We know that many of our families are concerned about the recent reports of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Although there have been no confirmed cases for any students or families in Spartanburg School District Six, we would like to keep you posted on how our schools are responding.
•District Six is closely monitoring and following guidance from the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), local response planners and agencies, and the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDOE).
•We will provide timely updates, recommendations, and next steps IF a case of Coronavirus should be confirmed by DHEC among its students or employees.
•If a member of a students’ household has traveled in an area of outbreak, has come into contact with someone who has been diagnosed with Coronavirus, or is diagnosed with Coronavirus, families are urged to report this information to their child’s school immediately.
•If a student has a household member who has been recommended for home isolation, we ask that the student not return to school until the isolation period has ended for their entire household.
•We ask students and employees with symptoms of a respiratory illness not to come to school or work.
•District Six is enhancing our already existing strict cleaning and disinfecting guidelines.
•We are monitoring the enrollment of new students and responding accordingly.
•District Six is monitoring field trip destinations to ensure students are not traveling to cities experiencing an outbreak (as defined by the CDC).
•All off-site learning activities scheduled to take place in medical facilities and nursing homes have been temporarily discontinued as a precautionary measure.
•If the closure of one or more schools should become necessary, our districts are prepared to implement approaches that allow learning to continue in an academically appropriate manner.
Anyone experiencing symptoms can visit MUSC.care and use the promo code COVID19 and be screened without having to leave your home. The CDC has also provided several fact sheets on COVID-19 in English, Spanish and Chinese. We will continue to monitor the status of COVID-19 in our community and keep our families informed.