COVID-19

The CDC COVID-19 Community Levels are a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data.

Medium Community Level

• Continue school as normal, including lunch, visitors, events, and gatherings.
• Continue heightened communication about staying home with symptoms or positive in order to keep the community safe. Our best risk-mitigation tool is staying home with symptoms.
• Overnights: No vaccination or testing requirements.
  NOTE: Students and employees will have to abide by the requirements of the destination.  

High Community Level 
Same as Medium Community Level with theses additions: 

• Recommend universal indoor mask use for students and employees (including on bus).
• Exception while actively participating in athletics/arts. 

Review bi-weekly high-risk activities, including large crowded indoor events, overnights, and indoor athletics/art activities.

Universal contract tracing is not recommended. Students and employees must inform our school nurses of COVID-19 positive cases, and the COVID-19 dashboard will be maintained and updated regularly.

• Families and employees will be referred to their PCP to determine quarantine and isolation requirements/recommendations and return to school/work appropriately.
• Students, employees, and visitors should NOT come to campus if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, and should follow CDC guidelines.

Note: this will be re-addressed if the county is at a low community level for an extended period of time.  

• We strongly encourage vaccinations for all students, faculty, and staff who are eligible. Per Atrium Health and the CDC, the vaccine helps to prevent community spread and widespread absences and minimizes risk for vulnerable community members.
• Currently, the COVID-19 vaccine is not required of students, however, it will continue to be strongly encouraged.
• If and when your child gets vaccinated, please update the information in Magnus as soon as possible after vaccination. Understanding the percentage of our population that is vaccinated allows us to make appropriate decisions.

Students and employees must inform our school nurses of COVID-19 positive cases.

• Families and employees will be referred to their PCP to determine quarantine and isolation requirements/recommendations and return to school/work appropriately.
• Students, employees, and visitors should NOT come to campus if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, and should follow CDC guidelines.

Symptoms include:

• Fever or chills
• Persistent cough
• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

We will continue to implement cleaning protocols, including proper hygiene, handwashing/sanitizing stations, tissues and paper towels, disinfectant wipes or spray, and gloves where appropriate.

We partner with the Johnson Group to execute the high level of cleaning and sanitization necessary at all times for our school. With their help, we take extra precautions when it comes to infection control. As our janitorial, facility services, and disinfection provider, the Johnson Group has the staff and experience to disinfect our facilities efficiently and safely. Plus, they know which tools and products are most effective at killing pathogens and preventing their spread.