COVID-19 Resources for the PS1 Community

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters are strongly recommended for all students.

Masking policies follow LACDPH requirements and may be subject to change based on the current level of transmission in the county.

• Masks may be strongly recommended or required indoors (except when eating or drinking) based on LACDPH
• After an exposure, masks are strongly recommended indoors for ten days (KN95, N95, or a non-cloth mask of multiple layers of non-woven materials with a nose wire

We ask parents to monitor your child for symptoms, and test them at home if symptoms are present (and/or as necessary after exposure).

All students, faculty, and staff MUST remain at home with a temperature of 100°+ and with any symptoms of illness related to COVID-19. You may review symptoms at the DPH Symptoms & Symptomatic Page.

Any child or adult displaying the symptoms of illness during the school day will be sent to the front office and parents notified to pick the child up within 30 minutes. It is imperative that you screen your children daily at home prior to coming to school and keep them home with any symptoms or fever. Students must be symptom and fever free without fever reducing medicine for 24 hours before returning to campus.

Symptoms Include:
Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea

Students or faculty/staff members, regardless of vaccination status, previous infection, or lack of symptoms, who test positive for COVID-19 must isolate at home for a minimum of 5 days.

Symptomatic (if your child has any symptoms, even mild, they must isolate for 5 days)

• Stay home for 5 days from date of onset of symptoms or the date of confirmed positivity
• If symptoms persist, isolate longer
• If fever is present, isolation must continue until fever resolves. Individuals must be fever free without fever-reducing medicine for 24 hours to return to campus
• If symptoms, other than fever, are not resolved, continue to isolate until symptoms are resolved. Student must be symptom free for 24 hours to return to campus
• Take an antigen or home antigen test on or after Day 5, and if it is negative and existing symptoms have resolved or diminished, child may return to school
• Required to monitor symptoms for 10 days
• Resolved symptoms and a negative antigen test collected on Day 5 or later are required for return

Asymptomatic (If your child has zero symptoms from the onset, they will be eligible with the below criteria met to leave isolation after 5 days. “Zero symptoms” means your child has had no symptoms at all, not that your child has had symptoms that have improved)

• Stay home for a minimum of 5 days
• If your child has zero symptoms (from the very first day, not symptoms that resolve) and produces a negative antigen or home antigen test on day 5, isolation can end.
• If antigen test is positive on Day 5, isolation must continue until a negative test is achieved or until day 10
• If symptoms develop during the isolation period, isolation extends until Day 10 and follow symptomatic protocol
• Required to monitor symptoms for 10 days
• Zero symptoms and a negative antigen test are required for return

NOTE: If you have symptoms, Day 0 is your first day of symptoms. Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed. If you do not have symptoms, Day 0 is the day your positive test was taken. Day 1 is the first full day after your positive test was taken.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Isolation Instructions

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/covidisolation/

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Isolation Summary (Links to http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/covidisolation/):

You are a "close contact" if you shared the same indoor airspace with someone with COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period while they were infectious.

If you are a close contact to someone with COVID-19 and you have no symptoms, you are not required to quarantine. You should:

1. Wear a highly protective mask around others for 10 days (strongly recommended)
2. Get tested 3-5 days after you were last exposed
   If your test result is positive, isolate
   If you tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, you don’t need to test unless you develop symptoms
3. Monitor your health for 10 days
   If symptoms start, stay home and get tested.
4. Students who have had an exposure (from a parent, sibling, etc) are allowed to attend school as long as they follow the protocols listed above.

*If you are a close contact, you may choose to self-quarantine to protect others, even when it is not required.

Note: Day 0 is the day of your last contact (exposure) with the infected person. Day 1 is the first full day after your last exposure.

You are a "close contact" if you shared the same indoor airspace with someone with COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period while they were infectious. This includes students in the same classroom.

Asymptomatic Exposures (Asymptomatic Close Contacts)
Asymptomatic students (regardless of vaccination status) may remain on campus.

Symptomatic Exposures (Symptomatic Close Contacts)
Symptomatic students, vaccinated or unvaccinated, must isolate or quarantine for at least 5 days.

School Isolation & Quarantine Flow Chart:

http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/NCorona2019/docs/SchoolIsolationQuarantineFlowChart.pdf

In accordance with county and state laws and regulations, the school is required to notify the LACDPH, teachers, staff, and families of confirmed cases and/or known exposures, and advise those who have had close contact to self-monitor for symptoms. The school will do its utmost to maintain the confidentiality of individuals insofar as possible. TJ Harney will be the point of contact with LACDPH.

Communication plan:

• The School maintains a database with email addresses, home and mobile telephone numbers of parents as well as emergency contacts
• The School is able to communicate with parents individually, by class or collectively via email, phone and text message
• In the event of a student or staff infection confirmed by a positive COVID-19 test, the following procedure is followed:
  • Communicate with staff, parents, and students on measures taken and any instructions from LACDPH
  • Report any clusters of cases to LACDPH
  • Maintain the confidentiality of the student or staff member with COVID-19 as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, and possibly HIPAA
  • Communicate with families regarding quarantine instructions

In adherence to privacy laws, the identities of all who inform us of illness or have been exposed will remain confidential and will not be shared with the general community. In the spirit of community, we ask you to respectfully refrain from speculation on this matter.

Please be respectful of the decisions of our community members around masking and prevention.

Los Angeles County (LAC) has no travel restrictions or requirements at this time.

https://special.usps.com/testkits

Residential households in the U.S. are eligible for free at-home tests on USPS.com.