There are currently no federally approved vaccines for children under 12. The caveat that Ott and Director Scott Freeman raised Wednesday was that a vaccinated, non-symptomatic student is not required to quarantine regardless of "distance or duration." The contact tracing section at issue generally requires students quarantine if they are fewer than six feet apart for more than 15 minutes and one of them isn't wearing a mask, or if they are fewer than three feet apart for more than 10 minutes regardless of masking. Ott took issue with several changes in the plan regarding mask requirements, exemptions and a quarantine guideline requiring only unvaccinated students to stay home for up to 10 days. School Director James Ott voted against the plan, and Director David Haubert was absent. 18 coronavirus response plan Wednesday, adding language from the order regarding issues like quarantining students and mask exemptions. Palisades School District's health and safety plan now more closely follows a Pennsylvania Department of Health order that went into effect a month ago.ĭistrict school board members met virtually and voted 7-1 in favor of updating its Aug. James McGinnis, Bucks County Courier Times
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