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Health and Wellness

• A fever greater than 100.0 F. Students must be fever-free for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing medicine before they return to school; 
• Vomiting and diarrhea: Students must be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school;
• Untreated head lice;
• Strep throat: Students must remain home until two doses of antibiotics have been administered;
• Pink eye/conjunctivitis: Students must remain home for 24 hours after starting eye drops or until symptoms clear, there is no discharge and the eye is not irritated;
• If an adult or student on campus presents symptoms of COVID-19 or tests positive, we will adhere to the most recent guidelines set forth by the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland State Department of Education and the CDC.

• Your child or a member of your household tests positive for COVID-19. 
• Your child develops another communicable disease. These include : chicken pox, monkeypox, measles, influenza, meningitis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, pertussis, MRSA, mononucleosis, scabies, conjunctivitis, ringworm and impetigo. Treatment and return to school guidelines are outlined under Communicable Diseases Summary (COMAR 10.06.01). Since many communicable diseases have symptoms that overlap with COVID-19, staying home when ill will help keep members of the school community healthy.
• Your child has an active case of head lice.
• Your child has a serious illness or injury incurring an absence of more than three days. A doctor’s note is required for returning to school and participating in athletics, PE, or dance as well as implementing any academic, medical or physical accommodations that might be needed.

• Testing: Students and employees who develop symptoms of COVID-19 while on campus can be given a rapid antigen test to determine the presence of COVID-19. Bryn Mawr reserves the right to require all students and employees to participate in screening testing at school, should conditions warrant.
• COVID Vaccination remains the single most effective strategy to eliminate COVID-19. Bryn Mawr strongly encourages up-to-date vaccinations of all eligible individuals. Annual flu shots are also strongly encouraged.
• Masking: Bryn Mawr follows the most recent guidance issued by the CDC, Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland State Department of Education related to masking. The school is currently mask-optional in all divisions in both indoor and outdoor environments.
  
  • Bryn Mawr reserves the right to require individuals to mask indoors, such as after returning from a 5 day isolation period due to COVID-19 or when community metrics warrant an additional layer of virus mitigation. Students should have a spare mask in their backpack or locker or can always obtain one from the Health Center if necessary.
• Hand Hygiene: Students must wash hands frequently throughout the day, for at least  twenty seconds, using soap and water, including when entering and leaving a building or  classroom, before and after meals and after using the restroom.
• Illness: Students who have a temperature greater than 100.0 or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 may not come to campus. Symptoms of COVID-19 include: fever, headache, body aches, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, new loss of taste or smell, chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea, runny nose and body aches. Parents should report student absences to the Health Center and their respective division.
  • It is the expectation that if a student becomes ill during the school day, a parent/guardian or caregiver will pick that student up within one hour of notification. Students who become ill with COVID-19 symptoms will be isolated in the Health Center until they are picked up. If an adult or student on campus presents symptoms of COVID-19 or tests positive, we will adhere to the current Maryland Department of Health and CDC protocols for isolation.

• Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 must isolate for 5 full days. Day 0 is the day symptoms begin or the day of the positive test if asymptomatic. 
• Individuals may return on Day 6 provided they have been fever-free and symptoms have improved significantly in the previous 24 hours.
• Upon return, individuals must be able to wear a well-fitting mask indoors at school on Days 6-10.
  • For students under the age of two or anyone unable to wear a well-fitting mask, a negative antigen test on Day 5 or later is required before returning to school.
• All positive cases must be reported to the Health Center.
• Employees and parents of students who test positive are encouraged to notify anyone they potentially exposed.
• Universal contact tracing is no longer recommended for schools or childcare, except in the event of an outbreak or if local metrics warrant. Bryn Mawr will only notify the class, grade, team or other cohort in the event of an outbreak (defined as three or more cases that are epidemiologically linked).

• Employees and students, including those in Little School, who have been exposed to COVID-19 will need to wear a mask while indoors at school for 10 days, regardless of their vaccination status. They can continue to attend school as long as they remain asymptomatic. For children under 2 who are unable to mask, alternate mitigation strategies, such as distancing indoors will be employed for the 10-day period following exposure.
• A rapid antigen test is recommended by the CDC on Day 6 after exposure. 
• Universal contact tracing is no longer recommended for schools or childcare, except in the event of an outbreak or if local metrics warrant. Bryn Mawr will only notify the class, grade, team or other cohort in the event of an outbreak (defined as three or more positive cases that are epidemiologically linked).

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