, 619 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Pop-up COVID-19 testing will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas. This free test is offered through Vibrant Health and the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force.

Next Monday, on Oct. 19, the Health Department is planning to change its testing location to the Kmart parking lot at 78th and State.

For more information about testing, see https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

See earlier Oak Grove stories at https://wyandotteonline.com/oak-grove-school-to-return-to-online-learning-for-two-weeks-because-of-covid-19-cases/.