Tucson Standard

Presidio School issued the following announcement on Aug. 19.

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, Presidio would like to share our policy regarding sick children and how we plan to communicate confirmed positive COVID-19 cases of any Presidio faculty, staff, and students:

In an abundance of caution, Presidio will continue to check temperatures at grade level gates upon arrival and periodically throughout the day, in addition to visually assessing students for signs of illness.  Students with temperatures over 100 degrees or who are experiencing signs/symptoms of illness (e.g. red, itchy, watery eyes, excessively runny nose, continuous coughing and sneezing, excessive lethargy, gastrointestinal issues) will be taken to Presidio’s health area and parents/guardians will be asked to pick up their child(ren).

Any student who has a temperature and/or is experiencing signs/symptoms of illness during the school day will be taken to Presidio's health area and monitored for 30-45 minutes.  The student will participate in class via remote instruction while in the health area.

->If symptoms improve, the student may return to class

->If symptoms continue or worsen, Presidio will contact the parent/guardian and ask to pick up their child(ren)

->Students can return to school after 24 hours fever free and/or 24 hours after symptoms subside.  

->Students who feel well enough are encouraged to participate in remote instruction while they are home. 

->A negative COVID test result in order to return to in-person learning is only necessary if the student has been in close contact (less than 3', for longer than 15 minutes, without a mask) with someone who tested positive.

When Presidio receives notification that an in-person learning absence is related to COVID concerns, the absence will be considered an excused absence.  Presidio will communicate any confirmed COVID-19 cases of any Presidio faculty, staff, and students that have been on campus to Presidio’s PCHD’s contact tracing liaison and the Presidio Family.  Presidio will quarantine rooms and/or grade levels if there are two or more, unrelated cases in the setting within 2 weeks.  Students in quarantine will participate in remote instruction.

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