Health & Safety
Physical Distancing
The CDC and local health departments recommend maintaining 6 feet of physical distance to the extents practicable.
Cleaning Protocols
- Classrooms, restrooms and common areas will be cleaned daily and disinfected between cohorts. High touch areas will be disinfected daily.
- Classrooms will be provided with soap, hand sanitizer, and wipes.
- Additional hand sanitizing stations will be located in common areas, such as the school office, cafeteria, etc.
- Students will be required to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer upon entering class as well as after bathroom visit.
- At the end of each period, students will wipe their desks with a cleansing wipe to facilitate disinfecting procedures.
Face Coverings
- All students and adults will be required to wear a face covering at all times when on school property, except when eating, drinking or participating in physical activity.
- All students are required to wear a face covering while arriving and departing campus, and while waiting for or riding the school bus.
- Each school will maintain a supply of non-medical masks in case a student or staff member forgets theirs and needs one for the day.
- Students who repeatedly fail to wear masks appropriately despite instruction and reminders may be required to learn from home.
- All students and adults will be required to wear a face covering at all times when dropping students off or whenever on school property.
- All students are required to wear a face covering while arriving and departing campus, in the classroom, in any area outside the classroom and while waiting for or riding the school bus.
Daily Symptom Checks
The district has a strict policy that parents will complete the symptom checks daily. Parents will be notified if their child has been exposed to a confirmed case. You will only be notified if there has been a possible exposure or a confirmed case based on the Santa Clara County Public Health Department Guidelines. You may hear of a positive case at your child’s school, however, if you are not notified by the district your child was not exposed.
Health Screening
- Parents or guardians are required to conduct symptom screening at home with their child each day prior to arrival to school
- All parents need to sign the COVID-19 Symptom Check Agreement acknowledging they will conduct these daily symptoms check. This agreement was part of the Parental Agreement packet you filled out that the beginning of the year
- Students are to stay home if they exhibit any COVID-19 symptoms. COVID-19 symptoms include:
○Fever
○Chills
○Cough
○Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing
○Fatigue
○Muscle or body aches
○Headache
○Recent loss of taste or smell
○Sore throat
○nausea/vomiting
○Diarrhea
- Students with any identified COVID-19 symptoms and/or a temperature of 100.0 °F or higher will be sent home immediately until testing and/or medical evaluation has been conducted. The student will wait in a safe, isolated area until the parent or caregiver arrives.
- As we enter cold and flu season, please be aware that children may exhibit symptoms not associated with COVID-19. If you are concerned about symptoms, please keep your child home and consult your physician.
