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Barnstable, Massachusetts
Report positive cases of COVID-19 to your school nurse
In an effort to keep our BPS community as healthy as possible, we ask that students and staff who are ill stay home until feeling better. As a reminder, students should never be sent to school if they have had a fever, vomiting or diarrhea within the last 24 hours. This helps to prevent all illness, not just COVID-19, from being spread among our students and staff. Please encourage good hand hygiene, covering coughs and sneezes, and to not share cups, bottles, utensils, etc. with others. Illness related absences should be reported to the school nurse.
MA DPH COVID-19 Isolation and Exposure Guidance for Children and Staff in Child Care, K-12
There is no general mask requirement for students or staff. Masks are only required:
If someone tests positive for COVID-19:
1. Contact the school nurse
2. Those who test positive MUST remain at home for at least 5 days
3. Return on day 6*, as long as:
There is no quarantine requirement for anyone who is exposed to COVID-19, regardless of where the exposure occurs, AS LONG AS the individual has no symptoms.