CDC COVID-19 Website

Vanderburgh County Health Department COVID-19 School Letter

Indiana State Department of Health COVID-19 Screening Guidance for Parents

Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)

Vanderburgh County Health Department

CDC COVID-19

EVSC Reopening Website

EVSC Policies/Protocols

• Parents should screen their students at home prior to coming to school. Students and staff are to stay home if sick or if they have at least 1 symptom of COVID-19. (See COVID-19 Screening Information)

• Students and staff are expected to wear masks whenever social distancing is not possible.

• In classrooms, students will be social distanced and all student desks will face the same way.

• Students will wear face masks on school buses. Students will have assigned seating and no more than 2 students to a seat will be allowed.

• Only essential visitors will be allowed into a school. Schools will have procedures for dropping off items for students. Due to the risk of spreading COVID-19, visitors will not be allowed to eat lunch with students or provide volunteer services for the 2020-2021 school year.

• Athletics, extracurricular and co-curricular activities will be conducted in accordance with the guidance from the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE).

• Water fountains will only be used to fill water bottles. Traditional use of water fountains will not be allowed.

• Students are asked not to share belongings or supplies.

• The EVSC, in collaboration with the Vanderburgh County Health Department, will be hosting on-site immunization clinics at schools across the district. Registration will occur online. More information will be forthcoming.

• Per ISDH guidance, any student exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 should be excluded from school and presumed to have COVID-19 until that student presents written documentation from a healthcare provider stating an alternate diagnosis and provider believes it’s appropriate for student to return to school. Without that documentation, the student would need to be excluded for 10 calendar days and be fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication and with improvement of respiratory symptoms. Please contact your student’s healthcare provider before school starts to discuss chronic issues such as allergies, asthma, migraines, etc. that mimic COVID-19 symptoms.