How do we prevent infection?

• Get vaccinated! Anyone 5 and over is eligible.
• Wash your hands.
• Wear a mask.
• Maximize fresh air.
• Stay home if sick

Covid-19 Protocols

• As of September 7th all SFUSD staff will need to be vaccinated unless they qualify for an exception.  Non-vaccinated staff will be tested every week.
• If there is a positive case on campus all identified close contacts will be notified via phone by the office before any general notification goes out whole school.
• SFUSD is implementing a Standard Quarantine: 10-day quarantine with option to shorten to 7 days (return to school on the 8th day) if negative test obtained after Day 5.
• SFUSD Testing Locations and Dates (for SFUSD students only)
• SF Testing Options (for non-SFUSD people)

Daily Health Screening for Students

Questions to ask your student at home:

1. Has your child tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 10 days?
2. Has your child been in close contact with anyone with COVID-19 within the past 14 days?
3. Is your child feeling ill or had any of the following symptoms within the past 10 days?

✔  If NO to all questions: your child may go to school.

✘  If YES to any question: your child must stay home. 

• Contact the Office: email Ms. Roschelle, Ms. Catingub and the classroom teacher.
• Quarantine for 10 days (Excused Absence).
• Highly recommend getting a Covid test as soon as possible.
• Students may return to school with a negative test OR after symptoms are gone, after 10 days.

​Covid-19 Symptoms
(As of 8/12/21, the symptoms are the same for adults and children)

• Fever of at least 100.4ºF/38ºC or higher
• Cough
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing
• Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
• Loss of sense of taste or smell
• Chills or repeated shaking/shivering
• Muscle aches
• Feeling unusually weak or fatigued
• Runny or congested nose

Close Contact Protocol

Close Contacts

• A close contact is someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over 24 hours while the infected person was contagious.
• People are not considered close contacts simply because they were in the same group or cohort.
• If the program cannot determine this or does not know, the person should not be considered a close contact.   
• People are not considered close contacts simply because they were in the same classroom.​

If you are notified that your child is a Close Contact:

• Office will call parent/guardian.
• Quarantine for 10 days (Excused Absence).
• Recommend getting a Covid test 5 days after exposure.
• If test is negative, child may return to school on Day 8 of quarantine.
  • Share test results with the Office.
• No Distance Learning/virtual learning option.
• Teachers will send home assignments/independent study work.

Who Needs to Quarantine?

• Not all close contacts are required to quarantine.
• All of the following must be met for a person to require quarantine:
  • The exposed person is unvaccinated.
  • Exposure occurred indoors or if outdoors, then it occurred during an unmasked stationary activity (eating, singing, etc.) or a high-contact activity.
  • The exposed person was within 6 ft of the positive case for 15 cumulative minutes or more in a 24-hour period.
  • Exposure occurred during the infectious period (two days before a positive test or onset of symptoms).​

What if it's raining or the air quality is poor?

• Lunch, recess and PE are normally held outdoors, so we will implement alternate locations (MPR, Classrooms, Library)
• We will follow SFUSD guidance