UPDATES TO THE COVID-19 PROTOCOL

UPDATES TO THE COVID-19 PROTOCOL:
We will begin the 2022-2023 school year following updated guidance from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regarding COVID-19. We will maintain a healthy and safe learning environment for all students and staff by making the following updates.

A few updates to our protocol and guidance are:

• Quarantining for direct exposures, regardless of vaccination status, is no longer required.
• For a positive COVID-19 case, the isolation period will be 5 days if symptoms improve and the student is fever-free for 24 hours. Students will need to wear a mask for days 6-10 and eat lunch in a separate area.
• Seven Hills will no longer maintain a SHPA COVID-19 Dashboard with trend data on our website
• We are no longer contact tracing
• We are eliminating Test to Stay due to no longer requiring isolation for an exposure
• If symptomatic, we recommend you keep your student at home until you are able to test and their symptoms improve and are fever-free.
• Please follow the COVID-19 Isolation Guide from MDH.
• More information can be found on our website.

Please contact Mr. Barrios, COVID-19 Coordinator, at mbarrios@shpamn.org with any questions.