COVID Guidelines as of 9/20/2021
- Per our guidelines, a student or staff member who has been exposed to COVID-19 must quarantine away from school for 10 days after the most recent exposure (unless he or she has received the COVID vaccine, or unless he or she has had a positive lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 90 days).
- Students and staff who are exposed do have the option to return to school earlier than the 10 days IF after 5 days post-exposure they take a COVID test thorough a testing facility or doctor (i.e. NOT an at-home test) and the test comes back negative. If they receive a negative COVID test result after 5 days post-exposure he or she may then return to school no sooner than 7 days post-exposure.
- If the student or staff member returns before the 10th day post-exposure, they must provide proof of a negative COVID test to the Director, Mallory Bradley, before returning to the classroom.
- A student or staff member who tests positive for COVID-19 will follow the same guidelines above based on the day he or she is diagnosed. They may return to school 10 days after diagnosis, or after 7 days with proof of a negative test AND with being fever free for 48 hours.
- Exposure is considered being within 6 feet of an infected person for a minimum of 15 accumulated minutes over a 24 hour period
- We will not accept at-home tests as documentation of a NEGATIVE test for returning to school (must be from a doctor or testing facility)
- FMDS administration will consult with the Health Department concerning EVERY reported positive case
- Families will be notified of each known positive case by a posting next to the front door (names of students and staff will always be kept confidential)
- If a child’s family member at home tests positive, they are considered exposed (please do not send them to school until the quarantine period is over)
- Please notify FMDS Director, Mallory Bradley of any COVID positive cases with our students or staff