Milford Exempted Village Schools recently issued the following announcement.
The Ohio Department of Health on Wednesday informed Ohio’s school districts that they may immediately discontinue universal contact tracing of new COVID-19 cases.
Ohio’s K-12 schools will continue to follow the “Mask to Stay, Test to Play” protocol and allow asymptomatic students to attend school while wearing a mask if they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.
The ODH and the Clermont County Health Department have now moved from universal contact tracing to a cluster- or outbreak-based model. This will mean a change in the way Milford Schools communicate with families regarding the occurrence of COVID in our schools.
Families will only be notified of new COVID-19 cases if there is a positive case in a classroom. This communication will be similar to the notification that families receive for other communicable diseases.
Students and staff are still required to report a positive case to their school nurse. Milford Schools’ COVID-19 dashboard will continue to be updated on a daily basis with case data. This flow chart will help you know how to proceed after testing positive for COVID-19, or being exposed to someone who has COVID-19.
The Clermont County Health Department related to superintendents on Thursday that vaccination rates are high in the county, COVID-19 is no longer a “novel” virus, and the Health Department is moving from pandemic model to an endemic model.
It is still important to be vigilant against the spread of COVID-19 and to stay home if you are sick.
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