Re-Opening Health Protocols

• Employees must monitor themselves for symptoms daily. Students, with the assistance of families, must also be monitored daily for symptoms. 
• Prior to coming into school every morning, every student and Derby employee will report any symptoms using an app through our health software provider, Magnus. Parents, please see these instructions. No child or employee will be allowed on campus without completing this app prior to 7:30am. Any alert from the app will be sent directly to the school nurse, as well as persons in charge of attendance.
• No student, faculty, or staff member will be allowed on campus unless we receive clearance. Our expectation is that any person with a symptom of COVID-19 will remain at home, inform the school, get tested, as well as provide medical written authorization to return to school. 
• The school nurse is the primary contact at Derby Academy for questions pertaining to attendance at school. No child or adult may enter school tardy without written medical documentation.(Example- orthodontic/dentist appointment.)
• Until we have written medical confirmation allowing a child or adult to return to campus, students and employees must stay home if feeling unwell. 
   

Derby Academy’s standard of distance will be 6’ from one another. There may be times that this is not always achieved, especially with small children, but 3’ apart will be a minimum distance set by Derby Academy to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19 and other illnesses.

• Compass Cleaning Services will be conducting nightly cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces beginning at 6:00pm each evening. Derby employees will not enter the buildings until the next morning beginning at 7:00am.
• Derby maintenance staff will be cleaning common areas and surfaces throughout the day on a regular basis.
• Air filters for the HVAC systems will be changed out on a more frequent basis. In addition, classroom windows will be open to allow for additional fresh air (weather permitting.)

• Derby Academy requires all information regarding COVID-19 to be communicated to the school health center, whether a member of our Derby community has symptoms of COVID-19, has been directly exposed to someone with a positive COVID-19 case, or has a positive or negative test result of COVID-19. The school health center staff and administration require written documentation from a health care provider to clear a student or Derby employee to return to campus.
   
• Any person who develops symptoms of COVID-19 while at school will be excused by the school health center staff and advised to consult their medical professional for medical testing. Any sibling of a child with potential COVID-19 symptoms will also be excused.
   
• Symptomatic children must be tested for COVID-19 as soon as possible. Written medical documentation indicating clearance to return to school must be given to the school health center before re-entry into school. 
   
• Parents of all students who may have had close contact with someone with symptoms of COVID-19 will be alerted by phone/email from the school. 
   
• If the person tests positive for COVID-19, Derby Academy will consult with public health officials and all members of the cohort will be excused for a 14-day quarantine, at which time remote learning for that cohort would begin. Only students in that cohort with Derby siblings would be required to get COVID-19 testing.

Other Illnesses
If you feel unwell, please stay home. We all need to work together to keep illnesses of any kind out of school to maintain the optimal health of our community. By working together we can help minimize the risk of all illnesses to others, especially COVID-19.

• The school nurse’s office has been moved to the Sylvester Building. Health staff are the only people allowed in that building unless a student or employee requires medical attention. If a student is ill or injured, a teacher (while masked and socially distant) may walk the child to the school nurse’s office, but may not enter the building. If a student or adult is in distress, the school nurse will attend to a student or adult at a designated building on campus or outdoors while maintaining guidelines and using proper PPE.
• A wheelchair will be provided if indicated. 
• Any student or adult who is ill on campus will be screened by the school nurse. If there is a suspected case of COVID-19, the school nurse will put on proper PPE, and the person will be brought into a quarantine room in the nurse’s office. If there is more than one individual, 6’ of distance or more will be maintained, and face masks will be worn at all times. Hand washing/ hand sanitizing will occur on entering the quarantine room and when exiting the room to the parent’s car. Adults will drive themselves if deemed appropriate.
• 911 will be contacted for all medical emergencies.
• The school nurse’s office will continue to operate for everyday issues for students, however, minor issues may be dealt with by a teacher (bumps and bruises) in classrooms. A regular treatment room will be used for non-COVID-19 and non-serious illness. The school nurse does not conduct vision, hearing, or scoliosis screenings.
• All medication must be dropped off to the school nurse before the school year begins, and as appropriate during the school year. Please consult with the school nurse the week before school opens so a delivery can be coordinated while adhering to our guidelines and confirming there are no illnesses on campus. Examples: EpiPens, asthma inhalers, and daily medication. All medication requires parent and physician written documentation for administration in school.