COVID 19 Guidelines

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    California Department of Public Health COVID-19 Isolation Guidance (January 9, 2024)  

    Recommendations for people who test positive

    1. Stay home if you have COVID-19 symptoms, until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever reducing medication AND other COVID-19 symptoms​ are mild and improving.​
      • ​​​​​​​​​If you do not have symptoms, you should follow the recommend​​ations below to reduce exposure to others.
    2. Mask when you are around other people indoors for the 10 days* after you become sick or test positive (if no symptoms). You may remove your mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart. Day 0 is symptom onset date or positive test date.
    3. Avoid contact with people at higher-risk for severe COVID-19 for 10 days*. Higher-risk individuals include the elderly, those who live in congregate care facilities, those who have immunocompromising conditions, and that put them at higher risk for serious illness.

    4. Seek Treatment​. If you have symptoms, particularly if you are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, speak with a healthcare provider as soon as you test positive. You may be eligible for antiviral medicines or other treatments for COVID-19. COVID-19 antiviral medicines work best if taken as soon as possible, and within 5-7 days from when symptoms start. 

      • ​​​​​​​​​Call 1-833-422-4255 if you are unable to contact a healthcare provider, or use the treatment options to find one.​
    *The potential infectious period is 2 days before the date of symptoms began or the positive test date (if no symptoms) through Day 10. (Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date). 

    Recommendation for close contacts of cases

    • If you have new COVID-19 symptoms, you should test and mask right away.
    • If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days. 
    • If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date (Day 0) and before contact with higher-risk people. For further details, see CDPH COVID-1​9 tes​​ting guidance​.​

     

     

     

    AUHSD Covid 19 information and resources 

     

     

     

Illness and When to Keep Your Student Home

  • 1. If your child has a fever. When a child has a temperature of 100 or more, they are often both infectious and also really not feeling well. You cannot truly assess temperature if kids have taken Tylenol or ibuprofen, so make sure you do not check when those medications are on board. Students should be afebrile (fever-free) for at least 24 hours without medication before they return to school.

    2. If your child feels ill enough that they cannot participate in class or focus on learning activities.

    3. If your child is contagious (pink eye, strep throat, flu). Please keep your child home in this case. They will recover better and faster, and are less likely to spread their illness to other students and teachers. If your child needs antibiotics, they should NOT return to school until they have been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours. Students should bring medical documentation (a note from doctor) indicating they have been evaluated and treated, with any pertinent information about their current health status.

    4. Vomiting and/or diarrhea. Your child should not return until they have no vomiting or diarrhea for at least 24 hours.

    Sometimes there is not a clear line between when your child should come to school and when s/he should stay home. Any of the above are when students should definitely stay home from school. If you take your child to the doctor, please turn in medical documentation with an update on their condition