Health Protocols for Illness

Please keep your child home from summer school if they display any of the following symptoms:

• Fever of 100 degrees or more, and until the child has had a normal temperature for 24 hours; without the use of Tylenol or Advil
• Vomiting or diarrhea during the night or in the morning before school
• Uncontrollable or infectious (phlegm-laden) cough
• Abdominal pain lasting more than 2 hours
• Rash of unknown cause
• Signs of infection of the eyes, ears, nose, throat, skin or scalp. For example: conjunctivitis or pink eye, open sores in mouth, untreated strep throat, impetigo or open weeping wounds
• If on antibiotics for less than 24 hours for infectious conditions such as strep throat, conjunctivitis or impetigo
• Untreated lice and/or presence of nits (eggs) or scabies.

Please remember to call the NURSE at 978-597-8712 extension 2500 to report his/her illness. 

COVID Management 

Please keep your child home from school and get them tested for COVID using an At Home Antigen test for any of the following symptoms: 

Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath New loss of taste or smell Muscle aches or body aches Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)

Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms Nausea, vomiting, when in combination with other symptoms Headache, when in combination with other symptoms Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies), when in combination with other symptoms

If your child has symptoms of COVID (see above), they must have a negative test in order to come to summer school. 

COVID Close contact

If your child is a close contact to someone who is COVID positive, they can still come to summer school.  Please do the following: 

1. Notify the school nurse at 978-597-8712 extension 2500
2. Send your child in with a mask to wear indoors only for days 1-10 of the typical quarantine time
3. Test them on days 2 and 5 of the typical quarantine time

COVID Positive 

If your child tests positive while in summer school, please do the following:

1. Notify the school nurse at 978-597-8712 extension 2500
2. Isolate your child at home through day 5
3. Return to school on day 6 with a mask, and mask indoors through day 10

COVID Testing

1. At Home Antigen Tests
1. There is NO routine testing this summer.  We do not expect families to test on a weekly basis.

We are sending home to all students 3 iHealth At Home Antigen Test kits with a total of 6 tests.  These are free tests from the state.  They will come home the first week of summer school. They are for you to use as needed for symptomatic testing.