St. Vincent's Academy COVID -19 Contingency Plan
 

This information is created with guidance from the Diocese of Fort Worth. This plan is publicily posted in accordance with Diocesan policy. 

COVID -19 Staff Contact: Isabel White, SVA Director, iwhite@svdpcc.org 

COVID-19 Symptoms: People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported, ranging from mild to severe. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure, and the most common symptoms are : 
                  Cough, chills, shortness of breath, new loss of taste or smell, shaking or shivering, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting and fever. 

Requiements for ALL Academy teachers, staff, parents, and students: 

• Anyone coming onto campus is required to self screen for COVID-19 symptoms daily.
• All individuals must either wash hands (preferable) or use hand sanitizer prior to entering the Academy building. 
• All are required to report to the school if they have come into close contact with an individual who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19, or if they themselves have COVID-19 symptoms. 
• All individusal who have had close contact with someone who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19, or is suspected to have COVID-19, or is awaiting results of a COVID-19 test, should stay at home and quarentine through the 14-day incubation period. 
• Anyone who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19, or who experienced the symptoms of COVID-19, is required to stay home throughout the infection period, and may not return to campus until all three of the following conditions are met: 

1.  At least 3 days have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.
2. The individual has improvement of symptoms.
3. At least 10 days has passed since the initial onset of symptoms. 

• Facuilty wil have temperature checks daily.
• Teachers will instruct students in proper hand-washing techniques.
• Teachers will supervise hand-washing at least twice daily. 
• Teachers will disinfect high-touch surfaces regularly throughout the day. 
• Weather permitting students will go outside daily. We are exploring adding an outdoor learning area, though this should be considered a  work-in-progress and may not be complete by the beginning of school. 
• Teachers will not pool supplies, each student will have their own supplies and supply box.
• Teachers will mask throughout the day.

• Students will have temperature checks twice daily at school.
• Parents will need to answer our screening questions daily at drop-off.
• Parents will be asked to mask at drop-off and pick-up.
• Visitors and Parents will not be permitted in the Academy wing. 

• The school will notify our Diocesan Tarrant County Health Depatment Contact of any lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst staff or students.
• Classroom high-touch surfaces will be disinfected throughout the day, and the entire classroom and hallways will be fogged with child-safe disinfectant once daily by our maintenance team.
• The school will separate any student showing symptoms until they can be picked-up by a parent/guardian.
• The school will provide hand washing stations or hand sanitizer stations at each entrance.
• Students and teacher will be seperated into cohorts, and every effort will be made to keep these cohorts separate from one another. 
• Air purifers have been installed in every classroom.