Monitoring and Excluding for Illness
Students and staff MUST stay home if sick. Parents will pre-screen their children at home to ensure absence of symptoms and fill out daily screening form.
Symptoms include:
- Fever greater than 100 F/chills
- Cough/shortness of breath/difficulty breathing (wheezing, shortness of breath breaths, chest tightness)
- Other new onset of symptoms including chills, muscle pain, fatigue, sore throat, headache, runny nose, loss of sense of taste or smell or gastrointestinal symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting or nausea.
Temperatures will NOT be checked upon arrival at school and anyone with a fever of 100ºF will be isolated and sent home.
Выявление заболевших
Студенты и работники школы ДОЛЖНЫ оставаться дома в случае болезни. Родители будут предварительно проверять своих детей дома, чтобы убедиться в отсутствии симптомов, и заполнять ежедневную форму проверки (отправленную по электронной почте).
Симптомы включают:
- Температура выше 100 F / озноб.
- Кашель / одышка / затрудненное дыхание (хрипы, одышка, стеснение в груди).
- Другое появление новых симптомов, включая озноб, мышечную боль, усталость, боль в горле, головную боль, насморк, потерю вкуса или запаха или желудочно-кишечные симптомы диареи, рвоты или тошноты.
Температура НЕ будет проверяться по прибытии в школу, и любого, у кого температура поднимется выше 100ºF, изолируют и отправляют домой.
Exposure to COVID-19 & Quarantine
Exposure is defined as having been within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period
All COVID-positive school community members are required to report their positive test results to the school administration.
- It has been at least 10 days since they first felt sick or tested positive (if asymptomatic); and,
- They feel better. Their cough, shortness of breath or other symptoms are better; and,
- They have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
NSCS will require a quarantine period for those identified as a close contact of a COVID positive case AND who do not qualify for an exemption from quarantine due to vaccine status or a previous COVID infection within the last 90 days.
Exposure at School/School Sponsored Activity
After exposure at school or in a school sponsored activity, the standard quarantine is a 10-day period.
A shortened quarantine (5-day period) may be requested by completing the appropriate form. This requires a molecular/PCR test to be completed after a full 5 days of quarantine. Testing is required on or after day five and a negative test result needs to be shown before returning to school or activities.
Exposure within the household
If a member of a household tests positive for COVID, all members of that household are subject to a quarantine period.
The standard quarantine is a 14-day period for those students living in the same household as a COVID positive member.
- A shortened quarantine (10-day period) may be requested by completing the appropriate form. This requires a molecular/PCR test to be completed after a full 10 days of quarantine. Testing is required on or after day ten and a negative test result needs to be shown before returning to school or activities.
- For individuals who test positive for COVID, they will be required to isolate until all three of these things are true:
- It has been at least 10 days since they first felt sick or tested positive (if asymptomatic); and,
- They feel better. Their cough, shortness of breath or other symptoms are better; and,
- They have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Exemptions from Quarantine
Safe Learning Plan allows this exception that excludes students in an indoor classroom from quarantining when both the case and close contact were wearing well-fitting masks.
There are certain other circumstances where students and staff may be exempt from quarantine:
If someone has completed COVID-19 vaccination (two doses in a two-dose series or one dose in a one-dose series) and is exposed, they do not need to quarantine if ALL of the following are true:
- The COVID-19 exposure was at least 14 days after their vaccination series was fully completed.
- They do not currently have any symptoms of COVID-19.
- They have provided documentation of their vaccination series to the school office that clearly indicates their name, date(s) of vaccination, and vaccine brand.
If a student or staff member does not want to provide their vaccine information and/or testing results, then they will be subject to the quarantine.
If someone has previously been infected with COVID-19 and is subsequently identified as a close contact, they do not need to quarantine if ALL of the following are true:
- Their COVID-19 illness was laboratory confirmed and exposure was within 90 days of their positive test.
- They do not currently have any symptoms of COVID-19.
- They have provided documentation of their COVID positive results to the school office that clearly indicates their name, source of testing, date of testing, and positive test results.
If a student or staff member does not want to provide documentation around their positive test results, then they will be subject to a quarantine.
Additionally, it is up to the school nurse to determine if ALL of the criteria were met for exemption from quarantine with the final determination made by the school using the guidelines outlined above.
Physical Distancing
We will take steps to promote physical distancing (at least 3 feet apart)
- Staggering the use of common spaces, including the cafeteria, playground and other areas
- Rearranging furniture and equipment to move students farther apart
- Adjusting recess and lunch schedules to allow for more cleaning and disinfection
- Changing arrival and dismissal procedures
At this point: student will be allowed to rotate/move to other content areas (Middle school, Russian, Music, PE)
Физическое дистанцирование
Мы предпримем меры для поощрения физического дистанцирования (не менее 3 футов друг от друга)
- Использование мест общего пользования, включая кафетерий, игровую площадку и другие зоны.
- перестановка мебели и оборудования в классах, чтобы ученики находились дальше друг от друга.
- Корректировка расписаний перерывов и обедов, чтобы можно было мыть и дезинфицировать поверхности между сменами
- Изменение порядка прибытия и отбытия учащихс в школу и из школы
- На этом этапе: ученики будут передвигаться по школе в другие предметные классы (средняя школа, русский язык, музыка, физкультура)
Face Coverings
This will continue to be monitored and could change based on conditions in the school setting. COVID-19 Face Covering Policy will be fully implemented. Conditions include: in school exposure and transmission will result in quarantine for the entire class or school.
- Face coverings/masks are not required for either students, staff, or visitors but are highly recommended regardless of vaccination status. This guidance applies both inside buildings or in crowded outdoor settings.
- Face coverings/masks are required on student transportation. This is a federal requirement and not a rule under the authority of the school.
Students with active respiratory symptoms MUST wear a mask.
Arrival and Dismissal
- Arrival and dismissal times will be staggered to minimize crowding.
- Student pick-up and drop-off will occur outside.
- Parents will not be allowed to congregate in school lobby during the pick-up.
- Staff will monitor arrival and dismissal to curtail congregating and ensure students go straight from vehicle to their classroom, and vice versa.
- If a student needs to leave early, the parent will need to inform the school office ahead of time to arrange early pick up. Students will be held in the office area until the parent calls to notify the office that they are out front to pick up the child. The student will then be sent out/brought out to the waiting vehicle.
Прибытие и отправление
- Автобусы/родители высаживают детей около школы. Дети проходят в школу. Родителям не разрешается собираться в холле школы в это время. Работники школы будут следить за прибытием и посадкой детей на машины и автобусы. Если ученику нужно уйти раньше, родитель должен будет заранее сообщить об этом в офис школы, чтобы договориться о раннем выезде. Учащиеся будут находиться в офисе до тех пор, пока родитель не позвонит и не известит офис о том, что они находятся на улице, чтобы забрать ребенка. Затем ученика выведут к ожидающему автомобилю.
Promoting Good Hygiene and Heath Behaviors
- The virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly spread by respiratory droplets, and all efforts will be focused on preventing the spread of these droplets and the virus contained therein.
- Breathe CLEAN Air Purification Systems will remain in all 7 A/C systems in the school building.
- Regular cleaning and disinfection of our learning spaces and vehicles will continue and they will be cleaned and disinfected regularly using disinfectant products that are approved and effective against the COVID-19 virus.
- Students and staff should wash their hands often throughout the day with soap and water.
- If soap and water are not readily available, one should use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
- Appropriate supplies to support healthy hygiene behaviors (e.g., soap, hand sanitizer, paper towels, disinfectant) will be available and strategically placed in areas where they can be/are frequently used.
- School will build routines of hand hygiene into the daily school schedule for all students and staff, including handwashing and sanitation breaks during or between classroom activities.
The school will clean and disinfect frequently-touched surfaces and/or shared items and limit shared items.
SCREENING TESTING & VACCINATION
Screening testing and vaccination are recommended by the state but not required by NSCS. All stuff will have optional testing available to them upon request. Positive results on these tests will require the positive person to quarantine.
- Staff and students who are eligible but have not been vaccinated are encouraged to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The vaccine will help control the infection of the recipients and help protect others from getting the virus.
- The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) recommends that all staff and students who intend to participate in school in person get tested for COVID-19 regularly. This is in addition to anyone with symptoms or anyone who was exposed to someone who tested positive.
- NS will continue on-site testing for staff, and it will offer it every week.
- We anticipate the State will expand opportunities for testing for students, and we will provide updates as more information becomes available.
- Please be advised that NSCS accepts only laboratory-confirmed tests as valid results. These results must clearly state the person’s name, source of testing, date of testing, and test results. While there are rapid test-at-home options now available on the market (that do not require samples to be sent into a lab), NSCS cannot accept these as valid results.
- Minnesota has an extensive statewide testing operation. Residents have several ways in which they can access no-barrier testing, including community testing sites, a mail-order at-home test program, and clinics and hospitals across the state. Tests remain no-cost to the individual, but it would be advisable to provide insurance information so the state can seek reimbursement from insurance companies.
ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ И ВАКЦИНАЦИЯ
- Тестирование на Ковид и вакцинация рекомендованы государством, но не требуются NSCS. Тестировани ебудет проводиться по желанию сотрудников и учащися
- Сотрудникам и учащимся, которые имеют право на вакцинацию, но которые не были вакцинированы, рекомендуется пройти вакцинацию.
- Министерство здравоохранения Миннесоты (MDH) рекомендует, чтобы все сотрудники и учащиеся, которые намерены посещать школу лично, регулярно проходили тестирование на COVID-19.
- NS продолжит тестирование для персонала на месте и будет предлагать его каждую неделю.
- Мы ожидаем, что штат расширит возможности тестирования для учащихся, и будем предоставлять вам информацию по мере ее поступления
- Обратите внимание, что NSCS принимает только лабораторно подтвержденные тесты в качестве достоверных результатов. В этих результатах должно быть четко указано имя человека, источник тестирования, дата тестирования и результаты тестирования. Хотя сейчас на рынке доступны варианты быстрого тестирования на дому (не требующие отправки образцов в лабораторию), NSCS не может принять их как действительные результаты.
- У жителей Миннесоты есть несколько способов получить доступ к тестированию. Тесты остаются бесплатными