Reminders from the Clinic

• Requiring face-coverings for grades K-12 for use during transitions, carpool, in hallways, and during collaborative learning. 
• In accordance with "Bright From the Start," preschool students are not required to wear masks unless they choose to do so.
• Preschoolers will be grouped by class and cohorts.
• Students will be strongly encouraged to wear face coverings throughout the day, if comfortable. Remember, no inappropriate messages, graphics, political statements, or themes are allowed on face coverings.
• Providing PPE and masks for use by staff members if required.
• Following CDC hygiene protocols and posting signs throughout campus to stay six feet apart and utilize traffic flow arrows.
• Reduced furniture in classrooms to maximize square footage allowing for distancing of seating.
• Since class sizes are already small, students will be spread out 3-6 feet within classrooms, where feasible, with assigned seating.

• Large group gatherings such as chapel will be done on a grade rotation and broadcast into classrooms.

• Extracurricular clubs, groups, and meetings will be virtual, when feasible.
• Providing flexible learning via synchronous classroom video technology in case of temporary quarantine.
• Focusing on the equally important social, emotional, and spiritual health of our students and staff.
• Utilize patio tent next to dining hall in order to physically distancing seating for all grades during lunch. High school will also use Dozier Hall on rotations.

• As mentioned in our MPCS Family Reunion Plan to get back to campus, MPCS is requiring that parents keep their student home if their temperature is above 99.9°F or if they have symptoms of COVID-19.

• Requesting that parents alert the MPCS clinic if anyone in the household has tested positive for COVID-19 or has come in direct contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
• Reducing risks to our MPCS family through daily temperature checks and screening at carpool drop-off of all faculty, students, and visitors until restrictions loosen.
• Educating students on the importance of reducing the risk of exposure with simple and consistent hand-washing and personal hygiene practices such as coughing or sneezing into a tissue or elbow and avoiding touching the face.
• Increased our nursing staff.
• Adding an additional clinic room for students who become ill.
• Hiring of a second security guard on duty daily to assist with temperature screening at the gate.
• Sage Dining team members handling lunch service without shared dispensing and employ additional safety and cleaning precautions.

What should I do if I/my child/child's sibling/student/is EXPOSED to someone with COVID-19?

Exposure is defined as being within six feet of someone that has tested positive for COVID-19 for longer than 15 minutes with or without a mask.

1. First, please notify the nurses immediately if your child has been exposed to a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19.
2. If student is asymptomatic, he/she will quarantine for 14 days from the last date of exposure to the positive individual.
3. Continue to check temperature twice a day and monitor for symptoms (fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea)
4. If the student becomes symptomatic during the 14 days, they will be advised to get tested and contact a health provider.

What should I do if my child or a member of my household is DIAGNOSED with COVID-19?

1. Please notify the nurses immediately if someone in your family has a positive case of COVID-19.
2. If you are awaiting test results, please keep your family home from school.
3. Nurses will notify local health authorities of a diagnosis of COVID-19, as required by the DPH.
4. DPH will assist nurses in contact tracing and will alert only those who may be affected while maintaining privacy and confidentiality required by HIPAA laws.
5. MPCS will immediately close the primary area where the student was located for extended time, and heavily disinfect before re-entry.
6. If a student or staff member tests positive and are ASYMPTOMATIC at the time of the test he/she must isolate for 10 days with day one beginning the day of the positive test.
7. If a student or staff member tests positive and is SYMPTOMATIC, he/she must isolate for 10 days with day one beginning the first day of symptoms.
8. Require quarantine of siblings and family members living in household with the affected student for 14 days, with return dependent upon requirements for return listed below.
9. Require quarantine of those determined by contact tracing who were in close contact with the student, less than six feet, for longer than 15 minutes.
10. Students may utilize the synchronous learning option during a 10-day+ quarantine to continue to learn virtually when able. 
11. If a student is feeling poorly or if they are out for a mild illness for less than a week, the normal sick-day procedure will be in effect.

When can my student(s) return to campus?

The individual must meet these criteria prior to returning to campus:

1. Been isolated for 10 days from the start of symptoms or 10 days from the positive test if they are asymptomatic. 
2. Be fever-free for three consecutive days without the use of fever-reducing medications such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen, which may run congruent with the 10-day isolation
3. Be free of COVID-related symptoms for 72 hours.
4. For those who were exposed, must have no symptoms during the 14-day period.