Nurses Corner
September 3rd, 2021
Hello District 6 Families
Please take advantage of the BinaxNOW testing program. At this time we can test students that become symptomatic in school. This has been a terrific tool to avoid lengthy quarantines or visits to the doctor. Please sign the consent at your child's school. We will also be sending out a docusign for the consent via email in the upcoming weeks.
Masks
Please educate your child on the importance of wearing their mask.
Covid-19 ALERT Process
If there is a positive individual reported in a building, the nurses and administrators work to perform contact tracing around that individual. The close contacts are then identified and the families of the close contact are notified.
We do not notify all families when there is a positive case, only the close contacts that have been exposed.
If there are any questions, please feel free to call me.
Labor Day Holiday
Enjoy your Labor Day and stay safe!!!
District 6 Covid Protocols
District 6 Covid Protocols
- 3-feet social distancing recommended within the classroom where possible.
- Masks must be worn among all students and staff in buildings with children present anywhere in the buildings, despite vaccination status.
- Covid testing of symptomatic students regardless of vaccination status. (If a consent to test is on file.)
- If your child is a close contact to a Covid positive person at school while masked, they must quarantine for 10 days from last exposure to that person IF they are unvaccinated, unless they have consent to do screening testing with the nurse on Day 1, 3, 5, and 7 if they remain asymptomatic. If the contact comes from within the household they still must quarantine. Vaccinated individuals do not need to quarantine if a close contact.
- If your child contracts Covid, please isolate them for 10 days from the start of their symptoms OR if asymptomatic, their test date. Call your school's nurse so contact tracing can be initiated.
- If your child OR any of your household members are symptomatic with any of the below symptoms, they must stay home and either get a negative Covid test result or a doctors note to return, regardless of vaccination status. Call your school and speak to the nurse if your child has Covid like symptoms.
Covid symptoms are as follows:
o Fever over 100.4
o Cough
o Shortness of Breath
o New Loss of Taste or Smell
o Body Aches
o Sore Throat
o Vomiting
o Diarrhea
District 6 Mitigations
-Essential visitors allowed in the buildings as long as they are masked and asymptomatic. An essential visitor is an individual coming into the school for required education or health purposes.
-Deep cleaning of buildings every day and cleaning of high touch points throughout the day.
-No outside food brought in.
-Limit the amount of items and furniture in classrooms.
-Hand hygiene education provided. Washing of hands before and after eating.
-Nurses and administrators will monitor community transmission of COVID-19, vaccination coverage, screening testing, and outbreaks to guide decisions about the level of layered prevention strategies being implemented.
Natalee Murray, BSN RN
Email: nmurray@zion6.org
Website: www.zion6.org
Location: 2800 29th Street, Zion, IL, USA
Phone: 847-460-8694