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*The BPS COVID-19 Dashboard will be published every Tuesday and Friday of the School Year 2021-22.

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Change in Contact Tracing Procedures

Change in Contact Tracing Procedures

Contact tracing will still target any student who was within 6 feet of a known case (NOT PRESUMPTIVE, either laboratory-confirmed or clinically diagnosed only) for longer than 15 minutes cumulative over a 24 hour period. Contact tracing should be done for the 48 hours prior to the onset of symptoms and through the last day of contact.

NEW Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of a positive case student if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact

What this means in practice – if a teacher can confirm their students are 3 – 6 feet apart and wearing a mask, AND the infected student/teacher is wearing a mask, the student contacts-to-case do not need to be quarantined.
Mask Policy Update - 8/30/21
The Brevard School Board voted 3-2 to implement an emergency policy of making face masks mandatory on school board property, including schools and school buses. Today’s decision goes into effect immediately.

Important Information:
- Each Pre-K-12 student, employee, visitor, vendor, or other person is required to wear a face covering at all times while indoors on school district property.
- A child younger than two years old and a person with a medical certification are not required to have a face covering. Medical Certification: A face covering shall not be required for persons who present school district staff with a certification from a licensed health care provider that the person has a medical, physical, or psychological contraindication that prevents the person from being able to safely wear a face covering.
- Other times a face covering is not required: students with supervisor’s approval, eating and drinking, strenuous physical activity, receiving health care, exigent circumstances.
- A face covering IS NOT needed if a student or adult is outside.
- The mask mandate will reduce quarantines of students and staff, based on CDC guidelines.
Mask Policy Update
COVID-19 Testing Site Information
What to Do - Student Close Contact with COVID Positive Case Flowchart
What to Do - Student Feels Sick Flowchart
COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies 2021-22
Daily Home Symptom Checklist

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