Thank you to everyone who continue to report positive results and exposures.  It is imperative we all continue to report the cases that impact us so that we can try to keep everyone safe while providing in-person learning experiences for those families who chose that option. 

As a reminder, if a student has a family member who has tested positive, please keep your student at home until you speak with our nurse about your specific situation.  Each case is different and there are particular protocols that must be checked before the student can return to campus.

Also, if your student goes to test for any reason, please keep your student home until you receive those results.  Contact your grade level principal if that is the case so that we can document the absences and clear your student to attend virtually without being marked absent for the time away.

As students return to campus on Tuesday, it is important that we adhere to the following protocols to better manage student absences.  All students and staff are expected to fill out the daily health screener prior to coming to campus.  A student who fails the health screener will be contacted by our clinic team to determine the best course of action and an approved return date.  This is essential to granting students permission to attend remotely for the determined amount of time. 

Students who are absent and do not complete the health screener and indicate the reason for missing school will be marked absent for the day.  This is regardless if the student attended the class virtually.  Teachers are understanding and will not stop students from attending virtually but only those students who are permitted to attend remotely will earn credit for daily attendance.  We are working to accurately account for student attendance but we cannot do so without accountability. Students should not just stay home without indicating through the health screener the reason for their absence.

This does not apply to students who have tested positive or have been required to quarantine due to direct prolonged exposure to a positive case.  Those students’ absences are accounted for so there is not a need to complete the daily health screener for students in those categories.