MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS

The School Counselors will be available to meet with students via Zoom during the school day, during a student’s study periods or during break times. Students can email Caitlin Belley (high school) at caitlin.belley@asdnh.org or Miss. Roxanne (middle school) at roxanne.harmon@asdnh.org to schedule a meeting as needed.

BECOMING ILL AT SCHOOL

Sadly, we are likely to have members of the community contract the virus. Should a person become sick at school, the following will occur:

The nurse will separate anyone who develops symptoms of COVID-19 in a private room until they can leave the building. Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 is advised to contact their healthcare provider and be tested for COVID-19 with a negative test result before returning to school.

If someone in our community tests positive for COVID-19, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) will conduct contact tracing.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA: WHO TO EXCLUDE FROM SCHOOL

• Anybody with new or unexplained symptoms, even if only mild symptoms including, but not limited to:

  • Fever or chills

  • Cough

  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

  • Fatigue

  • Muscle or body aches

  • Headache

  • New loss of taste or smell

  • Sore throat

  • Congestion or runny nose

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Diarrhea

• Anybody with any COVID-19 symptoms who is observed in the building must be isolated and can not return to the building until they are tested for COVID-19 and can show a negative test result. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) will be followed with this information. For students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline will be used, not the presence of a cough

• Anybody who reports close contact with a person suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19

• Anybody who has traveled outside of New England (NH, VT, ME, MA, CT, RI) in the prior 14 days.

How Long Does A Person Need to Stay Out of School For?

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in-home-patients.html

• Symptomatic and confirmed with COVID-19: See CDC’s “symptom based strategy”

1. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared, AND

2. At least 24 hours have passed since last fever (off fever-reducing meds), AND

3. Symptoms have improved

• Symptomatic but person refuses testing for COVID-19: Same as if confirmed with COVID-19

1. At least 14 days have passed since symptoms first appeared, AND

2. At least 24 hours have passed since last fever (off fever-reducing meds), AND

3. Symptoms have improved

• Asymptomatic but tests positive: 10 days (assuming person remains asymptomatic, if person develops symptoms see above recomendation)

• Exposed to someone suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19: 14 days (assuming person remains asymptomatic) – Person cannot “test-out” of 14 day quarantine

• Traveled outside of New England: 14 days (from last day of travel) What’s Needed for Symptomatic Student/Staff to Return to School?

• Negative test results and student feeling better (general return to school rules apply)

• Positive test result or No test results: allow back once student has met CDC’s symptom-based criteria for removal from isolation