COVID Updates
COVID-19 Protocol for Students and Staff
Stay Home When Your Sick
If you have symptoms of Covid-19, stay home, monitor the symptoms, and test for Covid-19.
If You Test Positive for Covid-19
Call your school and let the school nurse know that you tested positive for Covid-19.
Days 0-5:
- Stay home for a minimum of 5 days from the time symptoms started.
- If no symptoms, stay home for 5 days from the date the test was taken.
Days 6 and Beyond:
- You may return to school if symptoms have improved and you are fever-free for 24 hours without medication.
- You should wear a mask through day 10.
- With two sequential negative antigen tests taken 48 hours apart, the mask may be removed sooner than day 10.
Exposure to Covid-19
The following are recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) if you have been exposed to someone with Covid-19:
- Wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days
- Get tested at least 5 days after exposure
- Watch for symptoms for 10 days
- Take extra precautions for 10 days when around people more likely to get very sick from Covid-19
- If symptoms develop, isolate and test for Covid-19
COVID-19 Exposure At Home
- If you live with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 and needs to quarantine:
- You do NOT need to quarantine (regardless of vaccination status).
- Get tested if you have symptoms and/or five days after the exposure.
COVID-19 Exposure at School
- We will not be quarantining close contacts who were potentially exposed while at school.
- Families will be notified when 5% of the entire school has tested positive for Covid-19.
COVID-19 Resources
CDC Guidance for Schools
MN Department of Health Guidance for Schools