• COVID-19 Exposure, Reporting, Return to Campus

    Please review the information below if you have questions regarding COVID-19 exposure, reporting, quarantine or isolation, or returning to campus after exposure. Please direct any additional questions to your child's campus nurse.

    COVID-19 symptoms include fever 100 or greater, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, fatigue, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose, significant muscle pain, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting.

     

  • DIRECT EXPOSURE

    What do I do if....

    ...my student has COVID-19 symptoms or has been diagnosed through a lab-confirmed positive test result?

    Keep your student home and contact your campus nurse. If your student has symptoms, begin a 10-day isolation from the time of your test or the onset of symptoms. If your student has been diagnosed with COVID-19 through a lab-confirmed positive test result, begin a 10-day isolation from the time of the test or the onset of symptoms, whichever is earlier. 

    ...my student has had direct exposure to someone with COVID-19?

    This is considered a "close contact." Contact your campus nurse. If your student has had direct exposure through close contact to someone with COVID-19, you may begin a quarantine from the last-known contact with the lab-confirmed individual and monitor for symptoms. However, the student is not required to quarantine unless he or she begins showing symptoms. Close contact students who choose to voluntarily quarantine will follow the same process as if they are absent for any other illness.

    ...someone in our household is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19?

    The individual experiencing symptoms should get tested for COVID-19. The remaining members of the household may quarantine until the test results are returned, but it is not required. Notify your campus to report your child's absence if necessary. Close contact students who choose to voluntarily quarantine will follow the same process as if they are absent for any other illness.

     ...I need to report a lab-confirmed COVID-19 case during non-school hours?

    Visit Let's Talk on the district website and complete the COVID-19 After-Hours Reporting Form. Someone from the campus or district will follow up with additional instructions.

  • INDIRECT EXPOSURE

    What do I do if....

    ...a member of our household has been exposed to someone with COVID-19?

    This is considered a "contact of a contact." If a member of your household has been exposed to COVID-19 but is not experiencing symptoms and the student was not in close contact with the positive COVID-19 individual, then your student may continue attending school on campus. Continue to monitor for symptoms and follow CDC guidelines by:

    • Maintaining good hygiene
    • Practicing social distancing
    • Wearing a mask
    • Washing hands frequently

  • RETURN TO SCHOOL

    What do I do if....

    ...my child is ready to return to school?

    Your student can return to school when all three of the following criteria have been met:

    • At least one day (24 hours) has passed since with no fever without the use of fever reducing medications and
    • Ten (10) days have passed since the symptoms first appeared and
    • Symptoms are improved

    You also may submit a medical professional's note indicating an alternative diagnosis or obtain an acute infection test that comes back negative for COVID-19 to gain clearance to return to school. Students must check-in with the school nurse before being allowed to return to classes.