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COVID Information

There are currently no COVID restrictions in schools, including masking requirements, distancing or cohorting.

 

 

For Students

General reminders and updates:

  • If your student is not feeling well, please keep them home. As with any absence, please notify the nurse’s office of the absence.
  • Students are required to report any positive test results to the school nurse. To report testing positive for COVID, and exposure, or COVID-19 symptoms, please contact your school nurse at FPBS 516-434-2766 or via email at FPBSnurse@fpbsd.org or at JLCS at 516-434-2796 or via email at JLCSnurse@fpbsd.org.
  • If a student tests positive for COVID-19, they should isolate for five days or until they are fever free without fever-reducing medicine for 24 hours with symptoms improving. When the student returns to school, it will be recommended that they wear a mask through day 10.
  • Test kits are available in each school’s nurse’s office.

We will continue to monitor any updates from the Department of Health and notify the community of these changes.

Resources:

What to do if you were exposed to COVID-19?

What Parents/Caregivers Should Know about COVID Mitigation Strategies

 

For Staff

General reminders and updates:

  • If you are not feeling well, please stay home. As with any absence, please notify your main office/supervisor of your absence.
  • You are still required to report any positive test results, symptoms, or exposures to the district. To report yourself testing positive for COVID, please contact Andrea Sardinha at 516-434-2733 or asardinha@fpbsd.org.
  • If you test positive for COVID, you should isolate for five days or until you are fever free without fever-reducing medicine for 24 hours with symptoms improving. When you return to work, it will be recommended that you wear a mask through day 10.
  • In order to use COVID leave, meaning no charge to your sick bank, you must provide a positive test from a medical doctor or medical facility, as well as a Nassau County Department of Health Isolation Order. There is a limit of three stints (occurrences) of COVID leave from March 2020 to current.
  • Test kits are available in each school’s nurse’s office.
  • Paid leave for vaccinations is still provided up to four hours. This time is granted only for the employee not for vaccinations of family members. Leave time should be scheduled in advance and proof of vaccination, including date and time, must be submitted.

We will continue to monitor any updates from the Department of Health and notify you of these changes.

Any questions regarding COVID leave time or reporting issues, please contact Debbie Sawicki at 516-434-2734 or dsawicki@fpbsd.org or Andrea Sardinha at 516-434-2733 or asardinha@fpbsd.org.

Resources:

What to do if you were exposed to COVID-19?