Our Schools during COVID

In most cases, visitors are not allowed on campus. This includes parents and guardians during pick up and drop off. If you need to visit the office, please call ahead of time and schedule an appointment. 

All staff and learners will be required to wear face masks, except when actively eating or drinking, unless medically exempt.

• When eating or drinking, physical distance will be increased.
• If a learner is exempt from wearing a face covering as outlined by CDPH, the learner will be provided a face shield with a drape if their condition permits it. If the learner can not wear a mask or shield due to a medical exemption then we will follow CDPH guidelines for in-person learning (masks, hand washing, face shields, plexiglass on tables, and extra desks for distancing).
• If a learner who is not exempt cannot or will not wear a face covering, they will be put on an Academic Leave Contract (depending on age and grade level).

As outlined by the California Department of Public Health, there are no physical distancing requirements unless learners are eating. When learners are eating physical distancing will be increased based on the specific situation.

Lunch and snacks will be eaten outside in designated areas, weather and space permitting. If weather does not permit, learners will eat lunch within their classrooms.

Recess will occur outdoors, weather permitting, and indoors when weather does not permit. 

All classrooms and shared spaces on campus are cleaned nightly with an EPA-approved cleaning product.

All bathrooms and outdoor snack/lunch areas are cleaned and sanitized multiple times a day. 

• Once a week when in a higher transmission tier, and
• bi-weekly when in a lower transmission tier, and
• monthly when in an even lower transmission tier.

Transmission tiers are based on state and county guidelines.

Testing of asymptomatic learners is optional and available weekly on Sundays from 9:00am-3:00pm. Learn more on our CLCS Weekly COVID Testing webpage.

Testing of learners in Modified Quarantine: If CLCS is made aware of a positive case on campus, all learners who were identified as a close contact in a mask on mask situation will be required to test within 1 school day in order to remain at school. Learners will be tested a 2nd time 3 days after the 1st test during the modified quarantine period. Learners will be tested twice within the 10-day quarantine period. Learners who do not return the necessary paperwork to get tested will be required to stay home until a COVID test is able to be performed.

Testing of symptomatic staff and learners: If a staff member or learner develops COVID-19 symptoms they will be required to go home and isolate immediately. It will be recommended and available for the symptomatic staff or learner to receive a COVID test on-site from the COVID Manager prior to going home. They may opt to get tested with an outside provider instead.

All staff will participate in a health screening process before they enter campus. This health screening includes questions screening for COVID symptoms and COVID exposure. The questionnaire will be done through an app called CrisisGo. 

Families are to screen learners at home for COVID symptoms and COVID exposure. Families are expected to keep learners home if they have COVID symptoms or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID. Families should contact the school office immediately to inform the school of their learners absence.

• ACLC Office - (510)990-4300
• Nea Office - (510)748-4008

Parents and guardians are asked to keep their learners home when they are sick. 

If learners or staff do not pass the health screening, they will be given isolation instructions, and sent home.

To return before the 10 day isolation period is over, staff or learners will be asked to provide a doctor's note that indicates the symptoms are not related to COVID, a negative COVID test, along with a decrease in symptoms and be fever free without medication for 24hrs or a negative COVID test.

If a staff member or a learner cannot provide a doctor's note, then a negative COVID test is acceptable as long as it is a PCR test.  If staff or learners cannot provide this, they will be required to complete the 10 day isolation period. 

If a learner begins to feel ill at the school site, they will be immediately isolated and must be picked up by an authorized person within two hours. Learners will be given isolation instructions. Learners may be COVID tested by the COVID Manager on-site before going home. Learners who are isolated for the 10-day period will continue to receive instruction through an Academic Leave Contract. 

Sick learners will complete a 10-day isolation period and may return to school when:

• 10 days since your symptoms first appeared AND
• 24 hours with no fever AND
• Their COVID-19 symptoms have improved

Learners who want to return to school before the 10-day isolation period is over must provide one (1) of the following:

• A doctor's note that indicates the symptoms are not related to COVID OR
• A negative COVID test (PCR)

Close contacts are defined as persons with an exposure of more than 15 minutes over a 24-hour period within 0-6 feet indoors. Procedures for close contact with a person with COVID are as follows:

1. Are asymptomatic;
2. Continue to appropriately mask, as required;
3. Undergo at least twice weekly testing during the 10-day quarantine; and
4. Continue to quarantine for all extracurricular activities at school, including sports, and activities with the community setting.

1. Quarantine can end after Day 10 from the date of last exposure without testing; OR
2. Quarantine can end after Day 7 if a diagnostic specimen is collected on Day 6 from the date of last exposure and the test result is negative.

When an individual tests positive for COVID we will implement the following steps for communication:

1. Email all of the close contacts outlining what type of close contact they are (mask on mask, maskless, etc.) and outline the quarantine protocol, return to school date, and any other information needed.
2. Personally call all maskless close contacts and review what is in the email.
3. Update the COVID Positive Case Record.

Testing for COVID and COVID results are confidential information and are protected by privacy laws. CLCS will share with the community when there is a positive case via our website dashboard. We will communicate directly with close contacts identified through contact tracing. We will NOT share the following information:

• Name of learner(s) and/or staff members
• Grade of learner(s)
• Which cohort the positive case was in (except the directly exposed learners)
• Any other confidential information

Due to program constraints, including the small size of our schools, ACLC and Nea are not offering Distance Learning programs this school year.