That depends on the symptom. If your child is experiencing ONE of these symptoms - new cough, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing or loss of taste/smell - then we ask that you keep your child home and contact your healthcare provider for guidance. If your child is experiencing only ONE of these symptoms – fever/chills, nausea/vomiting, congestion/runny nose, body/muscle aches, sore throat, fatigue, diarrhea, or headache – then we ask that you follow our normal illness policy and continue to monitor for other symptoms. If a secondary symptom appears then we ask that you keep your child home and contact your healthcare provider for guidance. The regular PRWS illness policy states to keep children home if they:

• Complain of stomachache, headache, or earache
• Have vomited or had diarrhea or unexplained rash within the previous 24 hours
• Have had a fever within the previous 24 hours
• Have a persistent cough/persistent sore throat
• Are not well enough to be outside
• Are in the communicable stage of a childhood disease

We ask that siblings also remain home while waiting for healthcare provider recommendations.

No, we ask that all siblings remain home until your child’s test result is back. The same would apply when a parent is ill and getting a test – all family members should remain home until results are back, as they are considered close contacts.

No, if testing was done without symptoms then it is ok for your children to return to school before results are back.

If your healthcare provider has diagnosed your child’s symptoms as something other than COVID-19 and didn’t recommend a test, then we ask that you keep that child home until 24 hours fever-free without any fever reducing medications, symptoms have improved, and a note from the provider releasing your child to return to school has been delivered to office (via the drop-box, fax, or email). If siblings are healthy, they could return to school after the office has received the doctor’s note.

Let the school office know. Your child should remain at home until 24 hours fever-free with no fever reducing medicine, symptoms have improved, and the school has either a doctor’s note to return to school or proof of negative test results. Siblings would be able to return to school as soon as a doctor’s release or test results have been received in the office.

Keep your child home until 24 hours fever-free with no fever reducing symptoms, symptoms have improved, and it has been 10 days since symptoms first appeared (OR no symptoms have appeared and it’s been 10 days since being tested). Quarantine other family members and monitor for symptoms until child has been symptom free for 14 days. Participate in a public health interview and follow guidance.

Follow public health guidance for close contacts.

You should keep your child home for at least 14 days (quarantine) since the last contact with the positive case and monitor for symptoms. If your child develops symptoms contact your healthcare provider for guidance. Even if your child tests and results come back negative, your child will need to complete the 14 day quarantine period before returning to school.

Schools have the right to inform the school community if an individual tests positive for COVID-19 so long as no personally identifiable information will be shared, including the individual’s name, grade, or if they are a student or staff member without the consent of the parents/individual.