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This guidance document is for the 2021-2022 school year. Changes to the public health situation may necessitate changes to this guidance. The health and safety of our students, staff, families, and community is our top priority.
*most recent update: August 4, 2021
Registration & Enrollment
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- Online registration for returning students and online enrollment for new students is open at www.angletonisd.net/BackToSchoolHQ.
- All AISD campuses have in-person registration and enrollment opportunities for parents/guardians who do not have access to the online system to register or enroll their children. (More information is available at www.angletonisd.net/BackToSchoolHQ.)
- Transfers
- The district will approve transfer requests in July and notify those parents/guardians about their transfer status starting July 26, 2020.
- Transfer students will not be assigned to schools if that assignment places an undue burden on the school in terms of class enrollment or class size.
FACILITIES
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AISD has implemented several recommended social distancing and cleaning guidelines for its facilities to ensure a safe learning and work environment for its students and staff. The number of individuals in specific areas will be limited as determined by the space, and social distancing will be followed. Also, the district has enhanced cleaning expectations, including frequency, to maximize safety measures.
- No visitors will be allowed into the building unless an appointment is scheduled.
- ALL visitors must sign into the building and report directly to where they are attending. Visitors will not be allowed in other parts of the building.
- Schools will allow a maximum of 10 visitors per lunch period. Visitors may be required to sit separately with their children away from the general student lunch group. To request to eat lunch with a student, visitors must call the school and schedule an appointment the week of the visit. Standing appointments will not be allowed.
- Juniors and seniors will be allowed to leave campus for lunch at the high school campus.
- No outside food deliveries will be allowed for students.
- Schools may assign seats in the cafeteria.
- Schools may designate and mark hallways for both social distancing and directions.
- Students will follow all hallway guidelines developed by the school.
- After students have left any AISD building, ALL spaces will be cleaned and disinfected thoroughly.
- All restrooms will be cleaned regularly.
- All lunch rooms, auditoriums, locker rooms, weight rooms, and hallway areas will be cleaned regularly.
Remote Learning
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Angleton ISD will only offer on-campus, in-person instruction. The district will not offer a remote learning option. (Students who have received traditional homebound services will still have access to homebound services.)
Health Guidance
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Angleton ISD’s number one priority is the health and safety of its students, staff, families, and community.
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General
- Hand Sanitizer will be available in all classrooms.
- Any individuals who are lab-confirmed to have COVID-19 must stay at home throughout the infection period. In the case of an individual who has a lab-confirmed diagnosis with COVID-19, the individual may return to the campus when ALL three of the following criteria are met:
1. at least 24 hours have passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications);
2. the individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and
3. at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
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Close Contact
This document refers to “close contact” with an individual who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19 at school. Close contact is determined by an appropriate public health agency. For clarity, close contact is defined as:
- being directly exposed to infectious secretions (e.g., being coughed on); or
- being within 6 feet for a cumulative duration of 15 minutes.
If students are determined to be in close contact with a person at school who has been lab-confirmed to have COVID-19, the parents/guardians of the students in close contact will be notified by school administration to determine the next steps
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COVID Symptoms or Diagnosis
These symptoms are not considered typical for you, or you do not know the cause of the symptoms.
PRIMARY SYMPTOMS (displays only one symptom)
- Fever or chills
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing that is not typical for you
- Muscle or body aches without a reason (ie. hurt back)
- New loss of taste or smell
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
SECONDARY SYMPTOMS (displays two or more symptoms)
- Cough
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
COVID-19 Protocols
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*All students and staff may be tested for free during school hours at a campus.
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General Guidelines
- All staff members will be required to self-screen for symptoms consistent with COVID-19 each day prior to reporting to work.
- Parents need to ensure they do not send a child to school if a child has COVID-19 symptoms or is living in a household with a confirmed or presumed positive case. In this case, parents need to contact their child’s campus.
- Students and staff will maintain social distancing whenever possible.
- All employees shall know, understand, and practice methods to protect themselves and others from COVID-19 at work.
- All employees shall regularly wash their hands when reporting to work and after using the restroom.
- Consistent with school notification requirements for other communicable diseases and consistent with legal confidentiality requirements, the district will notify the Brazoria County Health Department of all lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases.
- If a student or employee is lab-confirmed with COVID-19, all students and staff who have been in close contact with that individual will be notified.
- All students should regularly wash their hands throughout the school day.
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CDC Guidelines
The CDC recommends that all unvaccinated people over the age of 12 and and all children under 12 wear masks while at school. In AISD, masks are optional for all students, employees and visitors.
The CDC recommends that the best way to stop the transmission of COVID-19 and to reduce the effects of COVID-19 is to be vaccinated. AISD has offered and will continue to offer opportunities for vaccines for eligible students and staff.
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Employee Protocols
All district employees are considered "essential, critical infrastructure workers."
The following procedures apply:
- If an employee is exposed at work or outside the district and DOES NOT have symptoms, he/she may come to work as long as he/she doesn't have symptoms.
- If an employee has symptoms, whether it's one primary symptom or two secondary symptoms, he/she must stay home and take leave until he/she is fever-free for 24 hours and/or symptoms have improved.
- If the employee shows proof that he/she has been vaccinated or has had COVID-19 in the past 3 months, he/she may return after the above requirements have been satisfied.
- If the employee has not been vaccinated nor has had COVID-19 in the past 3 months, he/she may return after the above requirements have been satisfied and he/she has had a negative COVID-19 test.
- If an employee has a positive COVID-19 test, he/she must take leave and stay home for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms (or date of positive test).
- If symptoms have improved by day 10 and the employee has been 24 hours without fever and no use of fever-reducing medications, the employee may return to work.
- Employees must contact their supervisor if they have symptoms or received a positive test for COVID-19.
- Employees must enter leave days in Frontline.
- If an employee is exposed at work or outside the district and DOES NOT have symptoms, he/she may come to work as long as he/she doesn't have symptoms.
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Student Protocols
When there is exposure to an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19, testing is optional and will be available at every campus for students.
Exposure at Campus
- The campus will contact the parents/students.
- Parent Options:
- Have the student attend school and the parent may opt to have his/her child tested.
- Positive Test Result - The student will be sent home for isolation and will follow the CDC guidelines.
- Keep the student at home.
- The campus must initiate a formal plan outlining how the student will continue with his/her studies and complete assignments.
- The student may remain at home up to 14 days after exposure.
- If the student develops symptoms, the student then falls under the protocol for symptomatic.
Exposure Outside of School
- Parents/Students must notify the campus.
- The campus will ask if the student has been isolated from the infected person.
- If the answer is no or not possible, the student stays home.
- The campus must initiate a formal plan to ensure the student will continue with his/her studies and complete assignments.
- If the student remains symptom-free for 14 days after his/her last exposure to the positive COVID-19 individual, then the student will return to campus.
- If the answer is yes, the parent may:
- Have the student attend school. The parent may opt for testing. If the test is positive, the student will be sent home for isolation.
- Keep the student at home. The campus will initiate a formal plan outlining how the student will continue with his/her studies and complete assignments. The student may remain at home up to 14 days after exposure.
Symptomatic Student
- If the student develops symptoms at school, then the student will be sent home and parents will be contacted.
- If the student is symptomatic at home, parents should contact the school and keep the student at home.
- The student may return to school after 48 hours from the first date of symptoms, AND he/she must have a negative COVID-19 test result.
- The campus must initiate a formal plan to ensure the student will continue with his/her studies and complete assignments.
- Symptomatic is defined as one of the following:
- The student displays at least one of the primary symptoms (fever or chills, abnormal shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, abnormal muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea).
- The student displays at least two of the secondary symptoms (cough, fatigue, headache, sore throat, congestion, or runny nose).
Positive COVID-19 Student
- If a student has a positive COVID-19 test, he/she must stay home for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms (or date of positive test).
- If symptoms have improved by day 10 and the student has been 24 hours without fever and no use of fever-reducing medications, the student may return to school.
