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The Spring Hill School's COVID-19 Safety Plan includes:

The Spring Hill School adheres to all guidance put forth by the California Department of Public Health, which can be found here. Per the guidance provided by the CDPH, Spring Hill has created a standard criteria for managing students who develop symptoms of infectious diseases, including COVID-19. In most situations, any student who develops new, unexplained symptoms should not return to campus until it is clear that symptoms are mild and improving or are due to a non-infectious cause (e.g., allergies). This includes waiting until 24 hours have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.


The Spring Hill School Criteria for Managing Infectious Diseases

The following policy reflects the most current guidance from the California Department of Public Health.

Please consider the following criteria a living document, subject to change with changing conditions and guidance from the State or the County.


What if my child is experiencing symptoms of illness?

  • Keep your child home
  • Contact the school to let us know your child will be out sick
  • Your child may return once their symptoms are mild and improving as long as they are fever/vomit/diarrhea free for 24 hours w/o medication prior to their return and they are past their contagious period (if the period can be determined)
  • If your child’s symptoms can be attributed to a highly contagious illness and testing is available, we highly recommend testing before your child returns to school
  • Symptoms are considered “improving” when your child feels well enough to attend school, their symptoms do not interfere with participation in regular school activities, and your child is able to manage their symptoms without significant support from teachers, and your child is no longer contagious
  • We highly recommend your child wear a well-fitting mask indoors until symptoms have resolved completely
  • We highly recommend follow-up testing 2-3 days following an initial test if symptoms could be attributed to COVID-19 and have not improved


What if my child is sick at school?

  • If your child is showing any signs of illness, please keep your child home. This keeps our community safe, prevents the spread of illnesses, and helps your child recover more quickly.
  • We will call home to parents first. If we do not hear back within 5 minutes, we will begin calling the emergency contact numbers.
  • A child being sent home sick, must be picked up within 30 minutes to ensure the proper care and supervision for all students on campus and the ailing child. We do not have facilities to care for sick children at school.

What if my child tests positive for or is diagnosed with infectious disease (i.e. COVID-19, Chickenpox, Measles, Whooping Cough, etc.)

  • Keep your child home
  • Contact the school to let us know your child is sick with an infectious disease so that we can alert families to be on the lookout for symptoms, and notify the county Department of Public Health as required.
  • Your child may return once their symptoms are mild and improving as long as they are fever/vomit/diarrhea free for 24 hours without medication prior to their return unless they have been diagnosed with one of the communicable diseases listed below. Then they will need either:
    • a doctor’s note clearing them to return to school
    • or proof of a negative test if testing is available
  • If your child has contracted COVID-19 and you would like their isolation to end before Day 10, they must have a negative antigen test taken on Day 5 or later to clear them to return to school
  • If your child has contracted COVID-19 and you prefer not to test or get cleared to return by a doctor, your child may return after Day 10 without testing or a doctor’s note
  • “Day 0” is the day symptoms began or your child tested positive, whichever came first
  • We highly recommend your child wear a well-fitting mask indoors through “Day 10” when recovering from any highly contagious disease
  • Symptoms are considered to be “improving” when your child feels well enough to attend school, their symptoms do not interfere with participation in regular school activities, and your child is able to manage their symptoms without significant support from teachers


What if my child has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for or been diagnosed with an infectious disease?

  • Monitor your child closely for symptoms
  • Your child may attend school provided your child remains asymptomatic
  • If testing is available, we highly recommend your child test negative before returning to school and then again a few days following exposure
  • We highly recommend your child wear a well-fitting mask indoors for a minimum of 10 days following exposure
  • If your child has a household exposure to COVID-19 and the positive case is unable to fully isolate away from your child, we require that your child test each morning through the exposure period before entering the classroom. Spring Hill can provide tests for all K-8 students through the CDPH School Binax Program. Additionally, we have a limited number of free tests available for our Toddler and Primary Families should they need them. Testing will be required until any positive cases within the household who are unable to be fully isolated are no longer considered contagious.

The following is a list of highly contagious illnesses that must be reported to the school:

  • COVID-19
  • Chickenpox
  • Diphtheria
  • Head Lice
  • Influenza
  • Lyme Disease
  • Malaria
  • Measles (Rubeola)
  • Meningitis
  • Mumps
  • Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  • Rubella (German Measles)
  • Typhoid
  • Tuberculosis
  • Scabies
  • Zika Virus Infection

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