GLOBAL-INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

Global-International Travel

SPORTS GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS

Decisions to run school sports in Montgomery County are made at the School District or Independent School level. Montgomery County OPH offers guidance and collaboration to schools to create policies and procedures for school sports to run safely.

PA Department of Education

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), Determining Instructional Models: In response to school leaders' need for additional guidance as to the risk of COVID-19 transmission in their communities, the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education are providing recommendations to Pre-K to 12 schools for use when making decisions related to the instructional models used during the 2020-21 school year.

• Pennsylvania Department of Health COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard
• Clarification of the impact of the CDC update on current DOH/PDE guidance for school entities:

  Because most K-12 students in Pennsylvania are not vaccinated and only a few weeks remain in the 2020-21 school year, PDE recommends school entities continue to follow their current mitigation strategies. Remaining consistent in approach will help to ensure the safety and well-being of school communities while minimizing disruptions that may result from significant revisions to existing plans and systems. As a reminder, school entities may implement stricter mitigation strategies than otherwise required by law, rule, and regulations.

  MCOPH supports this guidance, including the use of masking in schools for all persons. Read PDE's full statement here.

REPORTING

To report a positive case of COVID-19 in the school setting or questions for the OPH, please contact OPH at 610-278-6211 or MCSchoolsCOVID19@montcopa.org.

To report close contacts to a positive case, use this spreadsheet and email the spreadsheet to MCSchoolsCovid19@montcopa.org..

HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS

Household contacts may require further investigation, by either OPH or school officials, to determine dates of quarantine.

Household contacts are able to start quarantine from the last date of exposure only if the following conditions are met:

• If the sick person is staying in their own bedroom
• If the sick person using their own bathroom
• If the sick person is not leaving their bedroom to do anything else with other family members (ex. eat meals, watch TV, etc.)
• If the sick person is not caring for anyone else in the house (ex. a sick parent who still needs to care for their children)

If the above conditions cannot be met, then quarantine will be until 10 days after the positive is released from isolation or after 7 days with a negative PCR or antigen test (must be collected on day 5 or thereafter).

COVID-19 Isolation vs. Quarantine

Quarantine Calculator (Source: South Dakota Department of Health)