COVID 19 Testing and Contact Tracing
COVID-19 Testing
In order for a staff member or student to return to school after experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or testing positive, they must provide documentation from a health care provider following an evaluation, a negative COVID-19 diagnostic test result, and symptom resolution, or if COVID-19 positive, release from isolation.
In the event that a large-scale testing will need to be conducted at the school, Sayville Schools administration will work with the Suffolk County Department of Health to support implementation. Testing sites can be found using this searchable database.
Contact Tracing
Sayville Schools will notify the state and local health department immediately upon being informed of any positive COVID-19 diagnostic test result by an individual within school facilities or on school grounds, including students, faculty, staff and visitors of Sayville Schools.
To assist the local health department with tracing the transmission of COVID-19, Sayville Schools has developed and maintained a plan as noted below to trace all contacts of exposed individuals in accordance with protocols, training and tools provided through the New York State Contact Tracing Program.
Sayville Schools will assist the state Contact Tracing Program by:
Requiring screening of all people who enter the school facilities including contact information.
Keeping accurate attendance records of students and staff members.
Ensuring student schedules are up to date.
Keeping a log of any visitor which includes date and time, and where in the school they visited.
Assisting the local health departments in tracing all contacts of the individual in accordance with the protocol, training and tools provided through the New York State Contact Tracing Program.
Confidentiality must be maintained as required by federal and state laws and regulations. School staff should not try to determine who is to be excluded from school based on contact without guidance and direction from the local health department.