Final Guidance for Reopening Schools:

• Guidance for Reopening Santa Cruz County Schools (Published 7/20/2020)
• Guidance for Reopening Santa Cruz County Schools (SPANISH, Published 7/20/2020)

Resources for School Administrators regarding School Closures:

• 3/12/2020 Santa Cruz COE Resources for School Closures (English)
• 3/12/2020 Santa Cruz COE Resources for School Closures (Spanish)
• 3/7/2020 CA Dept. of Public Health School Guidance
• 3/2/2020 Interim Guidance for Administrators of K-12 Schools to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to COVID-19

Resources for Promoting Hand Hygiene and Wellness:

• CDC Reduce the Spread of Germs in Schools Poster
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) videos for good hand washing techniques
• Posters, Graphics, and Fact Sheets

LCAP Guidance:

• Executive Order N-56-20 regarding LEA Funding
• LCAP FAQs re: COVID-19

General Guidelines for Preventing the Spread of Illness:

As a preventative measure, we encourage all students, staff, and parents to take common-sense precautions to prevent spread of all infectious diseases, including common illnesses like colds and the flu. Such precautions include:

• • Stay home if you are sick. Those who have a fever should go home and stay home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medicine.
  • Promote hand hygiene among students and staff through education, scheduled times for hand-washing, and ensuring the availability of soap, water, and hand sanitizer.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
  • Teach and encourage safe cough etiquette – cough or sneeze into a tissue, sleeve, or arm (do not use hands).
  • Provide routine surface cleaning
  • Consider not attending large gatherings, as this is where cold, flu, and other respiratory viruses often spread.