Procedural guidelines for COVID-19

HISD students and employees must immediately notify the school nurse, principal, and immediate supervisor of any exposure, presumed, or confirmed positive COVID-19 case. 

Symptoms of COVID-19

• Feeling feverish or temperature greater than 100.0
• Loss of taste or smell
• Cough
• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Chills
• Sore-throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Shaking or exaggerated shivering
• Significant muscle pain or ache
• Diarrhea
• Nausea or vomiting

Students/employees must quarantine at home if:

• Fever 100 or over
• Have a loss of taste or smell.
• Are confirmed positive for COVID-19.
• Display classic symptoms of COVID-19 (see above symptoms).
• Live with someone who is COVID-19 positive or presumed positive.
• Have been notified to be a close contact of either a presumed or confirmed COVID-19 positive person.
• Awaiting COVID-19 results.

Quarantine/Isolation time frame:

• 5 days for confirmed cases with or without symptoms
• 5 days for presumed COVID-19 (individuals with one or more symptoms), but may return to school/work once tested negative for COVID and cleared by a physician.
• 5 days for exposure to a presumed or confirmed positive case if having symptoms.  5 days if asymptomatic but will need a negative COVID-19 test on the 5th day after the last exposure. Vaccinated individuals not having symptoms do not need to quarantine.

Please contact Nurse Gemma if you have any questions/concerns.