POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL 

These policies and procedures are intended to guide all members of the Harmon Prep School family in mitigating against the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). These policies and procedures are subject to change, however ample notice will be given to parents, students, staff, prior to implementation. 

Behaviors 

Stay home when appropriate. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests who are sick or who have recently had close contact with a person with COVID-19 must stay home. 

●  The school will make reasonable accommodations to help employees and students transition to teleworking or online learning. 

Practice proper hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests must routinely wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. 

●  As an additional precaution, employees, students, and authorized guests must routinely disinfect their hands with hand sanitizers that contain at least 60% alcohol. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests must cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue. Afterwards, employees, students, and authorized guests must discard the tissue in the trash and immediately wash with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or disinfect their hands with hand sanitizers that contain at least 60% alcohol. 

●  The school will provide hand sanitizers that contains at least 60% alcohol in each classroom and office. 

Exercise physical distancing. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests must exercise physical distancing of at least three feet apart from each other. 

●  Students from the same household may congregate while in line for morning arrival screening or for afternoon pick-up. At all other times, they must exercise physical distancing of at least three feet apart from each other. 

Face masks must be worn. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests must wear face masks at all times while on campus. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests may partially remove their face masks or face shields only to eat or drink, as long as they are physically distant at least three feet apart from each other. Face masks must be worn immediately afterwards. 

Do not share objects. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests must not share personal items, such as books, school supplies, and electronic devices. 

●  Employees, students, and authorized guests are to secure personal items within bags or containers that will only be accessed by them. 

●  The school will provide areas on, or in which, employees, students, and authorized guests may safely store and secure their personal items, bags, or containers, such as desks, shelves, and counters. These areas will be cleaned and disinfected on a routine basis. 

Grounds and Facilities 

Cleaning and disinfecting will be conducted routinely. 

●  The school will clean and disinfect classrooms daily and high contact areas within the room will be cleaned throughout the day by the teacher on duty. 

●  Common areas, like restrooms, the cafeteria, and offices will be cleaned more frequently throughout the day. 

Students will remain in one classroom all day. 

• ●  To minimize congestion and congregations in the hallways and walkways, once students are on campus, they will remain in one classroom all day. 
• ●  Junior high and high school teachers will transition between classrooms for different subjects. 
• ●  Students will eat all meals in their classrooms. 

Adjusted Learning Environments 

Teacher to student ratios will be limited to allow for adequate physical distancing. 

●  To support adequate physical distancing of at least six feet apart, the maximum number of students allowed in a classroom will be adjusted per grade level and depending on square footage of a classroom. 

●   Preschool - Kindergarten classes will be limited to no more than 15 students per classroom. 

●  1st through 4th grade classes will be limited to no more than 20 students per 

classroom. 

●  5th through 8th grade classes will be limited to no more than 18 students per classroom 

• Entrance and Exit Procedures 

●  Any individual who exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 will be directed to exit campus. 

Afternoon pick-up will be controlled to ensure physical distancing. 

●  For afternoon pick up :

●  Parents and families will not be permitted to exit their vehicles. Instead, school personnel will utilize a system to take student names, and summon the student for pickup.

Response Procedures 

●  If any individual on campus shows symptoms of COVID-19, that individual will be escorted to a waiting room from where they will wait to leave campus. 

●  The school will provide such individuals with guidance and information on what steps to take next after returning home, such as home quarantine, COVID-19 testing, and notifying public health officials. 

●  Physical distancing will be ensured within that room, hand sanitizers will be available, and the room will be deep cleaned and disinfected after each use. 

●  The room will be situated to allow for adequate supervision. 

If one or more employees or students test positive for COVID-19, the school will respond accordingly. 

• ●  If there is one confirmed case on campus, that classroom cohort will be shut down and everyone in that cohort will transition to fully remote learning. 
• ●  If more than one case is confirmed on campus, the entire school will be shut down and everyone will transition to fully remote learning. 

Communications 

The school will raise awareness about behaviors that mitigate the spread of COVID-19. 

●  The school will post visible signs, fliers, and posters to remind all individuals on campus about key behaviors that mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such as wearing face masks , practicing proper hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette, and exercising physical distancing. 

●  The school will post visible markers on walls and on floors to guide all individuals to exercise physical distancing of at least six feet apart from each other. 

The school will communicate policies and procedures to all of its stakeholders. 

●  The school will utilize its communications platforms, including email, website, and social media outlets, to share these policies and procedures. 

●  The school will utilize its communications platforms, including email, website, and social media outlets, to share guidelines, policies, and procedures from all appropriate government and public health officials. 

The school will communicate response strategies to all of its stakeholders. 

●  In the event that one or more cases of COVID-19 is confirmed among employees or students, the school will utilize its communications platforms, including email, website, and social media outlets, to share that information with all school stakeholders, while respecting the privacy of the affected individuals and complying with all applicable regulations, laws, and statutes. 

●  In the event that one or more cases of COVID-19 is confirmed among employees or students, the school will notify all relevant government and public health officials.