For Parents/Students

To ensure students are healthy enough to attend in-person instruction, parents/guardians are to perform a symptom check every day before the student leaves home. A student having any of the following symptoms should not be sent to school and may continue to access their classrooms virtually if they are well enough to do so.

· 1 of the following:

o New onset cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing;

o New loss of taste or smell; OR

· 2 of the following:

o Fever over 100.4 or chills within the past 24 hours;

o Fatigue;

o Muscle or body aches;

o Headache;

o Sore throat;

o Congestion or runny nose;

o Chills or shaking chills;

o Nausea or vomiting;

o Diarrhea

SYMPTOMATIC STUDENT:

Parent/guardians will assess their children for symptoms of COVID-19 illness and refrain from sending/transporting them to school until after they have been symptom-free at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms, have no fever for at least 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medication, and have continued improvement of symptoms and /or medical consult with their primary care physician. Additionally, please call school nurse.

CLOSE CONTACTS:

Students who have been in close contact (within <6 feet for a cumulative of >15 minutes over the past 24 hours with or without a mask) with anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 or is suspected of having COVID-19 (exhibiting COVID- like illness and has not tested negative after exhibiting symptoms) should not enter any HCPSS building. Additionally, please contact the school nurse for further instructions. 

Kelly Tabak- Kelly_tabak@hcpss.org  and Cathy Corcoran- etta_corcoran@hcpss.org