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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Infectious Disease Modeling

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  • COVID-19 significantly impacted global health systems and school operations.
  • School closures raised concerns about children's physical and mental well-being.
  • Previous research focused on intervention effectiveness, not optimization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To optimize random screening tests and masking requirements in K-12 schools.
  • To identify efficient schedules for weekly screening tests and mask mandates.
  • To minimize end-of-semester infections and resource utilization.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated COVID-19 transmission within a school setting.
  • Applied the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) for multiobjective optimization.
  • Compared the efficacy of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid antigen tests.

Main Results:

  • Pareto solutions were identified for optimizing infections, test numbers, and masking duration.
  • Screening tests and masks demonstrated substitutability in minimizing infections.
  • Rapid antigen tests showed comparable effectiveness to PCR tests despite lower accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Provides policymakers with insights for K-12 school interventions.
  • Offers a foundation for informed decisions on screening tests and masking policies.
  • Highlights the trade-offs between testing and masking strategies.