Appleton Area School District Updates Student Screening Guidelines

From the Appleton Area School District:

March 15, 2021

In an effort to help reduce the length and frequency of student/sibling quarantines, the AASD will be updating our Student Screening & Illness Guide effective Monday, March 15. The timing of this update is also representative of the significant decrease in our community burden. While our community burden was high, this process helped us to reduce spread in our schools.

Previous Guidance:

• If your student or anyone else in your household(s) experiences ONE or more identified COVID-related symptoms, your student should be kept at home and their school should be notified.

• If anyone in your household has symptoms or if a sibling is sent home from school with symptoms, all siblings are sent home as well.
  

New Guidance beginning March 15:

• If your student is experiencing ONE of the following main symptoms (cough, shortness of breath/trouble breathing, new loss of taste or smell) or TWO of the minor symptoms (fever (100.4+) or chills, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, body aches, nausea/vomiting, fatigue, headache or diarrhea) they should be kept at home and their school should be notified.

• Students with ill household members may now remain in school unless there is a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in the household.

See the updated Student Screening & Illness Guide here.

This press release was produced by the Appleton Area School District.The views expressed here are the author’s own.