Any student or employee who has symptoms suspicious for COVID-19 (see section 1) or has been exposed to someone infected with COVID-19 must remain at home and not attend school. Despite the strategies SGWS enacts to mitigate risk of transmission, they will not completely prevent an employee or student from contracting an illness. Many illnesses overlap with similar symptoms to COVID-19.

Due to the wide range of possible symptoms, it is expected that there will be an increase in absences from school and work. SGWS is instituting a requirement for parents/guardians to report the reason for all student absences from school.

Based on recommendations from Summit County Public Health (SCPH), the following steps will be required to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in our school community.

  1. Student absence must be reported to the school office by phone or email on the morning of the absence. Please include the reason for the absence. When appropriate, SCPH recommends that ill students seek the advice of a healthcare provider to rule out COVID-19. Students must provide a release from a healthcare provider to return to school.
  2. All confirmed cases of COVID-19 must be reported to the school. In turn, SGWS Administration will work with SCPH to support contact tracing. We will follow the guidance of SCPH regarding exclusion from school for quarantine or isolation.
  3. Employees are expected to follow the same guidance by SCPH detailed above including a release from a medical provider to return to work.