TBP’s guidelines regarding masks will comply with applicable government orders. Currently, all staff and students are encouraged to wear masks or face shields covering their mouths and noses while on campus, including during arrival and dismissal and while in school hallways.

Staff and students are encouraged to bring their own masks. However, TBP will make disposable masks available to any staff and students who want them.

• Staff will be required to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before coming onto campus each day.
• Before coming onto campus, parents will be provided with the COVID-19 screening checklist and will be instructed to screen their child every day before sending them to school. If the child or anyone living in the home has tested positive for COVID-19 or experiences any symptom listed on the checklist, the parent will be instructed to contact the campus point person. In addition, when parents are dropping off students at school, staff members are encouraged to ask parents about COVID-19 symptoms when possible.
• Any individual suspected of having COVID-19 is not permitted to be on campus until further guidance is provided by TBP.

• If practicable, multiple doors may be used promote separation of students entering and exiting the building.
• All employees, parents, and students will wash/sanitize hands upon entry to the building.
• Students who arrive at the campus early will be encouraged to practice social distancing while waiting outside for the doors to open. Once the campus opens for students, they will go to the cafeteria for breakfast or to wait to be escorted to their classroom.

• Students who wish to eat breakfast will go to the breakfast line and then find a designated spot to eat. Students who are not eating breakfast will wait for class to begin at a designated spot in the building.
• One class at a time will go to the cafeteria to pick up their lunch and then students will sit at a designated spot in the cafeteria to eat.
• Food service staff are encouraged to wear face masks at all times while on campus. Plexiglass dividers will be placed between all food service staff and students during food service times.

Dismissal procedures should be developed so that students maintain appropriate social distancing.

• Students should engage in supervised handwashing for at least 20 seconds at least two times each day, in addition to after using the restroom and before eating.
• Students who are suspected to have COVID-19 while at school will immediately be removed from the class, escorted to the office and will wait in a room for their parents to pick them up. The door to the room should stay open so that staff can monitor the student, however any staff members who enter the room should take appropriate precautions.
• The room designated as the isolation room must be closed off and thoroughly disinfected once the student goes home.
• A staff member who is suspected to have COVID-19 while at work will immediately be sent home.

• Any student (regardless of vaccination status) who is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 must self-isolate until the below conditions have been met, as required by the Texas Department of State and Health Services (DSHS).
  
  • In the case of a student who was diagnosed with COVID-19, the student may return to the school program when all three of the following criteria are met (the “Student Rule of 3”):
    • at least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher); and
    • the student has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, etc.); and
    • at least ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared, or, where the student is asymptomatic, 10 days have passed since taking the COVID-19 test. If the student develops symptoms after testing positive, the student’s 10-day isolation period must start over.
  • In the case of a student who is suspected to have COVID-19 and does not get evaluated by a medical professional or tested for COVID-19, the student is assumed to have COVID-19, and the student may not return to school until the student has completed the same three-step criteria listed above.
• If the student is suspected to have COVID-19 and wants to return to the school program before completing the above self-isolation period, the student must either (a) obtain a medical professional’s note clearing the student for return based on an alternative diagnosis or (b) obtain a PCR acute infection test (at a physician’s office, approved testing location (https://tdem.texas.gov/covid-19/), or other site) that comes back negative for COVID-19.
• Schools will immediately notify parents where a student is determined or suspected to be actively sick with COVID-19 or receives a positive test result for COVID-19 while on campus.

• Any teacher or staff member (regardless of vaccination status) who is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 must self-isolate until the below conditions have been met.
  
  • In the case of an individual who was diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual may return to the school program when all three of the following criteria are met (the “Staff Rule of 3”):
    
    • at least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher); and
    • the individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, etc.); and
    • at least five days have passed since symptoms first appeared, or, where the individual is asymptomatic, five days have passed since taking the COVID-19 test. If the individual develops symptoms after testing positive, the individual’s 5-day isolation period must start over. It is recommended that the individual wear a mask for five days (days six through ten) after returning to the school program.
  • In the case of an individual who is suspected to have COVID-19 and does not get evaluated by a medical professional or tested for COVID-19, the individual is assumed to have COVID-19, and the individual may not return to school until the individual has completed the same three-step criteria listed above.
• If the individual is suspected to have COVID-19 and wants to return to the school program before completing the above self-isolation period, the individual must either (a) obtain a medical professional’s note clearing the individual for return based on an alternative diagnosis or (b) obtain a PCR acute infection test (at a physician’s office, approved testing location (https://tdem.texas.gov/covid-19/), or other site) that comes back negative for COVID-19.

• Students are considered close contacts where they have been within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).
  
  • Exception: In the indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time. This exception does not apply to teachers, staff, or other adults in the indoor classroom setting.
• Quarantine Times:
  
  • Students identified as close contacts must quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure.
  • Quarantine can end after day 10 without testing and if no symptoms have been reported during daily monitoring. Quarantine can end after day 7 if a PCR acute infection test comes back negative after the close contact exposure ends and if no symptoms were reported during daily monitoring. The specimen may be collected and tested within 48 hours before the time of planned quarantine discontinuation (typically day 5) but quarantine cannot be discontinued earlier than after day 7. Individuals shall remain off campus and not attend any school-sponsored events during this quarantine period.
• Consistent with CDC and TEA guidance, the following students need not quarantine (unless showing symptoms):
  • Those who are ages 5-17 years and completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Those who have been confirmed COVID-19 positive within the last 90 days and have fully recovered.
• All close contacts are encouraged to wear a mask while inside any TBP building, should social distance as much as possible, and should continue to monitor themselves for 14 days after their last exposure.
• Students should get tested 5–7 days after their last exposure even if they don’t have symptoms.
• If any student identified as a close contact (1) experiences symptoms and is suspected to have COVID-19 or (2) tests positive for COVID-19, they must self-isolate until the conditions outlined above for those suspected to have COVID-19 have been met.

• Staff are considered close contacts where they have been within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).
• Teachers and staff identified as close contacts must quarantine for at least 5 days (day 0 through day 5) after their last exposure. Individuals shall remain off campus and not attend any school-sponsored events during this quarantine period. Upon returning, individuals should wear a mask for an additional five (5) days.
• Consistent with CDC and TEA guidance, the following individuals need not quarantine (unless showing symptoms):
  
  • Those who are ages 18 or older and have received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people.
  • Those who have been confirmed COVID-19 positive within the last 90 days and have fully recovered.
• All close contacts are encouraged to wear a mask while inside any TBP building, should social distance as much as possible, and should continue to monitor themselves for 14 days after their last exposure.
• Individuals should get tested 5–7 days after their last exposure even if they don’t have symptoms.
• If any individual identified as a close contact (1) experiences symptoms and is suspected to have COVID-19 or (2) tests positive for COVID-19, they must self-isolate until the conditions outlined above for those suspected to have COVID-19 have been met.