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Health Screening and Preventive Hygiene Practices

Daily COVID-19 Daily Self Screening Guide

All parents, students, staff, and visitors will be required to self-screen daily before entering any Zapata County ISD facility.

• Employees shall conduct self-screens before arriving to work daily.
• Employees who have COVID-19 symptoms (as listed in this document) or are lab-confirmed with COVID-19, or have been exposed to a COVID-19 lab-confirmed individual should not report to work.
• Parents/Guardians can help by keeping children who are sick at home.
• Parents/guardians shall conduct the student's self-screen before the student boards a District transportation vehicle or arrives on campus each day.
• Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school if the child has COVID-19 symptoms (as listed in this document) or is lab-confirmed with COVID-19, and should instead opt to receive remote instruction until conditions for re-entry are met.

Social Distancing: All individuals should keep a six-foot minimum distance from others when feasible. The number of persons having access to a building will be monitored throughout the day to alleviate overcrowding.

Face-Covering/Masks/Face-Shields: At Zapata County ISD, all parents and visitors are required to wear a face-covering/mask while approaching staff or students and while in a district vehicle, premises/property, and inside district buildings. Staff and students are required to wear a face-covering/mask and face-shield/goggles while in district buildings. 

Face-Coverings/Masks: Face-coverings/masks means a cloth, paper, or disposable face covering that covers the nose and the mouth, medical grade masks are not required. Face-coverings or masks:

• Should cover the mouth and the nose;
• Must be secured to minimize the need to adjust frequently;
• Must be school/work-appropriate, non-offensive, not considered derogatory or disrespectful to others;
• Should be worn prior to entering the building and kept on, unless the individual is alone/isolated from others.

Face-Shield

Face-shields provide a barrier to acutely-expelled aerosols of body fluids and are commonly used as an alternative to goggles. Face-shields should be worn but must be used with a mask or face-covering. The face-shield must be transparent. Students are responsible for bringing their face-shields/goggles daily. 

Temperature Checks

Daily temperature checks at all schools/departments/facilities will be conducted for all students, staff, parents, and visitors. Students and employees feeling feverish throughout the day, will immediately be given a temperature check to determine whether they are symptomatic for COVID-19.

Temperature checks will be conducted using district-issued no-touch infrared thermometers on forehead only. Entry will not be permitted to anyone who does not receive a temperature check or receive 2 consecutive readings greater than or equal to 100° degrees. 

Temperature Checks for Staff

All employees will be required to have their temperature checked upon arrival.

• Temperature must be checked prior to clocking in.
• Temperature checks shall be conducted by the supervisor/administrator or designee at departments and at campuses by designated staff member(s).
• For departments: department supervisors will have the discretion to stagger schedules to avoid overcrowding in areas.
• If an employee experiences two temperatures greater than or equal to 100° degrees he/she shall be sent home. The employee supervisor shall inform the Human Resources Department. 

Temperature Checks for Students

Student Walkers/Self Drivers/Car Riders

Parents shall screen students for COVID-19 symptoms prior to leaving for school.

• Students who walk to school or self-drive shall wait in areas designated for the arrival of students and shall practice social distancing.
• Student walkers/self-drivers will be screened and temperature checked by designated staff.
• For families driving into the parking lot, everyone shall remain in their respective vehicle.
• Look for and drive to the student drop-off areas/student health check lanes.
• Every passenger in the vehicle shall wear a mask.
• Students shall use hand sanitizer upon entry into the school building.
• If the student experiences two temperature readings greater than or equal to 100° degrees, he/she shall be sent home or to an isolation area until picked up by parent/guardian.
• Designated staff should fill out and submit the Student Intake Form for the student through the Student COVID Response Site.

Student Bus Riders

Students shall sit in a designated seat with physical distance taken into consideration, members of the same household may be seated together.

• To limit possible physical interaction among students, children are to board the school bus by filling the back rows first and then progressing forward; when leaving the bus, students should exit in the opposite order.
• Temperature checks will be done before entering the bus
• Bus windows will be open to allow for air circulation, weather permitting.
• Students shall disembark the bus upon arrival at school, in an orderly manner, and proceed immediately to the school building where designated staff will screen students for symptoms and temperatures.
• If the student experiences two temperatures greater than or equal to 100° degrees he/she shall be sent home or to an isolation area until picked up by a parent/guardian.
• School admin shall contact dispatch at the Department of Operations and Support Services to advise them of student symptoms. Note, information of the route, bus driver and bus number will be needed.

Sanitizers and Hand washing

• Schools and departments will have hand sanitizer at each entrance. Hand sanitizer and/or hand washing stations in classrooms with sinks will be provided with soap and paper towels.
• Students, teachers, staff, and campus visitors should sanitize and/or wash hands frequently.
• Schools will engage students in supervised handwashing for at least 20 seconds frequently throughout the school day, in addition to washing hands after using the restroom and before eating.
• Schools will teach students good handwashing techniques.