School & Child Care Recommendations

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School & Child Care Recommendations

These recommendations are founded on a layered mitigation strategy approach that when followed by schools, students, staff and families, will result in the collective success in meeting the goal to maintain in-person learning in schools and child care settings in Boulder County. The primary goals of these recommendations are:

• To reduce the spread of COVID as well as other infectious respiratory diseases
• To ensure that children can remain in in-person learning for the entire school year
• To minimize school disruptions
• To balance the physical health needs of children with the academic and social-emotional benefits of in-person learning

Recommendations

Recommendations for Schools and Child Care Settings

• Face coverings are strongly recommended indoors in all schools, child care and extracurricular activities, if returning to school after five day isolations and after five day quarantines
• Promotion of vaccinations when available and age-appropriate
• Symptom screening is strongly recommended. Ill students and staff are strongly recommended to remain at home and test.
• Enforcement of quarantine for household contacts, sports teams with medium to high risk for close contacts, and when clusters or outbreaks are detected is strongly recommended
• Social distancing as much as possible (3 feet minimum) is strongly recommended
• Keeping attendance records, stable cohorts and seating charts where age-appropriate
• Improving ventilation where possible is strongly recommended
• Promotion of hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette
• Routine cleaning

Requirements

• Enforcement of isolation
• Reporting of cases and outbreaks to BCPH
• Cooperation in the distribution of Public Health Notices and quarantine letters to family/guardians
• Cooperation in case investigations and contact tracing