COVID-19

Protocols & Notifications

OVSD works to maintain privacy and prevent discrimination for those who may have COVID-19, while ensuring wellness for other students and staff.


  • Students and staff must be symptom free and meet the health screening requirements prior to coming on campus.

  • Students or staff who are symptomatic for COVID-19 must stay home and notify their supervisor or school office regarding their attendance.

  • Students or staff exhibiting 1 or more symptoms while at school:

    • Students or staff will be required to wait in the identified isolation area until they are transported home or to a healthcare facility, as soon as practicable. Staff will communicate with student’s parent/guardian about their student’s symptoms.

Note: Parents should be prepared to pick up their student(s) immediately in the event COVID-19 symptoms develop while at school. Please be sure to have updated emergency contact information in Aeries.

  • Areas occupied by the student or staff presenting symptoms will be cleaned and sanitized.

OVSD administration consults with the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) regarding suspected, probable, and confirmed cases. OCHCA assists District staff in determining a course of action should an individual test positive for COVID-19 on a case by case basis. This may include quarantining students and staff for a designated period of at least 10 days.

  • Students and staff who are isolated or quarantined due to a positive or probable case of COVID-19 and those who are determined to be a close contact of a positive case are contacted and provided isolation and quarantine guidance and options for testing. Absence/leave options for staff are also provided.

  • Schools adhere to required reporting requirements and notify the OCHCA of any newly reported case of COVID-19 in a student or staff member, if not already contacted about the case.

  • District or school staff will notify parents and staff to inform them that a case of COVID-19 in a student or staff member has been reported and any close contacts will be notified.

  • OVSD is committed to providing accurate and timely information regarding COVID-19 cases on its campuses, while also maintaining privacy and confidentiality for its students and staff. In October 2020, the District launched the OVSD COVID-19 Dashboard, an online database reporting the number of confirmed, probable, and recovered coronavirus cases among District students and staff on our campuses. The OVSD COVID-19 Dashboard can be accessed at www.ovsd.org/coronavirus/dashboard.

Any school closures due to COVID-19 are made in consultation with OCHCA. Schools with confirmed cases and even a small cluster of COVID-19 cases may remain open for in person education as long as contact tracing identifies all school contacts for exclusion, all cases are investigated, and the OCHCA agrees that the school can remain open.