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With classes starting next week, districts must implement policies and procedures to continue mitigating COVID-19.
“I’m just amazed that we’re still talking about it,” said Jeff Solan, superintendent of Cheshire Public Schools. navigate it all. We feel that today we are in a much better position to move forward and have a much more typical school year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated COVID-19 rules on August 11, stating that it is recommended that if a user tests positive for COVID-19, they must stay home for at least five days. five days, if the user has not had a fever for at least 24 hours without taking medication and symptoms improve, he can end his isolation.
However, they will have to wear a mask until the tenth day.
The CDC also recommends that if a user has to have antigen tests, use one to make sure they can safely remove the mask.
“With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you can wear your mask before day 10,” according to the CDC.
In Connecticut, in the past seven days, 3300 cases of COVID-19 were shown, according to CT Data. In Wallingford there were 46, in Cheshire there were 23, in Meriden there were and in Southington there were 39.
New Haven and Hartford counties are in the medium threat category for exposure to COVID-19, according to the CDC. These categories are based on hospitalizations and the number of cases.
For this category, other people who are at risk of being in very poor physical condition because they are “older, immunocompromised, have certain disabilities, or have underlying physical conditions” wear a high-quality mask in enclosed public places, according to the CDC. .
If someone lives with a high-risk user or socializes with a high-risk user, self-evaluate and put on a high-quality mask indoors.
Southington Public Schools procedures were not available at the time of publication.
While the protocols and procedures will help keep students safe, Susan Bencivenga Lonczak, director of fitness for the Plainville-Southington Health District, said it all comes down to “those basics shown and true. “
“Wash your hands, watch your symptoms,” Lonczak said. “Families want to observe some of the other threatening behaviors and make the decisions that seem most productive to them. But the school environment is vital for children.
According to the CDC, there are a total of 16,603 cases of monkeypox in the United States, 86 cases in Connecticut.
“Currently, the threat of monkeypox infection in young people and adolescents remains low,” said Lea Crown, director of Meriden’s fitness department. contact with a user with ape pox. In this current outbreak, most cases of ape pox have been linked to sexual contact. “
If you contract monkeypox, Lonczak said your local fitness branch will play an important role in helping you overcome the virus. For schools, he said they will stick to all guidelines, especially when it comes to disinfecting affected objects.
“All the things they would normally do are glorious to fight everything from flu season and bloodless to one of the weirdest things,” Lonczak said. “But in general, the threat is very low because it will fall under a disease contracted with very close skin-to-skin contact. “
For schools, Glendon said he worked with nurses and principals to find arrangements in case he contracted monkeypox.
“It’s a very low fear in districts right now,” Glendon said.
School administrators and fitness professionals in the region are pleased that this upcoming school year will be a little more normal.
“I think all teachers and students should review to get back to a general school year with student-teacher interactions, our sporting events . . . and be able to plan a general school year,” Grove said. Deputy Director of Technology and Operations at Meriden Public Schools.
Schools in Meriden start on Wednesday, while schools in Cheshire start on Tuesday and Southington and Wallingford start on Thursday.
For a more general school year, school districts will have COVID-19 tests that they can administer to students who have symptoms or are exposed to the virus.
Crown said there is a loose PCR test on thirteen Orange St. in Meriden on Thursdays of 3 p. m. m. a 18 h. and Saturdays from 9 a. m. m. to 12 p. m.
At the same time, gyms in the region are organizing vaccination clinics. There will be a Saturday from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. at Calender House in Southington for children six months and older.
“There is a great need for children to stay in school and have all the access available,” Lonczak said.
Hazelwood said the Wallingford Health Department is operating with the school formula to offer two COVID vaccination clinics open to all Wallingford residents. They will take positions on November 2 from 11 am to 2 pm and on November 16 from 11 am to 2 pm in the Wallingford Public Library Community Hall.
Lauren Mancini-Averitt, president of the Meriden Federation of Teachers and ninth-grade global history instructor at Maloney High School, said she hopes to see the full faces of her students.
“When we started last year, I was one hundred percent masked,” Mancini-Averitt said, “so we can only see everyone’s eyes, so I can’t wait to see smiling faces and teeth. “
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