New Lebanon School
Weekly Updates
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Hello Bobcat Families!
The below information is intended to clarify our district expectations and procedures with respect to monitoring your child’s health. As the weather changes and we experience various physical symptoms of the Fall season, it is important that every member of the school community is responsible for doing their part to prevent the spread of viruses. To that end, please adhere to the following:
Prior to each school day, you need to review the GPS Self Checklist - English and GPS Self Checklist - Spanish for your child. If your child has ANY of these symptoms, they MUST stay home.
If the symptoms are identified as “low level” (headache, congestion, runny nose, sore throat, fatigue, muscle or body aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ) a student can return to school 24 hours after being symptom-free, so long as they have had no known exposure to COVID-19.
If your child has multiple low-level symptoms or a single higher-level symptom (fever over 100.3, loss of smell or taste, chills, cough, difficulty breathing), they MUST see a doctor to get tested or receive an alternate diagnosis. If they test negative, or the doctor offers an alternate diagnosis, they may return to school once they have passed 24 hours without a fever and the symptoms have improved. If they test positive, they can return to school after 24 hours without a fever and symptoms improved AND approval of the local health department (typically 10 - 14 days). They will also need approval from their primary care provider in the form of a written note submitted to the school nurse.
In the event you are exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you must quarantine for 14 days from the last contact with that person, with or without symptoms. If symptoms develop you will need to obtain a COVID test and follow instructions for a negative or positive test as explained in the points above, but must complete the quarantine period.
If you happen to travel to a state on the travel advisory list or to a CDC identified ‘level three’ country, plan to quarantine for 14 days upon your return.
Thank you all for your help in keeping everyone in our Bobcat community healthy!
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions - we are always available!
alexandra_bartholomew@greenwich.k12.ct.us
lindsey_eisenstein@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Love,
Mrs. Michaelson & Mrs. Eisenstein
Important Upcoming Dates
Monday, September 21st: BANC Starts @ New Lebanon School & Family First Starts @ Julian Curtis School (Bus Provided)
Monday, September 28th: NO SCHOOL (Yom Kippur)
Tuesday, September 29th 6:00pm-7:30pm: VIRTUAL Open House - Details coming soon!
Friday, October 9th: Picture Day! Details coming soon!