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 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.
• 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 five days have passed since  Symptoms first appeared, or, where the student is asymptomatic, five days have  passed since taking the COVID-19 test. If the  student develops symptoms after testing  positive, the student’s five-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 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 and staff who are in close contact with a test-confirmed COVID-19 case or an individual who is symptomatic and suspected to have COVID-19, must do the following:
  
  • Exercise appropriate distancing from the individual who is test-confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19;
  • Monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; and
  • Stay home if COVID-19 symptoms develop.
• Staff and students may receive a rapid COVID-19 test on their campus or at their work location.

• Schools will notify all teachers, staff, and families of students in a classroom or extracurricular or after-school program cohort if a test-confirmed COVID-19 case is identified among students, teachers or staff who  participated in those classrooms or cohorts.
• the district nurse or other district official will notify the local health department if a teacher, student, or staff member tests positive for COVID-19.
• The district will submit a report to the Texas Department of State Health Services each Monday that documents all teachers, staff members, students, or visitors at a school who were test-confirmed to have COVID-19 during the previous week. The school will notify all staff members and parents of students identified as close contacts on campus or during a school-related event.