• Regardless of symptoms or vaccination status, the student is sent home to isolate for 5 days.

• Test on Day 5.

  • If the test result is NEGATIVE on Day 5, the student can return to school on Day 6 if they meet the return to school criteria (no fever, vomiting, or diarrhea and other symptoms are resolving).

  • Once a negative test result is received on or after Day 5, and the student has not had a fever (24 hours without fever-reducing medication), vomiting or diarrhea and other symptoms are resolving, the student may return to school.

  • If no test, the person is to isolate for 10 days and return to school on Day 11

Exposed individuals are those who spent more than a cumulative total of 15 minutes (within 24 hours in a shared indoor space (e.g., classroom) with someone with lab-confirmed COVID-19 during their period of infectiousness

• Your school will send a notification to your class, sports team, or extracurricular cohorts.

• Students who have been exposed do not need to be quarantined and can continue coming to school if there are no symptoms.

• Students may continue to participate in sports and extracurricular activities if there are no symptoms.

• Students should test on Day 5 after exposure. An At-Home Rapid test or PCR test is acceptable.

  • If the test is negative and the student remains asymptomatic, continue going to school/work.

  • If the test is positive, the student must stay home, then call to inform school staff. Follow the guidance above for when a student tests positive

• Stay home, or if at school, the student will be sent home and parents will be provided with further instructions.

• If they test, and it is positive, follow the instructions above for positive individuals.

• If the test is NEGATIVE, the student may return to school IF:

  • • The student has NOT had a fever (24 hours without fever-reducing medication), vomiting or diarrhea and other symptoms are resolving.

• If no TEST, the student must complete a 10-day quarantine and may return to school on Day 11 IF:

  • • The student has NOT had a fever (24 hours without fever-reducing medication), vomiting or diarrhea and other symptoms are resolving.

Household or other outside exposures are being treated the same as the Group Based Tracing approach.

• The student may come to school if there are no symptoms.

• The student is to test on Day 5.

  • If negative: may remain at school.

  • If positive: begin isolation & follow instructions for “When a student tests positive.”

You may call your school site for questions or to discuss when your student may return.