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COVID-19 Protocol

Masks

We are no longer requiring masks.  If you would like your child to wear a mask, please let your child's teacher know.  If your child is exposed to COVID, then your child will need to wear a mask for 10 days if they are two years or older.  If your child has COVID, then your child will need to follow the mask rules according to the isolation procedures.  If your child wears a mask, please send your child to school wearing a mask and bring extras in case we need them as our supplies of masks are limited.  

 

Your child tests positive for COVID

  • Please let admin know immediately if your child tests positive for COVID and follow the attached isolation procedures.  
  • If your child tests positive with an at home test, please email a picture to admin.  We must send it into the Health Department for proof of a positive case.
  • The center is required to notify the Department of Health of any positive COVID cases.

 

Quarantine Procedures for Cases of Exposure

The Health Department is no longer recommending quarantine for children or staff who are exposed to COVID, but have not tested positive.  It is recommended to test at home for 7-10 days starting on day 5.  We recommend that those who have been exposed wear a mask if they are two years old or older.  Your child may NOT come to school if symptomatic.  

 

Click on the link for more information on the current Salt Lake County Health Department Guidance. 

If you would like to read more information about quarantine and isolation, please visit:  https://coronavirus.utah.gov/protect-yourself/. 

 

Isolation Procedures for Positive Cases of COVID

Isolation is not the same as quarantine.  A person in quarantine who then becomes infected with COVID, must start their isolation period according to the isolation guidelines not from the time they entered quarantine.  Once through the isolation period, a person may resume normal activities, including coming to the Center even if someone else in the home is in isolation for longer.

  • If the individual CAN keep a mask on throughout the day, they should isolate at home for 5 days from their positive test date and then return to school day 6-10 wearing a KN95 mask if they have been symptom free for 24 hours.

 Your child can return to school on the 6th day after testing positive if they CAN wear a mask appropriately and they are symptom free.Your child can return to school on the 6th day after testing positive if they CAN wear a mask appropriately and they are symptom free.

  • If the individual CANNOT wear a mask, they should isolate at home for 10 days from their symptom onset date (or positive test date, if asymptomatic) and can return on the 11th day if they have been fever free without the aide of medicine for 24 hours. 
  • OR
  • If the individual CANNOT wear a mask, they should isolate at home for 5 days from their symptom onset date (or positive test date, if asymptomatic) and can return after they have been fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication, their symptoms are improving, and after day 5 they test negative with two sequential antigen tests, 48 hours apart. (This means testing on day 6 and 8 or later with a minimum of a full 48 hours between tests).

 Your child may return the 11th day after developing symptoms if they CANNOT wear a mask appropriately and they have been fever free.Your child may return the 11th day after developing symptoms if they CANNOT wear a mask appropriately and they have been fever free.

  

Your child can return on the 11th day after testing positive if they CANNOT wear a mask appropriately and they have been fever free.Your child can return on the 11th day after testing positive if they CANNOT wear a mask appropriately and they have been fever free.

 

Testing Information

Please note:  any child who tests positive will need to be picked up ASAP and will need to follow Isolation Procedures.  If the child is not picked up within an hour, then our after-hours fee of $4/minute will apply.

After exposure to COVID, it is recommended to test your child in case they are asymptomatic for COVID. If you have your child tested at a testing site, please send admin a copy of the test results and be prepared to show them at the door when you drop off your child.

Testing will be provided at C Street.  Please check the emailed schedule for testing dates and time.  We will set up a testing station downstairs in the conference room for anyone who is comfortable with us administering the rapid test.  You will come in the North set of double doors downstairs.  You will go straight past the elevator into the office wing.  The conference room is the first door on the right.  If your child has any symptoms, then your child needs to stay home for the full 10-day quarantine or longer and get tested.  Please let admin know the results of this test so we can report it to the Health Department. 

If you have not had your child tested with us in the past 90 days, then you will need to register for the test using the following link:  https://redcap.link/utah.gov-CStreetChildDevelopmentCenter.  If you haven’t registered your child before, please do so before you come to speed up the process.  These need to be filled out for each person taking the test. 

If the rapid test comes out positive or inconclusive, then you will need to get a PCR test to confirm or determine the results.  Your child will need to remain home until the PCR test results come back.  If the PCR test comes out positive, then you/your child will need to isolate according to the guidelines set up by the Health Department. 

The rapid test takes 15 minutes once it is run.  It will take about 20-30 minutes for the whole process depending on how many tests are being run at the same time.  You will need to stay downstairs or outside until the test results are complete.  If you child has a negative test, then you are free to drop your child off upstairs or take them home if that is your preference.  We will be implementing social distancing during this process to keep everyone safe.

 

Thank You!

While we follow these procedures, we would also like to encourage and thank the families for also following COVID procedures at home and when they are out in the community.  By keeping your children home when they are sick and getting them tested frequently for COVID when they are sick, we are able to minimize bringing illnesses into the Center.  It takes the whole community working together to prevent the spread of COVID and other illnesses and we are eternally grateful for our families joining us in this endeavor and for their patience and understanding when we send their children home with symptoms.

Updated 11/29/22