AU48 Updated COVID-19 Guidance

September 17, 2021 3:30 pm

Remote Instruction: NH schools no longer have the authority to shift to remote learning due to COVID 19 cases in schools. Schools are required to offer 5 days a week of in person instruction. A school is permitted to offer remote instruction to those students that cannot attend in-person instruction, including in cases where the student has contracted COVID-19, are a household contact of someone with COVID-19 required to quarantine, or have other family circumstances that prevent them from participating in in-person instruction.

Updated DHHS Recommendations- Use of Face Masks: Since we are in an area of substantial community spread, DHHS is recommending that all students and staff wear face masks when indoors and within 6 feet of another person.

The following is the most current information on face mask use in each of our schools/ districts. Use of face coverings is determined by each school board.

Plymouth Regional High School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person.

Plymouth Elementary School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person.

Holderness Central School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person. Face masks are required for all students and staff when within 3 ft of another person.

Russell Elementary School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person.

The school board voted to give the Superintendent authority to mandate indoor masking if a cluster or outbreak is identified by DHHS.

Thornton Central School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person. Face masks are required for all students and staff when within 3 ft of another person.

Campton Elementary School: Face masks are recommended for all students and staff when indoors and when within 6 feet of another person.

Waterville Valley Elementary School: Face masks are required for all students and staff when indoors.

Wentworth Elementary School: Due to an identified Covid-19 cluster within the school, face masks are strongly recommended by DHHS for all students and staff when indoors.