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Santa Ana Unified School District
STUDENT Quarantine Guidelines & Durations
It is important that all parents and students follow all safety protocols to help provide a safe environment for learning. This includes staying home when a student has symptoms.
COVID-19 symptoms include, but are not limited to, fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue/Muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting or diarrhea, and headache. A parent/student should NOT assume that any of these symptoms are due to a cold or flu. If a student is experiencing one of these symptoms, regardless of their vaccination status, the student must immediately isolate. The parent should NOT send the student for in-person instruction and must immediately report the student's symptoms to the school nurse. Click Here for guidance on when a student can safely attend in-person instruction.
Quarantine durations for students may vary due to the type of symptom(s), improvement of symptom(s), COVID-19 test results, and/or health provider documentation/advice.
Reduced Isolation Time After Positive COVID-19 Test
Beginning March 13 2023, a COVID-19 positive person may end isolation after five days if they feel well, have improving symptoms, and are fever-free for 24 hours, with less emphasis on testing negative. This change aligns with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations and takes effect on Monday, March 13.Please see this guide below to help you identify symptoms, and what schools will do when staff identifies these symptoms in students.
TRAVEL: Per recent state/local health department and CDC guidelines, SAUSD is NO LONGER requiring individuals, including students, to quarantine after traveling outside the State of California and/or country. Current CDC guidelines do RECOMMEND a COVID test to be taken on the 3rd to 5th day after an individual returns to the State of California from their travel or trip, REGARDLESS of their vaccination status. Click Here for details.
Important Definitions
Close Contact: Per CDC, close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of an individual with COVID-19 for 15 minutes or more cumulative within 24 hours.
Fully Vaccinated: Per CDC, people are considered fully vaccinated:
- 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
- 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine
Fully vaccinated students can refrain from quarantine after a known exposure if they are asymptomatic; however, the parent/student must provide proof of their vaccination to the school nurse.
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Click here to download Student Symptom Tree
For questions or concerns, contact:
SAUSD - COVID Task Force
(Phone) 714-480-5282 (Email) CovidTaskForce@sausd.us