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Dear Trojan Families,
Yesterday, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and representatives from the other Indianapolis deanery high schools met with the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) to discuss our desire to have the close contact quarantine guidelines reviewed. We presented our data and expressed our desire to return to full in-person learning in the belief that we could do this safely.
We are pleased to inform you that new guidance from MCPHD was recommended regarding close contact quarantining. For the remainder of the school year students will only be quarantined if, for a sustained period of 15 minutes, they are within 3 feet of a person who tests positive and the exposure happened within 48 hours of the positive test. This is a change from the previous guidance that required close contact quarantining at 6 feet. This means that we will return to full in-person learning on Monday, May 10th!
We are confident that there will be minimal risk of quarantining students for close contact. Due to our classroom capacity and class sizes, we are able to keep all students in all classes a minimum of 3 feet apart. The only conditions to the new guidance are that students will still be required to maintain 6-foot distancing at lunch, which we have done since August, and all students must wear a surgical grade mask throughout the school day.
With this said, students may still opt for full virtual learning through the end of the year. Final exams will be in-person, except for students who have opted for full virtual learning. All exams, in-person or virtual, will be taken synchronously. An updated final exam schedule will be provided in next week's parent newsletter.
We are excited for all of our students and their families that we have the opportunity to finish this challenging school year on such a positive note. As cities and states throughout our nation are easing restrictions, we are very hopeful that the 2021/2022 school year will be filled with the blessings and joy that come to our students and families, faculty and staff when we are at our Trojan best!
God bless you,
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