Masks will be a voluntary mitigation effort in all school, unless case counts in an individual building reach the thresholds outlined by the District and masking is determined to be an appropriate response/action. Refer to the slide above for details.

Families and staff are strongly encouraged to conduct daily monitoring for symptoms and to contact their primary care provider if they suspect they have COVID. Families should also consider getting a COVID test when symptoms indicate possible COVID. If a student or staff member is ill during the school day, they will be sent to the nurse’s office for evaluation as they are anytime someone feels ill at school.

 

It is important to remember that although students and staff may be experiencing symptoms, they are not automatically presumed positive for COVID, and they may return to school/work when fever free or their symptoms have subsided for at least 24 hours.

 

It is important that families and staff communicate with school officials. Any individual who tests positive for COVID-19 or who shows signs or symptoms of illness should stay home and contact their health care provider for further guidance. 

 

Following updated guidance from the CDC, individuals who have tested positive for COVID may return to work/school after 5 days if they do not have symptoms or if they are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication) and symptoms are improving. They should wear a high-quality mask through day 10.

The CDC is recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5.

If a student tests positive for COVID, the school nurse should be notified; however, the District will not contact trace or identify close contacts and will not require healthy students to quarantine due to close contact of a COVID case.

The District utilized a tracker to start the 2022-2023 school year. Effective January 14, 2023, the tracker will no longer be updated. If you have concerns about the status of COVID cases in your child's school, please contact the school nurse or principal for information.

 

There will not be a building-wide notification of positive COVID-19 cases like last school year, unless reported cases warrant additional mitigation efforts.

The most important thing families can do to help limit the spread of COVID-19 is to check their children daily for any symptoms and keep them home from school if they are sick or have had close contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID-19.