Safety Measures & Tools

 

I wanted to let you know some of the tools that NHA has for principals to use when presented with possible COVID symptoms or positive cases. If a staff member or student exhibit COVID symptom or have a positive case, I would follow the steps below.

1.    NHA COVID-19 Staff & Student Response Plan phone app is available for all school leaders to use to help us navigate and report COVID related situations with our students and staff.

a.     I would enter the situation and/or trace information (positive cases) into the app and it notifies me of next steps.  In addition, the app sends the information to NHA. I then proceed to step 2.

2.    NHA has set up a response hotline for COVID support for both confirmed cases or questions around different scenarios.  

a.   Principals along with our DSQ will call a hotline with two teams from the Service Center: Pandemic and Health and Safety team.

b.   These meetings will help to provide immediate guidance and next steps/resources regarding our COVID situations.

I also wanted to let you know what steps we are taking here to address COVID symptoms. If a student shows one of the following symptoms (fever, uncontrolled cough, shortness of breath) that is NOT explained by a known medical or physical condition, they will go directly to the Parent Room until a parent picks them up. They may not return until they do one of the following: bring in a doctor’s note explaining the symptoms, negative COVID test result, or quarantine for 10 days and remain fever free for 24 hours (without medication).