Coronavirus-COVID-19 updates

Raising Awareness

 

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• Talking to Children About COVID-19 (English)
• Hable con sus hijos sobre el COVID-19 (Español)
• 和孩子談論COVID-19(冠狀病毒)家長資源 (Chinese)
• BrainPOP video – coronavirus
• Handwashing Informational Materials

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Did you know the process to become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 takes 35 days - from the first dose to the second dose, and the two-week period after the second shot?

That is why the timing is right for parents and guardians to consider vaccinating their children ages 12 and older right now if they haven't already. This will allow your child to have the fullest protection possible when the 2021-22 school year begins in August.

In our ongoing partnership with Sharp HealthCare, PUSD is hosting additional COVID-19 summer vaccination clinics for the convenience of students, staff, and community members ages 12 and olders. This is a free and voluntary service for anyone in the neighborhood and surrounding areas who wold like to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

These summer clinics will be hosted from 10am to 2pm at the Bernardo Heights Middle School Gym (12990 Paseo Lucido, San Diego, CA 92128) on two separate days:

Friday, July 23 (1st dose)
Friday, August 13 (2nd dose)

Additionally, if you have already received your first Pfizer dose elsewhere, you can also attend either clinic for your second dose. 

It is strongly recommended you make an appointment here. Just type in 92128 when asked to search for an appointment using a zip code.

Walk ups will be accommodated as possible.

No proof of insurance required.

Anyone under the age of 18 must bring this consent form, signed by a parent or guardian and a student ID.

A face covering is required while inside the gym on school property. 

 

The Poway Unified School District

COVID-19 Dashboard - Paused during Summer Break

IMPORTANT: With reduced staff and student presence on campus, starting June 18, 2021, the COVID-19 Dashboard will pause on reporting weekly numbers of COVID positive individuals during the summer break. Dashboard updates will resume in August 2021 for the new school year.
 
Please note: Contact tracing and self-screening will continue as usual for all students and staff attending summer school programs and at PUSD work sites over the summer.

POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID-19 DASHBOARD

All confirmed positive COVID-19 incidents related to Poway Unified school sites and offices will be posted to this page. For the purposes of this dashboard, PUSD is distinguishing between school-based cases and community-based cases. Starting in December, we will have two separate columns for every month in the table below:

• "S.B." School-Based cases: 

​a. school-based cases will potentially impact individuals' health and wellness at our school or office because there may be site-related exposure OR a positive case was on campus during an infectious period
b. a school-based case MAY cause classroom closure or other precatuionary measures
c. we will follow the San Diego County Office of Eduction Decision Tree and Guidelines around isolating and notifying close contacts, as needed
 

• Known "C.B." Community-Based cases:

a. community-based cases DO NOT impact individuals' health and wellness at our school or office because no one at the site was in close contact with the positive individual during the infectious period. Per the CDC definition, this means no one at the site was within 6 feet of the infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient was isolated
b. this dashboard will include all known community-based cases related to PUSD; this dashboard may not reflect all community-based cases involving our staff and students because PUSD relies on notification from public health or self-reporting from staff or families
c. we will follow the San Diego County Office of Education Decision Tree and Guidelines around isolating the positive case, as needed
 

The Dashboard is updated at least once a week and when we are notified of confirmed cases.

*Important Note: PUSD does not wait to notify close contacts upon initial report of a positive case. However, we do wait for official confirmation from the public health department before listing the case on this dashboard. This could result in a delay of cases appearing on this dashboard or a discrepancy between the number of notifications received and actual number of confirmed cases (when the case is not confirmed positive by public health). 

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COVID-19 CASES for Poway Unified School District

PUSD CONFIRMED CASES (S.B. = school-based; C.B. = community-based)

• COVID-19 2021 - Jul-Dec
• COVID-19 2021 Jan-Jun
• COVID-19 2020

CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHOOL CLOSURE 

What are the criteria for closing a school to in-person learning? Individual school closure, in which all students and staff are not on campus, is recommended based on the number of cases and stable groups impacted, which suggest that active in-school transmission is occurring. Closure should be done in consultation with the local health office. Situations that may indicate the need for school closure: 

• Within a 14-day period, an outbreak* has occurred in 25% or more stable groups in the school. 

• Within a 14-day period, at least three outbreaks have occurred in the school AND more than 5% of the school population is infected. 

• The LHO may also determine school closure is warranted for other reasons, including results from public health investigation or other local epidemiological data. 

 

*an outbreak is defined as: at least three probable or confirmed COVID-19 cases within a 14-day period in people who are epidemiologically-linked† in the setting, are from different households, and are not identified as close contacts‡ of each other in any other case investigation.

Length of closure: 14 days, or according to a decision made in consultation with the local health office. The State Safe Schools for All Technical Assistance teams (TA teams), comprised of experts across multiple state agencies, will be available to assist schools with disease investigation for those with outbreaks that cannot find resources to investigate the outbreaks. The TA teams will also be available to help schools that close in order to identify and address any remediable safety issues. 

 

If a school is closed, when may it reopen? Schools may typically reopen after 14 days and if the following have occurred: 

• Cleaning and disinfection 

• Public health investigation 

• Consultation with the local health department 

 

What are the criteria for closing a LEA (local educational agency) aka school district? A school district should close if 25% or more of schools in a district have closed due to COVID-19 within a 14-day period and in consultation with the local health department. 

 

If a school district is closed, when may it reopen? School districts may typically reopen after 14 days, in consultation with the local health department.   

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