2021-2022 Parent Handbook
COVID 19 Policy Update 3/2022
Following a change in guidelines by the Indiana State Department of Health and the Marion County Health Department, we have made the following changes to our COVID 19 policies.
Masks:
Starting Monday February 28th masks will be optional for students and staff in Giving Tree Early Learning.
Any student or staff who would like to continue to wear a mask is welcome to do so. A well fitting surgical mask, KN95 or N95 is recommended.
Parents and visitors will still be required to mask while in the school building during the month of March.
Symptom Screening:
Students or staff with any of the below symptoms should not come to school and get tested as soon as possible.
Fatigue
Sore throat/Scratchy throat
Headache
Congestion or runny nose
Muscle or body aches
Fever or chills
Cough
New loss of taste or smell
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Students will also be monitored during the day and anyone presenting with symptoms will be sent to the office for parents to be contacted. Depending on which symptoms are present, students will need to be picked up or if permission is on file may be able to be tested to stay at school. If fever, vomiting or diarrhea are present the student will need to go home regardless of test results. Even with a negative test result, a student who has severe symptoms of congestion/runny nose or cough should stay home until symptoms start to improve.
Testing:
We will continue to offer testing at school as long as our resources are available. This option is available for students in Ganon who have written consent to test on file.
Students without permission to be tested at school and students in Peuton, Maon or Katon will need to be tested at another COVID testing site. Rapid and PCR tests performed in a clinical setting are both acceptable.
Isolation/Quarantine:
Students who test positive for COVID will be required to isolate at home for 7 days. Students will be allowed to return to school on day 8 if fever free for at least 24 hours without medication and any other symptoms are resolving after 7 days.
Per the new ISDH guidelines students who are exposed to COVID-19 do not have to quarantine unless they become symptomatic. No classrooms will need to close due to a COVID exposure.
Masks:
Starting Monday February 28th masks will be optional for students and staff in Giving Tree Early Learning.
Any student or staff who would like to continue to wear a mask is welcome to do so. A well fitting surgical mask, KN95 or N95 is recommended.
Parents and visitors will still be required to mask while in the school building during the month of March.
Symptom Screening:
Students or staff with any of the below symptoms should not come to school and get tested as soon as possible.
Fatigue
Sore throat/Scratchy throat
Headache
Congestion or runny nose
Muscle or body aches
Fever or chills
Cough
New loss of taste or smell
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Students will also be monitored during the day and anyone presenting with symptoms will be sent to the office for parents to be contacted. Depending on which symptoms are present, students will need to be picked up or if permission is on file may be able to be tested to stay at school. If fever, vomiting or diarrhea are present the student will need to go home regardless of test results. Even with a negative test result, a student who has severe symptoms of congestion/runny nose or cough should stay home until symptoms start to improve.
Testing:
We will continue to offer testing at school as long as our resources are available. This option is available for students in Ganon who have written consent to test on file.
Students without permission to be tested at school and students in Peuton, Maon or Katon will need to be tested at another COVID testing site. Rapid and PCR tests performed in a clinical setting are both acceptable.
Isolation/Quarantine:
Students who test positive for COVID will be required to isolate at home for 7 days. Students will be allowed to return to school on day 8 if fever free for at least 24 hours without medication and any other symptoms are resolving after 7 days.
Per the new ISDH guidelines students who are exposed to COVID-19 do not have to quarantine unless they become symptomatic. No classrooms will need to close due to a COVID exposure.
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