COVID-19 Protocols
Updated 12/22/20
The health and safety of our students, staff, and families remains a priority for all of us at the Kimberly Area School District. As a result, practices and protocols have been implemented. We will continue to evaluate, adapt and implement our procedures and protocols in order to provide the safest environment throughout the 2020-21 school year.
Staying home from school
They are sick (please see the student illness guide for more information)
They are diagnosed with COVID-19
They are being tested for COVID-19
They are a close contact of someone with COVID-19
Do I keep my child home if someone in my household is being tested for COVID-19?
A: Send your child to school if your child is symptom free.
OR
A: Keep your child home if your child has COVID-like symptoms.
Do I keep my child home from school if someone in my household is a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19?
A: Send your child to school if the household member who is the close contact is symptom free.
OR
A: Keep your child home if the household member who is the close contact has COVID-like symptoms. (The household member who is the close contact is considered a probable case of COVID if he/she is showing symptoms while awaiting test results and everyone in your household at that point is considered a close contact and will need to quarantine.)
Home Health Screening Tool
To utilize the COVID-19 home health screening tool click here.
COVID-19 Testing
People with the below symptoms or combination of symptoms may have COVID-19. The table below outlines WI-DHS recommendations of who should receive COVID-19 testing in Wisconsin. If you have these symptoms, stay home, call your school office and get tested.
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For all other illnesses, follow typical school illness protocol by staying home, calling the school office and once your child is 24 hour symptom free they may return.
STAY HOME while awaiting your COVID-19 test results. See Next Steps: while you wait for your COVID-19 test results.
NEGATIVE RESULT
Remain at home until 24 hours fever free without use of medicine AND improvement in other symptoms
**Even if you test negative for COVID-19 but you are a close contact of a positive case, it is important to continue to quarantine for the full 10 days. You could have been exposed to COVID-19 at some point and not enough time has passed for the test to pick it up. You may test positive at a later date.
Positive Result
Remain at home until at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset
AND
At least 24 hours have passed since resolution of fever without use of medicine
AND
Other symptoms have improved See Next Steps: after you are diagnosed with COVID-19
Upon receiving your COVID-19 test result, please call your school office immediately to report the outcome.
Quarantining
The answer may depend on whether you live with someone who has been diagnosed.
- Self-quarantine for 10 days from when you last had contact with the infected person
OR - For 10 days from when the infected person in your household has recovered.
Due to a small percentage of individuals becoming infected after 10 days, you need to continue to monitor your symptoms for a total of 14 days after contact with a positive case. If any symptoms are noted, continue to quarantine and contact your healthcare provider.
- Had close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19, click here
- Live with someone who has COVID, click here
- Live with someone who has COVID, but never got sick, click here
Quarantining Scenarios
Scenario 1: Close contact with someone who has COVID-19—will not have further close contact
I had close contact with someone who has COVID-19 and will not have further contact or interactions with the person while they are sick (e.g., co-worker, neighbor, or friend).
Your last day of quarantine is 10 days from the date you had close contact.
Date of last close contact with a person who has COVID-19 + 10 days= end of quarantine
Scenario 2: Close contact with someone who has COVID-19—live with the person but can avoid further close contact
I live with someone who has COVID-19 (e.g., roommate, partner, family member), and that person has isolated and we are completely* separated. I have had no close contact with the person since they isolated.
Your last day of quarantine is 10 days from when the person with COVID-19 began home isolation.
Date person with COVID-19 began home isolation + 10 days = end of quarantine
*Complete separation: means no contact, no time together in the same room, no sharing of any spaces such as the same bedroom and/or bathroom
Scenario 3. Under quarantine and had additional close contact with someone who has COVID-19
I live with someone who has COVID-19 and started my 10-day quarantine period because we had close contact. What if I ended up having close contact with the person who is sick during my quarantine? What if another household member gets sick with COVID-19? Do I need to restart my quarantine?
Yes. You will have to restart your quarantine from the last day you had close contact with anyone in your house who has COVID-19. Any time a new household member gets sick with COVID-19 and you had close contact, you will need to restart your quarantine.
Date of additional close contact with a person who has COVID-19 + 10 days = end of quarantine
Scenario 4: Live with someone who has COVID-19 and cannot avoid continued close contact
I live in a household where I cannot avoid close contact with the person who has COVID-19. I am providing direct care to the person who is sick, don’t have the ability to *completely separate from the person who is sick, or live in close quarters where I am unable to keep a physical distance of 6 feet.
You should avoid contact with others outside the home while the person is sick, and quarantine for 10 days after the person who has COVID-19 meets the criteria to end home isolation.
Date the person with COVID-19 ends home isolation + 10 days = end of quarantine
*Complete separation: means no contact, no time together in the same room, no sharing of any spaces such as the same bedroom and/or bathroom