Each morning, at home, before leaving for school parents must give their child a health screening, which includes checking your child(ren)’s temperature and make an assessment for any COVID-19 related symptoms. A daily online health questionnaire must be completed by each family before your child(ren) arrives at school. 2. In order to trigger the following COVID-19 response protocols, your child must be diagnosed with 2 of the following symptoms: sore throat, runny nose, chills, muscle pain, nausea/vomiting, headache, or diarrhea OR 1 of the following symptoms: fever (100.4 or greater), cough, new lack of smell or taste, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing THEN Call Judy Teel (847- 72-0057). 3. For students experiencing COVID-19 symptoms qualified above (and their family members) they are only able to return to school after: a. A negative COVID-19 test or b. A doctor’s note citing a chronic condition or c. 10 days since symptoms first appeared and 72 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications. 4. If there has been a diagnosis of COVID-19 in my child’s classroom and/or there has been close contact (close contact is defined as closer than 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes) with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 then…. a. Area where infected person was will be closed off and disinfected. b. GNCS will notify all potentially exposed individuals instructing those potentially exposed individuals to isolate and self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days. c. In an instance where there is a positive COVID-19 test result* (see Confidentiality on page 4) in a classroom that class will go to remote learning. All exposed persons will need to self-monitor and be symptom free after a 14 day quarantine period, before returning to school. d. In an instance where there is a negative COVID-19 test result then the child can return to school after 24 hours if showing no two symptoms and no fever (without the use of fever reducing medication). 5. In the event, that a child is showing 2 or more COVID-19 symptoms during the school day, and does not have a doctor’s note, he/she will be escorted to a waiting room (or an outside area weather permitting) with its own outside entrance. In the case that that child has siblings at GNCS, they will be asked to join their sibling. Judy Teel or Phil Parker will be informed of the child(ren)’s removal and will ask the parents to pick up their child(ren) within one hour (if at all possible). Parents then should follow the protocols set out on the “Sick Child/Family Process” flowchart on page 5 of this document. Classroom activities will continue as normal until a positive test is reported or another student shows symptoms and the school deems it necessary to go to remote learning. * Confidentiality 1. The school will treat as confidential any reports made of the circumstances in the Screening and Reporting Sheet described below (e.g., being diagnosed with COVID-19) and the identities of Affected Persons. To the extent required by applicable law, the school will follow state and local requirements for the reporting of Affected Persons within the school community to state or local health authorities. 2. Questions or Concerns: Personnel or parents/guardians with questions or concerns about these protocols should contact Phil Parker (224-766-0850). GNCS will evaluate the concerns and take action as may be appropriate. GNCS will neither tolerate nor engage in any retaliatory conduct against any person who reports a concern or participates in an investigation regarding these protocols.