Effective July 2023

COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance for School Year 2023-2024

 In preparation for the start of the new school year, we want to ensure that staff are equipped with the latest updates to the Department's COVID-19 K-12 Guidance for School Year 23-24.
Here are some of the latest updates that guide our decision making in keeping our community safe:

• Isolation requirements remain for anyone who tests positive for COVID-19. Individuals can return on day 6 with no or improving symptoms and NO Fever (without the use of medication) for 24 hours. Masks should be worn days 6-10.

• Individuals who are sick with symptoms and have not yet received their negative results can return to school as long as they are 24 hour symptom free without the use of drugs AND symptoms are improving.

• If an individual becomes sick at school, we will continue to notification protocols as outlined by the DOH

• We will follow CDC’s Operational Guidance for K-12 Schools and Early Care and Education Programs to Support Safe In-Person Learning provides current recommendations on mitigation strategies for schools, that include:

  • Staying Up to Date on Vaccines

  • Staying Home When Sick

  • Ventilation

  • Hand Hygiene and Respiratory Etiquette

  • Cleaning

  • Masking

  • Testing

  • Management of Cases and Exposures

  • Responding to Outbreaks

Mahalo for your continued support and cooperation in helping to keep our schools safe and healthy.