Kayenta Unified School District
Student Safety Protocols (COVID-19)
To ensure the safety of all Kayenta Unified School District Students, all students are required to wear a mask; maintain physical distancing of three to six feet; minimize footprints when in district facilities; wash hands and sanitize often; stay home when not feeling well; and contact School of possible exposure or positive cases to COVID-19 (Governing Board approved policy).
All KUSD students are responsible for their behavior which directly impacts the safety and well-being of students, staff and family members.
Before leaving for school: Parents/Guardian Responsibility:
Check child/children for symptoms, check temperature, no exposure or been near someone who has tested positive.
If your child/children have any of the symptoms listed below or possible exposed, please keep your all children home and notify the school.
Symptoms include:
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fever (100 or higher)
- Chills
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- Sore throat
- New loss or distorted sense of taste or smell
- Congestion/Runny nose
- Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea
- Unusual level of fatigue/tiredness (along with other symptom(s))
When a student does not feel well in school:
- Student will be sent to school isolation room, health technician will assess student health
- If a student has symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, student will be sent home
- Health technician will contact parent/guardian for pickup
- Child/children must stay self-isolated until they receive a negative COVID test or a doctor release form.
- Continue to monitor child/children for symptoms
Sibling(s) of students sent home with symptoms
- Sibling(s) must have no symptoms to remain in school, household is healthy
- Parent(s)/Guardian must isolate sick child/children away from others
- Sibling(s) will only be sent home if a family member tests positive
Returning to school
- Symptomatic students must have a negative test result and/or Doctor release form. A copy of all health documents must be submitted for your child/children school before returning.
- If a student tests positive for COVID-19, they can return to school 10 days after their positive test result or 10 days after their symptoms first started; AND if they have had 24 hours without a fever AND other symptoms are improving.
- It is a requirement of KUSD that parents bring their child(ren) to campus with a doctor release statement or a negative test result. Do not send student on the bus with documentation.
- For additional questions please contact building Principal