Community Forum on COVID Return to School Updates
Natick Public Schools
August 23, 6pm and August 25, 5pm Families
September 1, Staff Training
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Mitigating Measures
COVID Management
Test and Stay and Symptom Checking Testing at School Sites
Masks for PK-12
Ventilation and Air Purification
TBD, Routine COVID Pooled Surveillance Testing
Ventilation and Air Purification
Test and Stay and Symptom Checking at school sites
TBD: Routine COVID Pooled Surveillance testing (pending increasing daily indecent rates per Natick BOH (vote 8/9/21)
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Contact Tracing still conducted for students with COVID.
Quarantiningeliminated for vaccinated.
Parents monitor symptoms and keep sick children home!
All extra curriculars and sports resume regular schedules and activities.
TBD final athletics details.
This is your primary role as a parent/guardian, to honor our community contract and keep sick kids home and get them tested for COVID via a PCR.
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School Experience Updates
Assigned seating on buses, classes and at lunch for contact tracing.
Masking and mask breaks outdoors or in large ventilated spaces
Traditional Lunch Periods, with spacing and outdoor/large ventilated spaces.
The Board of Health may require pooled routine COVID testing weekly for extra curriculars and athletics.
We are awaiting further updates from DESE, DPH and local Board of Health
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Testing Protocols/ Flowcharts
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What can you do?
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Until you get your consent to test to us via forms in parent portal of powerschool, no tests will be done on site.
Do your forms ASAP.
Do consent for all three tests at one time.
Put your school absentee line in your phone.
Make contact with your Primary Care Physician or set up a PCR testing workflow for your family.
If your child is medically exempted from doing pooled or other nasal testing, get your physician signed exemption to your school nurse.
Not vaccinated? Get your child and your family vaccinated as soon as eligible!
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Natick Public Schools • 13 East Central Street, Natick, MA · 01760 • Visit us online: www.natickps.org
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Natick Public Schools • 13 East Central Street, Natick, MA · 01760 • Visit us online: www.natickps.org
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Natick Public Schools • 13 East Central Street, Natick, MA · 01760 • Visit us online: www.natickps.org
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What you must do if your student is sick!
if your child has any of these symptoms, your child must stay home and you must call the absent line for your school:
Vaccinated
Fever
Chills, shaking chills
Loss of taste and/or smell
Muscle/body aches
GET TESTED, email the NURSE WITH ATTACHED OR SCREENSHOT RESULTS!
DO NOT SEND THE NURSE A LINK TO YOUR TO YOUR TESTING ACCOUNT OR ONLINE SERVICE. IF YOUR CHILD IS POSITIVE, CALL US. WE WILL GUIDE YOU ON QUARANTINE.
What to leave on the absent line: USE THIS SPECIFIC SCRIPT
Hello my child’s name is XX and she’s in grade YY. She has the following symptoms ZZ and so i am keeping her home and GETTING HER PCR TESTED for COVID. I’ll call you back with the result.
Unvaccinated
Fever
Chills, shaking chills
Loss of taste and/or smell
Muscle/body aches
Cough
Sore throat (with another symptom)
Nausea,vomiting,diarrhea (with another symptom)
Headache (with another symptom)
Fatigue (with another symptom)
Runny nose/congestion (with another symptom)
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Vaccines and Pooled Testing
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