Health Screening for Staff & Students

Information as of 7/29/2020

All students and staff will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms regularly and individuals who present with symptoms will be separated and sent home.

Screening Protocol

• Students and staff are expected to take their own temperatures daily before arriving to school. Anyone with a fever of 100 or higher should not come to school or a DISD facility. Per TEA, Regularly performing a forehead temperature check of otherwise asymptomatic students in school is not recommended, but the practice is also not prohibited in this guidance.

• Students and staff should also prescreen themselves for any of the following symptoms prior to coming to school:

  • Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater or equal to 100 degrees Fahrenheit

  • Loss of taste or smell

  • Cough

  • Difficulty breathing

  • Shortness of breath

  • Headache

  • Chills

  • Sore Throat

  • Shaking or exaggerated shivering

  • Significant muscle pain or ache

  • Diarrhea

• Teachers will monitor students throughout the day and refer to the nurse if symptoms are present.

• All individuals, including visitors will be subject to screening by way of a symptom screening form in the front office.

Isolation Protocols

Student or Staff Displaying COVID-19 Symptoms

• When a student has displayed symptoms of COVID-19, the school nurse will provide a clinical assessment to determine if and when a student needs to be sent home.

• Students who are ill will be separated from their peers and should be picked up within 30 minutes and no later than 1 hour from the time the campus contacted the student's parent/guardian.

• Other students will be removed from the classroom and taken to an alternate location on campus so that the classroom can be disinfected.

• District communication will be provided to the parents of students who come in contact with a COVID-19 positive student or staff member.

• Staff members displaying COVID-19 symptoms will follow district protocols including isolation from students and other staff members.

• Students and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be required to submit a letter of good health from a physician's office prior to returning to school.