Frequently Asked Questions

How long will my student isolate OR quarantine?

Catoosa County Public School will be following the most recent guidelines from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) with regards to isolation and quarantine for positive persons within our school setting:

Isolation: Anyone who tests POSITIVE for COVID-19 (regardless of vaccination status) Isolate at home for 5 days from the date symptoms first appeared or, if asymptomatic, the date of the positive test. Stay away from others in the household as much as possible during isolation.

After 5 days, IF you have no symptoms, or your symptoms are resolving AND you have not had a fever for more than 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, you may end isolation. If symptoms are not improving or fever has not resolved, you should continue isolating until these criteria are met.

Anyone who has been identified as a close contact to a COVID positive person (regardless of vaccination status) is not required to be quarantined by CCPS. Parents/Guardians have the option to quarantine their child at home for 5 days from the last date of exposure to a COVID positive person. If your child develops symptoms of COVID during the quarantine and is tested, please notify the school nurse.

My student has had CV-19 in the last 90 days. Does he/she still need to quarantine?

• • No. Please notify Nurse Marianna (mbrown.cse@catoosa.k12.ga.us) if this is the case.