COVID-19 Policies & Procedures
JLU is diligently working to improve our policies and procedures during this unprecedented time to keep our students, families and staff safe. Please see below the current changes now in place to help fight this pandemic.
Exclusion Criteria
All children and staff will be excluded from care if they are showing any mild symptoms of illness which include but are not limited to the following based on CDC
guidelines:
- Fever over 100F
- Chills
- Cough (new or worsening)
- Shortness of breath (new or worsening)
- Fatigue (new)
- Trouble breathing (new or worsening)
- Muscle or body aches (new or worsening)
- Headache (new or worsening)
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea (new or worsening)
If children need to be sent home for the above signs of illness:
- they will be excluded from their classroom whenever possible and wait in the main office on the lower level of the building until pick-up.
- emergency pick-up persons are expected to arrive within ONE HOUR of notification of a sick child.
- all emergency pick-up persons will be called until a pick-up plan is made.
If excluded from care due to illness, JLU is mandating:
- all siblings also be picked up
- the excluded child and siblings NOT return to the center for a minimum of 48 hours AND at least 24 hours symptom free or with a doctor's note stating your child is not contagious
Face Covering Required
OCFS and the CDC has deemed wearing a face covering mandatory for all adults who will come within 6 feet of others.
- Employees are mandated to wear face coverings while working in the classroom with children.
- Parents and visitors must wear a face covering when entering the building. If not covered, the parent must wait outside the classroom until a teacher is able to release their child to them.
- School age students, ages 2 - 12, are required to wear a face covering while in care at JLU. Exceptions may be made for the following
circumstances:
- for medical reasons with proper documentation
- while social distancing is in place
- at direction of a teacher or adult when deemed acceptable
Return to Care Guidelines
Many parents have been reaching out
asking about any changes to the 10-day quarantine/isolation in childcare. There has been NO change for students in childcare. With the shorter guidelines, the requirement to return after 5 days includes ensuring the children would remain masked while in care,
with well fitting masks. Because students in our setting frequently are unmasked (meals, nap, outside) they do not meet this requirement.
All full-day JLU students* (infants, toddlers, preschool and Pre-K) will need to follow the 10 day quarantine period if
named a direct contact, or a 10 day isolation period if testing positive before returning to care.
* School Age students attending before and after care only, are an exception and can return to care after 5 days if meeting DOH
guidelines.
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