COVID Safety & Protocols

COVID Safety Protocols:

IF YOUR CHILD IS FEELING SICK OR SYMPTOMATIC, PLEASE KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOUR CHILD IS PENDING COVID TEST RESULTS DUE TO AN EXPOSURE TO A POSITIVE CASE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE COMING TO SCHOOL WHILE AWAITING TEST RESULTS. THIS ACTION INCREASES EXPOSURE TO OTHER STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND RESULTS IN MULTIPLE QUARANTINES.

COVID-19 is spread mainly via person-to-person contact through contaminated air droplets from coughing and sneezing by an infected person. As with controlling the spread of other viruses, we urge everyone to discuss the following preventive measures with your children and family members:

• Wash your hands frequently, but especially after using the restroom and before preparing or consuming food. Using soap and hot water, wash for about 20 seconds. Be sure to also wash your fingertips. When soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer.

• Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, then throw the tissue away. If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze inside the elbow of your arm.

• As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth, and nose.

Below is the list of COVID-19 symptoms for which everyone should monitor in their family members:

• Fever (100.4° Fahrenheit or higher)

• Chills or shaking chills

• Uncontrolled new cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)

• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

• New loss of taste or smell

For additional information on COVID-19 symptoms, please see:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html.

Staff and students exhibiting any of the above symptoms, or feeling ill, should remain home and call their medical provider to report their symptoms and ask about testing prior to seeking in-person care at a clinic, physician’s office, or hospital.