New Quarantine Guidance
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Dear Walnut Township Local Schools Staff, Parents and Students,
On Monday, October 25, 2021, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) issued updated quarantine guidance to schools in Ohio. The updated guidance is a direct result of a study that has been underway in Warren County, Ohio where students identified as a close contact to a person testing positive for COVID-19 as a result of a School-Based Exposure, were permitted to quarantine at school providing the exposed student wears a mask. Additionally, student athletes that are a School-Based Exposure, may continue to participate in athletics provided they test (monitored test) upon initial notification and test again on days 5, 6 or 7.
The guidance document issued by the Ohio Department of Health further provides for students identified as “quarantined” to take a monitored COVID-19 test on or after day 5 to be released from required mask wearing on day 8. Walnut Township Local Schools has a supply of free COVID-19 tests available to families, if needed, which also provides a free tele-health visit which will meet the requirement of “monitored.”
As a district, we want to ensure each and every student is able to be in school, face-to-face to the maximum extent possible and hope that you will consider this quarantine options for your child if they are identified as a close contact. If you have any questions on the change in quarantine options for students, please do not hesitate to contact me at the district office at 740-467-2802. The ODH document outlining revised quarantine guidance is provided below this notification.
In Service to Children,
