A message from the Superintendent

Masks Are Optional for CCSD Students, Staff & Guests
Indoors and on School District Transportation
Effective 3/2/22

The decision of an individual to wear a mask (or not) while inside our buildings, will be respected by all students, staff, and guests.

In our classrooms, seating arrangements, partnerships and groupings will not be adjusted based on an individual’s mask choice.

Class assignments and bus routes for students will not be adjusted based on the staff member’s mask choice.

Individuals recovering from COVID on days 6-10 are required to wear a mask inside and while riding District transportation. This is the only scenario inside our buildings and on District transportation where our staff will monitor masking.

NYSDOH Recommends Students and Staff Wear Masks Under the Following Conditions:

• They feel more comfortable wearing a mask for personal reasons.
• They were in the same room within the school as someone diagnosed with COVID-19 for 15 minutes or longer and were thus exposed or potentially exposed, when group contact tracing is used.
• They are known to have been exposed to COVID-19 in any setting within the previous 10 days.
• They are moderately-to-severely immunocompromised and have discussed the need to mask with their healthcare provider(s).

FAMILY COVID NOTIFICATION PROCESS
for Lab Confirmed COVID Positive Individuals
Effective 3/2/22

District Transportation:  Families on a given bus route will be notified by email if an individual was on District transportation while infectious. To reduce potential exposure, siblings will still be required to sit together on District transportation, and assigned seats will remain in place for students in grades K-8.

Modified/JV/Varsity CCSD Athletics:  Families will be notified by email if their child may have been exposed to an infectious individual while participating in athletics.

Horace Greeley High School Lunch:  Families will be notified by email if their child may have been exposed to an infectious individual while eating lunch.

Individual Classroom Exposure:  Families will be notified by email if their child may have been exposed to an infectious individual while in class (added 3/1/22 as a result of new NYSDOH guidance).

Please be advised that email notifications will be sent to families during regular business hours and issued if the District is notified within five days of the exposure. The District will not send out exposure notifications for home tests. We will continue to send out our aggregate representation of positive cases throughout our school community on Friday afternoons.