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    IMPORTANT: 

    • IF STUDENT or STAFF TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19,  PLEASE STAY HOME (even if vaccinated) AND COMPLETE THE FBISD Wellness Survey. 
      • The Health Dept will be notified and they will follow-up with you to complete contact tracing.    
      • Staff:  Email you supervisor to let them know you will be absent.   
      • Parents:  Email AttendanceEHS@fortbendisd.com to tell them your student will be absent due to illness.
    • The following criteria must be met to return to school/work:
        • At least 10 days since symptoms first appeared; AND,
        • At least 24 hours with no fever without fever-reducing medication; AND,
        • Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving

    *A negative COVID-19 test is NOT required.

     

    • If student or staff has fever > 100F or is too unwell to come to school, please remain home and contact your healthcare provider for guidance.   For fever > 100F, the policy is to be fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication to return. 
      • Staff:  Email you supervisor to let them know you will be absent.   
      • Parents:  Email AttendanceEHS@fortbendisd.com to tell them your student will be absent due to illness.

     

     

    • Is a student or staff member required to quarantine if they are identified as a "close contact" to a positive COVID-19 case?

    YES, if un-vaccinated.  

    An unvaccinated individual who has been in “close contact” with a lab confirmed positive case is able to return to work or school once the following criteria has been met:

    After day 10 without testing - Quarantine for 10 days from their last day of exposure to the positive COVID-19 case. The person must be symptom free for the entire 10 days to return to campus and/or work. If the person starts to have COVID symptoms or tests positive for COVID-19, then they must meet the three criteria for a positive COVID case to return to campus listed above.

    After day 7 with a negative COVID-19 test result, when the COVID-19 test is administered on day 5 or after being last exposed to the positive COVID-19 case.

    NO, if vaccinated. 

    Individuals who are “fully vaccinated” or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days are not required to quarantine if exposed to a positive COVID-19 case. Proof of vaccination or testing positive in the last 90 days must be provided to local health authority. However, the CDC does recommend that fully vaccinated people should get tested 3-5 days after their exposure, even if they do not have symptoms and they should wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until their test result is negative.  Per CDC guidance as well as Fort Bend County Health Department as of 8.3.2021.

    People are considered “fully vaccinated:

    2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine

    2 weeks after their second does in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.

     

    *SEE BELOW FOR FBISD POLICY WHEN A STUDENT IS SENT HOME BY THE NURSE: 

    A student will not be allowed to remain in school if he/she complains of any of the following:

    • temperature of 100.0 or greater
    • vomiting and/or diarrhea
    • runny nose, congestion, sore throat, new/persistent cough, difficulty breathing, headache, chills, lost of taste/smell, significant muscles pains/aches
    • an undetermined rash
    • feeling too ill to remain at school 

     

    A student may return to school when:

    • Rash has been identified as non-communicable by a physician licensed to practice in the State of Texas
    • All other symptoms may require the following:
    • A person with symptoms that could be COVID-19 must meet one of the following to return to school/work:
        • Obtain a negative COVID-19 test, and 24 hours have passed since start of symptoms or fever. OR
        • Obtain a note from a physician indicating an alternative diagnosis, and 24 hours have passed since start of symptoms or fever. OR
        • Persons who have COVID symptoms and were directed to care for themselves at home or have not been evaluated by a medical professional may discontinue isolation under the following conditions; At least 24 hours have passed since recovery defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications; Symptoms have improved; and At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared

     

       SEND CLEARANCE NOTES OR LAB RESULTS TO:  Fax 281-327-2624 or anjanette.etienne@fortbendisd.com

     

    If a student must leave school due to illness/injury, the parent/guardian is responsible for transportation. If you are not available, the person you designated on your student‘s emergency contact in Skyward will be notified to pick them up. Facilities for keeping your child are limited; therefore, it is important that your child be picked up promptly.

     

    Click here for all up-to-date information on COVID-19 policy and procedures

     
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