Reopening after COVID-19

Screening Practices

• Staff is required to self-screen for symptoms of illness, such as fever, vomiting, or diarrhea prior to reporting to work each day.
• Parents/guardians are expected to screen their students for symptoms of illness, such as fever, vomiting, or diarrhea prior to sending their children to school.

Isolation Practices

• Students who are ill will be separated from their peers and should be picked up within 30 minutes and no later than 1 hour from the time the campus contacted the student’s parent/guardian.

General

• Frequent hand washing and hand sanitization will help to ensure the health and wellness of students and staff.
• Covering coughs and sneezes in your elbow or with a tissue is best practice.
• The district encourages the use of face masks on school buses and inside district facilities.

Hand Washing and Sanitizing

• Hand sanitizing stations are available at all district facilities.
• As always, staff will be expected to regularly wash or sanitize their hands.
• As always, students will be required to regularly wash hands throughout the school day.

Face Coverings

• Texas City ISD encourages the use of face coverings. 

• Face coverings are encouraged for everyone on the bus.
• Windows will be open for ventilation as much as possible.
• School buses will be cleaned and disinfected daily.

• The cafeteria will be disinfected between each use.

General

• Frequent cleaning and disinfecting will promote a healthy learning and work environment for students and staff.
• Each classroom will have a hand sanitizer station.

Daily Campus Cleaning

• Each classroom and restroom will be disinfected regularly.
• All high touch area will be disinfected regularly.
• Staff will have access to disinfectant and sanitize working surfaces and shared objects, as appropriate.

• Campuses will develop schedules, and practices for the use of common areas that support healthy students.
• Air purifiers will be used in common areas such as cafeterias.

• Proper handwashing techniques will be taught to all students and consistently reinforced.
• Signage will be posted to remind students of best hygiene practices.

• Equipment used in Special Education classrooms will be cleaned and disinfected daily.

• Parents are expected to report if their child has a positive COVID-19 case to their campus nurse. Students cannot atttend school if they are positive or are suspected of being postiive for COVID-19.
• Employees are expected to report if they have a positive COVID-19 case to their campus nurse. Employees cannot atttend work if they are positive or are suspected of being postiive for COVID-19.
• The Galveston County Health District will be notified of positive cases.
• Staff and students, regardless of vaccination status who have tested positive, must isolate for 5 days. They can return to campus on the sixth day if symptoms have improved and they have been fever free for the last 48 hours without fever-reducing medication. If you have a fever, continue to stay home until fever free for 48 hours. An adult should bring the child to the nurse on their first day back to get clearance to return to class. Please do not have them ride the bus on the first day back before seeing the nurse.
• Students (vaccinated or unvaccinated) who have a household exposure are not required to quarantine unless they have symptoms. We can test students for free to see if they are positive for COVID-19.
• Employees (vacinated and unvacinated) who have a household exposure, or meet the definition of close contact, with a COVID-19 positive individual can come to work if they are symptom free. We can test employees for free to see if they are positive for COVID-19.

• Teachers can send work home for students to work on while out. If a student needs additional support to complete assignments, the student may wait until they return to campus.
• Once a student returns to school, they should attend tutorials for missed instruction.
• Students will have extended time to get makeup work submitted for a grade.

• The District will inform the Galveston County Health District of positive cases.
• The District will update the weekly Dashboard of positive cases.