Please follow the instructions below. If you have an issue you can email a picture of the card to your school nurse.

Most common symptoms include:

• Fever
• Dry cough
• Tiredness

Less common symptoms:  Delta Variant can show mildly and have one OR two symptoms

• Aches and pains
• Sore throat
• Diarrhea
• Conjunctivitis
• Headache
• Loss of taste or smell
• a rash on skin, or discoloration of fingers or toes

Serious symptoms:

• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
• Chest pain or pressure

Seek immediate medical attention if you have serious symptoms. Always call before visiting your doctor or health facility.

On average it takes 5–6 days from when someone is infected with the virus for symptoms to show, however it can take up to 14 days

No. We are discontinuing the Symptom Tracker at the present time. Parents will be reminded to screen their children daily and keep them home if they have any symptoms. They can contact their school nurse to see if attendance is permissible given the current guidelines or they must remain home.

• Teacher or staff excuses student(s) from classroom, cohort or area within the school. Alert the School Nurse. If masking is not required at the school, provide student with mask as soon as possible.
• School Nurse takes individual(s) to isolation room/area and ensures individual(s) is properly supervised and masked. The parent, guardian, or caregiver is called. Arrangements are made for student(s) to either go home and seek medical attention. Note: If multiple ill individual(s) must be placed in the same isolation room/area, ensure mask use and stay at least 6 feet apart while supervised.
• Parent, guardian, or caregiver picks up student(s). Parent, guardian, or caregiver contacts healthcare provider for evaluation and possible COVID-19 test. Note: School can perform ACE-IT rapid test and follow steps noted during the training process/PADOH guidelines for response to results.
• Clean and disinfect areas that the ill individuals(s) occupied. Ventilate the area(s), wait as long as possible before cleaning to let virus particles settle (at least several hours), and use personal protective equipment (including any protection needed for the cleaning and disinfection products) to reduce risk of infection. The later is done after school hours by the cleaning staff.

We encourage people to use Personic Health at St. Kevin's parking lot at 200 W Sproul Rd. in Springfield. They do both a rapid antigen test and a PCR at the same time. The turn around time on a PCR is approximately 48 hrs.

Other testing locations can be found at Delaware County COVID-19 testing sites.

Student(s)/ Staff found to have COVID-19 will begin home isolation.

LEAD COVID Nurse in conjunction with the building school nurse starts a list of close contacts of the ill individual(s)and informs staff, parents, guardians, or caregivers of close contacts of possible exposure.

LEAD COVID Nurse alongside the school nurse works with local health officials to assess spread and support follow up with staff, parents, guardians, or caregivers of student(s) that had contact with the ill student(s).

Parents, guardians, or caregivers of close contacts are advised to keep their children home (quarantine according to local health department requirements) and to consult with the individual(s)’ healthcare provider for evaluation and possible COVID-19 test

Members of the ill student/staff(s)’ household and those who had close contact with the individual are advised to quarantine according to local health department requirements.

The ill individual(s) can return to school and end isolation once the following are met:

10 days out from the start of the symptoms, AND

Fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication, AND

Symptoms have improved.

IF the Student/Staff is symptomatic they will be sent for confirmatory PCR testing.

If the Student/Staff is asymptomatic they can return to the normal academic day.

None for a fully vaccinated individual if no symptoms present. If unvaccinated, the date of exposure or date of test result for asymptomatic person is day 0. A person can return on day 8 with a negative PCR COVID test taken on day 5-7. You may not exit quarantine any earlier then day 8. If a person choices not to test, quarantine is 14 days. If you cannot isolate for a COVID positive individual (includes not sharing a bathroom) then the date of exposure is the last day of their isolation. 

Remain home for any of the following: (to prevent spread of ANY illness)

• Fever of 100° the night prior to or the morning of school; student must be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.  Without the use of fever reducing medications.
• Headache unrelievedby Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
• Vomiting and/or diarrhea within the past 24 hours; student must be vomit/diarrhea-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Sore throat lasting 2-3 days
• Drainage from the eyes; red, itchy, and/or crusty eyes
• Excessive coughing unrelieved by cough drops or cough medicine.
• Rash (unless determined to be non-communicable by a physician) – Physician’s note requiredq51-bed52c
• Abdominal pain
• Dizziness or chills
• Stiff neck or headache not caused by an accident or fall
• Having a sick individual rest at home with any of the above conditions will likely help with his/her recovery.  It will also help to prevent the spread of germs to other students and staff members. 

Secondary Students
A student who has a positive COVID-19 test or has been placed in quaratine for COVID-19 exposure is permitted to begin attending all classes via Zoom within 24 hours of teacher notification. Students may remain in “Zoom attendance status” for the duration of the quarantine/isolation.

Elementary Students
A student who has a positive COVID-19 test or has been placed in quarantine for COVID-19 exposure is permitted to begin attending core courses (Math & Reading, Morning Meeting, and any services they receive) via Zoom within 24 hours of teacher notification. Students may remain in “Zoom attendance status” for the duration of the quarantine/isolation. Note: Devices will be made available to students within the 24 hour time period for elementary students. Secondary students should have devices with them at all times.

If you are unable to attend school in-person due to quarantine or isolation, attending via zoom will be done synchronously and will not be considered an absence. Zooming is only permissible if your absence is related to COVID-19. The school nurse will contact your teachers to notify them that you may zoom and for what period of time. Should your child need to zoom for classes, please allow 24 hours for teachers to logistically address Zoom access into the classroom setting.

Students will use the Learning Management System for his/her/their school level (SeeSaw K-2, Google Classroom 3-12) for the submission of assignments and other teacher/class correspondence.

You will need to submit proof of testing to Debbie Sweeney, dsweeney@wssd.org, so that she can give permission to  Zoom while your student awaits the results.

Students who are ill, for reasons outside of COVID-19, are not permitted to attend classes via Zoom. Learning and subsequent make-up work will be handled in the manner in which it took place prior to the pandemic.