St. Paul's COVID Protocol

​Below please find St. Paul’s COVID Protocol, if you or anyone in your household find your selves feeling sick or may have been exposed to COVID follow the above chart to eliminate any confusion on whether your child should or should not attend school. As we continue to keep up with the ever-changing policies and procedures it is our duty to make sure that all of our students and staff remain healthy and safe. That’s why we say that in-person learning with the appropriate protective measures should be both safe and essential to students’ mental health and academic growth. In its scientific brief on transmission of SARSCoV-2 in K-12 schools, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cites several sources that suggest lower prevalence of disease, susceptibility, and transmission in children – especially those under the age of 10 – although additional studies are needed to further understand this finding. Further, the authors cite recent studies documenting that, with prevention strategies in place, in-person learning was not associated with higher levels of transmission when compared to communities without in-person learning. The majority of students need full-time in-person access to their teachers and support network at school to stay engaged, to learn effectively, and to maintain social-emotional wellness. A recent study from the CDC suggests that remote learning can be challenging for many students, leading not only to learning loss, but also worsening mental health for children as well as parents. CDC found that students of color were more likely to miss out on in-person learning: nationwide, in April, only 59% of Hispanic students, 63% of Black students, and 75% of White students had access to full-time in-person school. Restoring full-time in-person learning for all students is essential to our state’s commitment to educational equity.

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