Rantoul City School District 137 issued the following announcement on Aug. 22.
On August 20th the board approved the following metrics for the safety of students, staff and families. We were hopeful that these would be provided by IDPH, but they have not.yet.
METRICS:
a. If your student’s classroom teacher tests positive for COVID, BOTH A and B day classes move to remote learning for 14 calendar days.
b. If one classroom has two students test positive for COVID, BOTH A and B day students move to remote learning for 14 calendar days.
c. If three students from at least two different grade levels in one building test positive for COVID, the whole building moves to remote learning for 14 calendar days
It is important to understand that for every positive COVID situation, the health department will be in communication with RCS for contact tracing to determine who needs to be quarantined.
The measures listed below are from IDPH and are in addition to the metrics approved by the board:
What is the definition of an outbreak in schools?
Two confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections occurring within 14 calendar days of each other in individuals in the same classroom would meet the case definition for an outbreak. This is because the cases would be epidemiologically linked (known exposure to) with respect to place (same classroom) and time (within 14 calendar days). This would prompt an investigation by the LHD [Local Health Department] that may result in recommendations for testing and quarantining all students/staff in the affected classroom.
Original source can be found here.
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