This is the protocol Uxbridge High School used for when students and staff should stay home. It includes a list of symptoms and guidance for when they can return to school.
Callahan Elementary School’s nurse Maureen Gearty developed this flowchart for families in the Norwood, MA community to determine if students should attend school. Students are asked to complete a self-screening at home before coming to school. Families of younger students should help their children follow the screening protocol.
This resource includes suggestions on how to assess key strengths and gaps in both academic and non-academic areas and offers practical ideas for providing targeted support during the pandemic with a focus on two key domains: social-emotional learning and academics.
This tool from the Parabola Project provides indicators for school officials to monitor with their local health departments in considering if and when to close a classroom/cohort, school, or district, and when to open again.
The decisions around the return to school must reflect a global view of risk. This graphic from the Parabola Project shows that schools must balance the risks of COVID-19 infection with in-school learning, with other significant risks to the overall health and well-being of our kids when they are out of school.
The CDC provides guidance on how to clean and disinfect surfaces to help reduce the spread of germs.
The CDC provides guidance on when and how to wash hands to help prevent the spread of germs like COVID-19.
This printable poster that can be posted in bathrooms reminds students to wash their hands to help stop the spread of COVID-19
This tool builds off of principles included in the Parabola Project’s School Reopening Readiness Guide. It is intended to help superintendents, principals, and other staff understand the response steps once a positive case has been identified (i.e., student or staff receive a positive test result).
This video from Sha Tin Junior School in Hong Kong communicated to families, students, and staff how students will eat lunch safely.
