Dear Parents, Guardians, Faculty and Staff, We received notice that one or more students have tested positive for COVID-19 and has been quarantined. If your child was in a classroom with the COVID-19 positive student, you will receive a letter from FOCUS to your documented email address on file. Over the next 24 hours the Leon County Department of Health will contact anyone who potentially had close contact with this student and advise them of the next steps they must follow. A close contact is defined as someone who was within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes. The Leon County Health Department is in the process of contact tracing and will directly notify families if their child has been potentially exposed. These exposures, unfortunate as they are, highlight the importance of everyone doing their part to minimize the spread of this virus: stay home when sick or while waiting for Covid-19 test results, keep things clean and sanitized, utilize proper hand washing, wear masks, and maintain social distancing. We take our commitment to your child’s safety seriously and are working closely with the Leon County Health Department to follow CDC guidelines and best practices during this time. For more information about the student and family protocol please visit https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.leonschools.net%2fPage%2f49637&c=E,1,3JYAmXd7oPw0NTROC0ZjoKptDGDtdfYTIeqq34B5on4DNdi3Kh-W5SZwcjEYa5tI7ddp2SEUAom_ObGIHV-lq-78BctfYKR5GbrDnwqRQnjd4w,,&typo=1<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinkprotect.cudasvc.com%2Furl%3Fa%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.leonschools.net%252fPage%252f49637%26c%3DE%2C1%2Cxqi9htntLkbNvq5KWBbHKHotuJg-xFmi9u9IYN3NRMmr-bvVpwpt-AVoK7lqr8_nBpxIrineUAlFECYQ9_fg7MPPzQYYy40kZ0Sfkk0L1CZ41J_yOS1-1TvRKzvW0w%2C%2C%26typo%3D1&data=04%7C01%7Cpowellj%40leonschools.net%7Cb58c3a1e56fe4c84e4d308d8d510c8f8%7C69292adba72a4537aa24d67a6f5642bc%7C0%7C0%7C637493615379581001%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=b2uHhds8xjO1z1ghNCA72xagdChANS4h7K9tVXAZ5cw%3D&reserved=0>. The health and safety of our students is our highest priority. If you have further questions do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you and take care. [X] Sent from my iPhone - please pardon any errors. ________________________________ *SUNSHINE LAW AND PUBLIC RECORDS CAUTION: Florida has a very broad Public Records Law. Virtually all written communications to or from School Board of Leon County, Florida Personnel are public records available to the public and media upon request. E-mail sent or received on the LCSB system will be considered public and will only be withheld from disclosure if deemed confidential pursuant to State Law. Individual student records are deemed confidential.
