The ZCS Board of School Trustees recently updated our CoVID-19 operations plan. 

All plans for the start of school on August 3, 2021 are subject to change. Please review the details below as we prepare for a great year together!

1. Masks are required indoors until further notice.
   
2. Mask wearing is required by all persons on all school transportation until further notice.
   
3. All masking and other protocols are subject to change.
   
4. ZCS will not require vaccination for any staff or student until further notice.
   
5. All instruction-based visitors (tutors, private music lessons, guest speakers, etc.) will be required to complete a C-19 Waiver, and their access to campus is subject to change.
   
6. Mitigation strategies of increased ventilation, cleaning, and hand washing/sanitizing will continue as practiced last school year.
   
7. Cafeterias and transportation for students will operate at full capacity.
   
8. Guests are not allowed to have lunch at school with a student until further notice.
   
9. Related arts will hold classes in their classrooms.
   
10. Per Governor Holcomb's Executive Order on September 1, 2021, in settings, such as classrooms or on the school bus, where all students are wearing masks, close contacts who are within three feet of positive case will be notified to monitor for symptoms for 14 days. Those students will continue in school as long as no symptoms develop. If symptoms develop, students must isolate and obtain testing whether or not fully vaccinated.
    
11. Close contacts within six feet of a positive case and in an unmasked setting (i.e. lunchroom, band) must quarantine with one of the below options.
    
    • Quarantine for 14 days (no test required).
    
    • Quarantine for seven days with negative test (PCR or rapid test done in lab) on days five, six or seven. Return on day eight if no symptoms develop.
    
    * Unless fully vaccinated or previously ill with CoVID-19 within the previous three months and recovered, and without any symptoms.
    
12. All quarantined and isolated students will access instruction/lessons asynchronously via Canvas and/or Enboard SSO portal while away from the classroom. Arrangements may be made with the classroom teacher and/or school principal for the supply of assignments for students who will be absent from school more than two days.
    
13. Unless otherwise communicated in the case of CoVID-19 community spread, there will be no event restrictions or permissions required from local health authorities until further notice.
    
14. Vaccination status of students and adults will not be known to ZCS unless a CoVID-19 positive case and close contact situation calls vaccination status into question (regarding quarantine or isolation need or duration).
    
15. Parents should keep ill children at home and report CoVID-19 symptoms and positive test results to the child’s school.
    
16. Parents may refer to this link for current symptoms to monitor.
    
17. Siblings of ill children with pending CoVID test results should remain home until results or an alternative diagnosis is received.
    
18. The Superintendent and/or designee(s) are authorized to make CoVID-19 protocol adjustments in safety practices of any kind to include, but not limited to, school scheduling, closure, masking and social distancing, limits upon event size and/or participation specifics until further notice.
    
    This virus, its variants, the inconveniences, and the real devastation to some individuals’ health have not ended, and our school board and leadership team will continue to exercise their responsibilities to implement the school program in accordance with public health and governmental officials’ guidance and/or directive(s).

Parents: Please keep ill children at home and report CoVID-like symptoms immediately.

IMMUNIZATIONS

State law stipulates that school children’s medical records must show that required immunizations have been completed by the 20th day of the school year. That day is August 30, 2021. The CoVID-19 vaccine is not one of these mandatory immunizations as of this writing.

Information regarding immunization requirements for 2021-2022 can be found here. Parents of children whose immunizations are not up to date should contact their health care provider or the Boone County Health Department to schedule an appointment for the necessary immunizations. Some pharmacies also carry the necessary vaccines.

Children who do not have up-to-date vaccination records by August 30, 2021, will not be allowed to return to school until the proper immunization information is on file. If parents object to immunizations, a written objection must be on file in the school office by that date. This must be updated yearly. Students who have appointments with their health care provider after August 30, 2021, must present proof of the scheduled appointment in order to remain in school. Please contact the health clinic at your school with any questions or concerns.

ZCS school nursing services are provided by St. Vincent/Ascension Health. Need a health care provider? Visit getstvincentcare.com.