Please complete the following information to report a positive student case to the school office. The administration will report the case to the Louisville Metro Health Department using the Red Cap system.
COVID-19 Health Guidelines as of August 2022.- At the present time, masks are not required.
- Families must keep children home from school when they exhibit any flu-like or Covid-19 symptoms.
- Families must report positive Covid-19 cases to schools and follow all isolation guidelines as noted below.
- Faculty should stay home if they exhibit any flu-like or Covid-19 symptoms.
- Faculty must report positive Covid-19 cases and follow all isolation guidelines as noted below.
- Anyone with a positive Covid-19 test should self-isolate for at least 5 days* even if vaccinated.
- To calculate the 5-day isolation period*, day 1 is the day after symptoms start or after the day of test.
- Isolation can end after day 5* if symptoms are fully resolved. The individual should wear a well-fitting mask for 5 additional days.- Anyone who is known to have had close contact to a person with COVID-19 is recommended to be tested 5 days or more after the exposure.- Students and staff who are exposed to a positive case do not need to quarantine if they are symptom-free.
- It is recommended that a person who has knowingly been exposed to Covid-19 wear a well-fitting mask for five days following exposure.
- Schools will monitor positivity rates and make adjustments, if needed, to mitigation strategies, such as targeted
contact tracing, required masking, and alternative instructional procedures.
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Schools should monitor absenteeism among students and/or faculty/staff and report rates to the Office of
Catholic Schools if they reach and/or exceed 10%. The Superintendent and local health department will help
determine if additional measures of prevention, including school or class closure(s)** are needed.- Schools are required to report positive cases to the Louisville Metro Health Department using the Red Cap
system.
- Childcare directors are required to report positive cases to the Louisville Metro Health Department and the
DRCC.
*The first day of symptoms or the date of a positive test, if asymptomatic, is day zero; the isolation period ends after day 5 (i.e. on day 6)