When the school is informed of a positive COVID-19 case among our faculty, staff, or students, the individual is mandated to quarantine and not return to campus for up to 14 days. Then, our Health Office begins a contact tracing investigation in cooperation with the County Health Department. Every effort is made to identify any individuals who may have been “exposed” to the positive case. If a person was exposed (less than 6’ for more than 15 minutes) to the positive case, that person is also required to quarantine and not return to campus for up to 14 days. These efforts are implemented to help mitigate the chances of an outbreak and keep positive numbers to a minimum. In conjunction with our protocols on campus, this gives us the best chance of not having a large spreading event among our students, faculty, and staff.

Yes!  We are communicating and re-emphasizing each of the protocols with students, faculty, and staff on a regular basis. Teachers are doing a great job maintaining distance in classrooms, requiring face coverings, and sanitizing desks after each class period. Administrators have visited classes this week to remind students of protocols and to ask for additional attention to spacing before school and during break and lunchtimes. This is an area where we need to do better and ensure students are not congregating in large groups in the quad. If you would help reinforce this with your student, it would be appreciated.

Please remind students to be responsible and follow the protocols while on campus. Also, please be mindful of gatherings outside of your home and immediate family members. 

Find out more details in our Return to School plan or go to our SFC COVID-19 Decision Tree.