“...As Spring Break draws near, we are asking all HISD students, families, and staff to take extra precautions when traveling. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel guidelines provide country-specific information at the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information for Travel website...”
HISD Interim Superintendent, Grenita Lathan, sent out this message to parents after Harris County health officials and Centers For Disease Control (CDC) confirm 2 more positive cases of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the Harris County and Fort Bend County areas.
“...Staff and students returning from countries identified in the CDC’s travel warnings should notify their campus and self-quarantine at home for a period of 14 days, returning only when symptom-free. Absences for these students will be marked excused. Staff members who self-quarantine will need to follow normal absence-reporting procedures...”
Since Spring Break is near, HISD is asking parents and students to self-quarantine themselves if they in the areas listed in CDCs travel warnings.
“...As a measure to ensure proper health guidelines are followed, HISD is making the following updates to perfect attendance for all students and senior student exemptions for final exams: Perfect attendance guidelines for the remainder of the 2019-20 school will be suspended for all students. Perfect attendance for the 2019-20 school year will be recognized through March 6, 2020.
