Salem Community Schools
Updated Quarantine
Guidance & Procedures
The goal of Salem Community Schools and the SCS Board is to provide a safe, in-person learning environment for all students. In order to minimize the number of students being quarantined from school due to “close contact” with someone identified as a positive COVID-19, SCS will utilize the following guidelines--all individuals in the school are required to wear a mask. In addition to those guidelines, SCS will also implement the mitigation strategies listed below.
Identification of close contacts and quarantining. A close contact is designated as anyone who has been within three feet of a COVID-19 person for at least 15 minutes during a 24-hour period. Any individual who is a close contact will be notified by the school. Executive Order 21-24 signed by Governor Holcomb states schools that have mask requirements will not have to quarantine students if the students are wearing a mask properly and consistently throughout the day--this does not pertain to extra curricular activities. An individual who does have to quarantine could return in 7 days with a negative test by a provider (doctor or clinic) between days 5-7.
Fully vaccinated. An individual is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the required dosage of the vaccine. The J&J vaccine is one dose and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are two doses. If an individual is in close contact with a positive case and the individual has been fully vaccinated, the individual will need to show his/her vaccination card in order to not have to quarantine.
Setting/Circumstance | Mitigation Measure #1 | Mitigation Measure #2 | Mitigation Measure #3 |
School Transportation | Masks Required | Seating Chart Required | Households sit together when possible |
Cafeteria | Seating Charts | Social Distance (As much as possible) | Masks required when not eating |
Classroom | Seating Charts | Social Distance (As much as possible) | Masks required |
Visitors | Must be approved by Building Administrator | Visitors and their location will be recorded for contact tracing | Masks required |