2021-22 COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

• St. Anne’s strongly encourages all community members to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as they are eligible. However, the vaccine is not required for enrollment or employment.

• Parents of fully vaccinated students should upload a photo of their child(ren)’s COVID-19 vaccination card to Mphillips@sasintannesschool.org

 

 

• All students, employees and visitors must wear masks indoors on our campuses, regardless of vaccination status. 

• Masks are also required outdoors when unable to meet a three feet distance

• Masks should fit snugly and cover the mouth and nose.

• Classrooms and indoor learning spaces will be configured whenever feasible to allow for 3 feet of physical distance between students.

• Since it may not be possible to maintain 3 feet of distance at all times, our layered prevention strategy, including indoor masking, will reduce transmission risk.

• Students and employees are not required to complete a daily health questionnaire or undergo temperature checks; however, community members should self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms daily.

• Please review our Heron Health Pledge

• Individuals with a temperature of 99.5 F or above, chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, worsening headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea should stay home from school and follow up with the director of health services and their physician.

• If your child becomes sick or symptomatic at school, please pick them up within an hour of notification.

• Buildings will utilize HVAC intake settings, open windows and/or fans to increase fresh air flow.

• Classes and activities will be held outdoors when possible.

• Classrooms, common spaces, restrooms, locker rooms, high-touch surfaces and shared equipment will be cleaned and disinfected frequently.

• Good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette will be taught and reinforced.

• Touchless hand sanitizers are located in classrooms and common areas.

Athletics will largely return to normal in alignment with DAIS guidelines.

• Parents and visitors are once again welcome in our school buildings; however, they must wear masks indoors and check in at the front desk and follow our Heron Health Pledge.

• We will be mindful to design community events according to their purpose, with opportunities to socialize and connect in-person typically occurring outdoors on campus and informational meetings more likely to be held virtually..

St. Anne’s will not offer a live remote attendance option. However, remote learning solutions will be offered on a case-by-case basis for long-term, health-related absences, documented by a physician and approved by the school head.

Symptoms and Testing: Students or employees with symptoms of COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, should stay home, contact Mike Phillips, Director of Health Services, and follow up with a physician to determine if they should be tested for COVID-19.

• If a test is not recommended, they may return to school when fever-free for 24 hours (below 99.5 F without fever-reducing medication) and symptoms have improved.

• If a test is recommended, a negative PCR test is required for return to school. St. Anne’s does NOT accept rapid antigen tests.

Positive Cases: Positive COVID-19 cases must be reported immediately to the school health office, who will inform the Delaware Division of Public Health and begin contact tracing.

• Students or employees testing positive may not return to school until cleared by a doctor, at least 10 days after symptoms appeared and 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medications and improved symptoms.

Contact Tracing: The health services office will conduct contact tracing in accordance with CDC andDPH guidelines and directly notify any close contacts with instructions for quarantine and testing.

• A close contact is defined as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over 24 hours, starting 2 days before symptom onset, or for asymptomatic cases, positive specimen collection.

• Exception: In the PK-8 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student where both students were engaged in consistent and correct use of well-fitting masks and other prevention strategies were in place. This exception does not apply to adults.

• Fully vaccinated close contacts do not need to quarantine if asymptomatic, but will be asked to submit results of a COVID-19 test performed no earlier than 3-5 days after the last known exposure, and will be instructed to monitor for symptoms for 14 days.

Household/Close Contact Cases:

• If a household member is awaiting COVID-19 test results, unvaccinated students and employees should stay home until the test result is received. Unvaccinated students or employees with a household member who tests positive, or who are identified as close contacts of a positive case outside their household, should stay home from school and notify Mike Phillips, Director of Health Services, and their physician for quarantine and testing instructions.

Communications Protocols:

• Families do not need to notify anyone other than the Health Office that a school absence is COVID-related.

• Families of positive cases should let the Health Office and DE DPH notify any close contacts.

• St. Anne’s will notify the affected campus community of any positive cases that were on campus beginning 2 days before symptom onset. Notifications will not be sent for positive cases who were not on campus during the contact tracing window.