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Parent Update Letter July 23, 2020
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Parent Update Letter July 23, 2020
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ'S) REGARDING COVID-19
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DEFINITIONS:
Close Contact/Exposed: More than 15 minutes over a 24-hour period within 0-6 feet or having direct physical contact for a shorter period of time (like hugging, roughhousing or playing high-contact sports together) Isolation (Most Restrictive): Stay at home except to get medical care. Separate yourself from others in the home and wear a facemask around other people. Monitor your symptoms and avoid sharing household items. Practice good hand hygiene and cover your mouth with coughs and sneezes Quarantine: Same as above, but you may interact with others in the home. Q: My child is sick with symptoms of COVID-19 - what do I do?
· The staff trained in contact tracing will also be in touch with quarantine or isolation instructions within 24 hours. Q: My child is fully vaccinated - can they come to school with symptoms? A: No, all students experiencing symptoms - regardless of vaccination status - must stay home. Q: My child is fully vaccinated - do they really need to wear a mask? A: Yes. Current orders are that masks are required for all K-12 institutions inside and are strongly recommended outside. Q: My child was exposed outside of school to someone with a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 - what should I do? A: You must quarantine at home for 7-10 days if you were a close contact. Close contact is defined as unmasked and within 6 feet of the positive case for more than 15 minutes in a 24 hour period.
A: The difference between the two is that school-based cases have the ability to impact students and staff because the positive case was present on campus during the infectious period. The community-based cases involve a student or staff, but the individual wasn’t present on campus during the infectious period. Q: Do children who are asymptomatic, but tested positive for the virus, have to quarantine? A: Absolutely, yes, that is the guidance. They must quarantine for a total of 10 days and may return on Day 11 with or without symptoms. Q: What kind of tests are acceptable to return to school? A: We are only accepting an outside PCR test, to be cleared to return to school, or an Antigen Test performed with school staff. Q: Please explain the contact tracing that is done when students & staff are exposed to an individual who is positive for COVID19 on campus. Do you ask students who they played with during recess? A: Once we receive confirmation of a positive case, we reach out to the case or their family and gather as many details as possible. We discuss those individuals that the positive case may have spent time with without masks during the infectious period. If it is a student, we then work with classroom teachers to identify those students that eat lunch with and sit next to in the classroom (within 6 feet, for longer than 15 minutes). Yes, we do ask about students at recess, but since masks are not required at recess, Public Health would not consider those students close contacts. Q: How do we notify? A: In the case of students, we notify the teachers via email so they may assist us in contact tracing. Once a list of students is developed, we contact those students who may be on home quarantine by telephone, followed by an email/text message sent out electronically from the sites. For those students on a modified quarantine and still eligible to attend school, we send out an email/text message from the sites. The letter contained in these emails and texts contains relevant information about quarantine timelines and testing information. Q: Whom do you notify of a positive case? I my child’s medical information safe? A: We only notify teachers, staff, or others who are or may have been close contacts. Mostly we refer only to “the case.” Names are only shared confidentially to determine others who may have been close or exposed. Q: Why are some students on modified and others or home quarantine? A: Following Public Health guidance, this is related to the nature of the exposure. If they are mask on mask, then the student typically is on a modified quarantine. If the student is with the positive case for longer than 15 minutes, unmasked, then the student must quarantine at-home unless the student is fully vaccinated. Q: My child had a headache and ended up quarantined. Are there other options? A: If your child suffers from a chronic condition that may present with headaches (i.e. migraines, anxiety, etc.) you may obtain an alternate diagnosis from a medical doctor. This is kept in their medical file and we may allow the student to remain on campus with that symptom. Q: Is the School Board considering requiring vaccination for COVID-19 (for those over age 12) a requirement for attending school? If not, why not? A: With the recent statewide vaccine mandate just announced on October 1st, we are still awaiting guidance, but yes, we will have to abide by this new requirement. Q: What do I do if my child cannot wear a mask? A: If your child cannot wear a mask, they may qualify for an exemption. Please contact your principal to talk about other face covering options and the medical authorization required. Q: Are visitors and parents allowed on campus? A: Nonessential visitors, volunteers and community members will be asked not to come to the sites unless a virtual option cannot be provided. Anyone entering the campuses will be required to sign-in, wear a mask, and will be asked health-screening questions prior to entry. Q: How are absences recorded?
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