Greenwood Community School Corporation

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RE-OPENING GREENWOOD SCHOOLS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR*

*subject to change pending federal or state guidance

           Health & Safety………..pages 2-3 

COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY RE-ENTRY ROADMAP

SCREENING and EXCLUSION

The Greenwood Community School Corporation is asking all employees, students and their families to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. Any student or staff member should not come to school if they are sick or experiencing one or more of the following symptoms:

Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

• Fever (100.4)
• Uncontrolled cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Headache (particularly new onset of severe headache, especially accompanied by a fever)
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal pain

EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL

Students and Employees should be excluded from school:

• If they test positive for COVID-19,
• Exhibit one or more of the following symptoms listed above for COVID-19

RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER EXCLUSION

• Untested - Symptomatic (has symptoms): may return when meets the following:

• Fever free for at least 24hrs (w/o meds), AND
• Other symptoms are improved

Tested Positive - Symptomatic: may return when:

• Fever free for at least 24hrs (w/o meds), AND
• Other symptoms are improved, AND
• After 5 days since symptoms first appeared

COVID-19 ON SCHOOL PROPERTY

In the event of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the school district, communication to our school families will be as directed by the local health department.

It is the responsibility of the local health department to:

• Contact the person confirmed with COVID-19
•  Inform direct contacts of possible exposure as necessary
• Give instructions to those involved with the confirmed case, including siblings and other  household members

Contact Tracing and Quarantining

• Contact tracing and quarantining is no longer recommended per the IDOH for asymptomatic individuals

Revised 6/20/23