The single most important thing to do is for students and staff to STAY HOME if they are feeling sick or have any of the symptoms of COVID-19.
Families should use this Symptoms Checklist every morning before school to check your child for COVID-19 Symptoms.
Please KEEP YOUR STUDENT AT HOME if they have any of the symptoms listed.
Our collective health depends on individual attention and responsibility. Note that some symptoms of COVID-19 are the same as the flu, a cold, or allergies; please do not assume it is another condition. When in doubt, stay home.
Below is the full list of symptoms for which caregivers should monitor their children, and staff should monitor themselves.
Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
New loss of taste or smell
Muscle aches or body aches
Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)
Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms
Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, when in combination with other symptoms
Headache, when in combination with other symptoms
Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms
Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies) when in combination with other symptoms
If staff or students have any of these symptoms, they must get a test for active COVID-19 infection or be cleared by a doctor before returning to school or work.
Is it allergies, a cold, the flu, or COVID-19?
Click here to see a simple comparison of the different types of symptoms for each of these ailments.