Daily Screenings

Parents are responsible for screening their child daily before they come to school making sure that the answer to these questions is no . . .

1. Does your child have a temperature of 100 degrees or more?

2. Does your child have a sore throat?

3. Does your child have a cough?

4. Does your child have a loss of smell or taste?

5. Does your child have shortness of breath?

6. Does your child have close contact with a positive COVID case?

If a parent sends their child to school, they are certifying that their child is healthy and symptom free.

At School Procedures

Any student who exhibits a fever of 100 degrees will be instantly isolated in a predetermined isolation room and immediately sent home. After being sent home, the student cannot return to school until one of the following criteria is met:

● Without COVID testing, the student cannot attend school for 10 school days.

● After a negative test, the student can return to school after 3 days of being fever free with no fever reducing medication. The student will become a distance learner and will be counted present while completing their work digitally as provided by their teacher.

Documentation will be kept on a Google. Document accessible only to necessary school personnel for proof of attendance virtually.

Positive Case--Elementary Campus

1. Consult the county Health Dept to begin contact tracing.

2. Communicate to staff

3. Communicate to applicable parents depending on classroom arrangement.

4. Thoroughly sanitize classroom

5. Positive case classroom goes on distance learning for 14 days while those students are quarantined. If the student has siblings, the siblings will be quarantined as well.

6. If the attendance of the campus and/or district where the positive case occurs reaches a 35% absenteeism rate, the campus and/or district will go to distance learning for 14 days. The count starts on the first day of distance learning.

7. Grab and Go meals will be provided starting on Day 1 of distance learning. Delivery schedule will be dictated by the district’s Child Nutrition capabilities.

Requirements for all Classrooms

1. Maximize Classroom Spaces implementing social distancing to best of our ability.

2. One directional seating

3. Seating Charts

4. Recess/ Outdoor Breaks will continue daily and teachers will be encouraged to instruct outdoors when applicable.

5. Elem PE/Music classes will occur daily

6. Arrival/Dismissal procedures will reduce congregating in hallways.

Positive Case--Secondary Campus

1. Consult the county Health Dept to begin contact tracing.

2. Communicate to staff

3. Communicate to parents at site about positive case.

4. County health departments will decide which students will have to be quarantined and go to distance learning dependent on exposure level as determined by the county health officials.

5. If the attendance of the campus and/or district where the positive case occurs reaches a 35% absenteeism rate, the campus and/or district will go to distance learning for 14 days. The count starts on the first day of distance learning.

6. Grab and Go meals will be provided starting on Day 1 of distance learning. Delivery schedule will be dictated by the district’s Child Nutrition capabilities.

Bus Transportation

1. Recommend parents find alternate transportation if possible

2. Maximize air flow

3. Seating Charts