Click the video link above to learn how close contacts are determined.
Our district's goal is to keep students in schools, learning in person, as long as it is safe to do so. To achieve this, we use a layered mitigation strategy, starting with the two most powerful strategies: vaccinations and masking.
When we layer in physical distancing, symptom screening, handwashing, covering sneezes and coughs, cleaning, and contact tracing, we have a very strong strategy for eliminating the spread of COVID-19.
When someone tests positive
When a member of a school community does test positive for COVID-19, we take immediate action to ensure they are sent home, and to identify and send home any of their close contacts.
Isolating
If a student or staff member tests positive, they are directed to immediately isolate and complete the symptom screener alerting the health office of their diagnosis.
Quarantining
When someone tests positive, the health team begins contact tracing. Contact tracers review a complex set of factors including the positive person’s activities, presence and effectiveness of mitigation strategies, and vaccine status to determine close contacts who must quarantine and should get tested.
What will instruction look like if my student needs to isolate or quarantine?
Students will learn asynchronously via Google Classroom, with their teachers checking in with them.
