To prevent COVID-positive individuals from entering our campuses, your student’s school will have the following COVID-19 symptom screening procedures in place:

• All staff will be required to self-screen daily.
• All visitors will be required to screen upon arrival and must have an appointment.
• All students will be screened daily using temperature checks upon entry to the campus.
  The student screening procedure will be as follows: All students in grades 1-12 will be required to wear a mask while on district property. In addition, upon entry to campus, all students will be required to have their temperature checked by assigned campus staff.

Information collected in these screens will not be retained if the screening is passed. If a parent indicates that a student is demonstrating COVID-19 symptoms, the school will retain that information until the student meets the criteria for return to school.

Conditions for return to school after an individual shows symptoms or gets a positive test result:
Either:

• 24 hours with no fever; and
• Symptoms improved; and
• 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared
  Or:
• An acute infection test at an approved testing location (https://tdem.texas.gov/covid-19/) that comes back negative for COVID-19
  Or:
• A doctor’s note indicating an alternate diagnosis

Our district will be taking the following steps across each of our campuses to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

• All adults in the building will wear masks.
• Practicing of social distancing
• All students in grades 1-12 will be required to wear masks, particularly when they are within six feet of one another, except when participating in activities that cannot be conducted with a mask on, such as eating, or unless it is not developmentally appropriate for the student to wear a mask.
• Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout campuses
• Continuous and scheduled sanitizing of facilities throughout the school day

In the event of a COVID-positive case on campus, the campus will take the following steps:

• All areas that are heavily used by the individual with the lab-confirmed case will be closed off until disinfected.
• All teachers, staff, and families of all students in that school will be notified.
• The local health department will be notified.

We hope that this information gives you confidence in our systems and our ability to stop the spread of COVID-19 on our campuses. If you have any questions or concerns, please visit our website at www.southsideisd.org
While this will be a challenging year, we believe it can also be a great one, and we look forward to supporting your student in his or her learning journey.