Staying Home When Appropriate
The EOP should educate staff and families about when they/their child(ren) should stay home and when they can return to school.
Staff and students should stay home if they have tested positive for or are showing COVID-19 symptoms.
- Actively encourage employees and students who are sick or who have recently had close contact (less than 6 feet for fifteen minutes or more) with a person with COVID-19 to stay home. Develop policies that encourage sick employees and students to stay at home without fear of reprisal, and ensure employees, students, and students' families know these policies. Consider offering virtual learning and telework options, if feasible.
- Staff and students should stay home if they have tested positive for or are showing COVID-19 symptoms.
- Staff and students who have recently had close contact
with a person with COVID-19 you should:
- Wear a mask as soon as they find out you were exposed
- Get tested at least 5 full days after your last exposure
- Continue to wear a mask for at least 10 full days
- CDC's criteria can help inform when employees should return to work:
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3-4. The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) should educate staff and families _____.
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