January 5, 2022
The Irvington Public Schools’ protocol requires all students to wear a protective face mask and enter the school building through the designated entrance with the Temperature Screening Machine. Any student with a temperature of 100.4°F will be sent to the Isolation Room to be picked up by parents/guardians.
In preparation for our students’ remote to in-person instruction, all members of our community are expected to submit all testing results to either the Nurse or the principal who will keep all records confidential.
Test results for all students should be submitted on the district website.
To select your child’s school to upload their Covid-19 test results PLEASE CLICK HERE. Alternatively, parents can also upload their child/ren’s Covid-19 test results to a designated email address for their school.
- A student who is positive for COVID-19, must provide a negative test upon return to school
- A place will be designated to keep students who return to school with no test result.
- The designated place/room will be used to hold students until when they are picked up by their parents/guardians
- The designated room must be well ventilated with adequate space to allow maximum social distance possible
- An adult will be designated to make calls home to parents/guardians to pick up their child
- No student will be sent home without first contacting the parent/guardian
If a Student has not Tested and Returns to School without a Test result for COVID-19
- The parent/guardian is notified to pick up the child from the designated place/room
- If the parent/guardian accompanied the student to school, the student is sent back home with this individual
- If the student is in the school by themselves, the student goes to a designated area and waits for parents/guardians to take them home
- If the student walks to school and back home by themselves, the parent/guardian is notified before allowing the student to leave the school building
- The student will stay home until a negative test result is submitted
If a Student has Tested and has yet to receive the Test Result from the Approved Testing Laboratory/Agency and Returns to School without a Test result for COVID-19, and with no symptoms (asymptomatic)
- The students in this category will follow the protocol similar to that of the staff
- The student will be allowed into the school building/classroom pending the receipt of the test result
- The student will wear a mask at all times and keep social distance to the extent possible
- The parent/guardian will be advised to contact the testing lab for the test result
- If the test result is not submitted within 48 hours (2 days) of resumption, the student will not be allowed in the school building until a negative test result is submitted
If a Student has Tested, and has failed to receive the Test Result from the Approved Testing Laboratory/Agency and Returns to School without a Test result for COVID-19 and with symptoms (symptomatic)
- The parent/guardian is notified to pick up the child from a designated place/room
- The student will be sent back home to stay until the test result is obtained
- The parent/guardian will be advised to contact the testing lab for the test result
- The student will not be allowed into the school building until a negative test result is submitted
If a Student had Close Contact with Someone who Tested Positive or is suspected of having COVID-19
- For COVID-19, close contact is defined as someone who was within 6ft of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated
- The student must notify the Nurse/Guidance Counselor/Teacher/Administrator/Dean of possible contact
- The Nurse instructs the parent/guardian to contact their Health care provider and test the student for COVID-19
- The student must self-quarantine for 5-7 days after the last contact with the COVID-19 individual
- The student can return to school with a negative test COVID-19 result
If the Test Result is Positive for COVID-19
- The student is sent back home to embark on the isolation process as stated by the CDC and the NJDOH/NJDOE
- The student will isolate for a period of 5-7 days from the date of testing
- The student will test for COVID-19 after 5 days
- The student returns to school with a negative test result
If a Student Returns from International Travel to CDC “Level 3” Country
- The student/parent/guardian must report the travel details, including the date of the return from the trip to the principal who later informs the Nurse
- The student will be treated according to CDC COVID-19 Travel Recommendation by Destination
- A recommended 7-day quarantine from date of return from a trip is required
- The student is required to test for COVID-19 as directed by the district or must quarantine for at least 10 days.
- A negative test result is mandated if the result is positive for COVID-19.