We ask that parents screen students daily for fever and other symptoms of COVID-19 before leaving home. If your child is not feeling well, has symptoms or a temperature, we ask that you keep your child home and see your doctor.

 

 

 

• In the case of an individual who is symptomatic and is diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual may return to school when all three of the following criteria are met: 

  1. Fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher;

  2. the individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and
  3. at least 
     1. five (5) days have passed since symptoms first appeared for STAFF
     2. five (5) days have passed since symptoms first appeared for STUDENTS as per the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Rule.  Children who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have any symptoms must stay home until at least 5 days after the day they were tested. 

As of January 7, 2022, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) no longer required notification of parents and staff for non-close contact situations, however, we continued the practice due to the high levels of community spread. As of January 1, 2022, TEA no longer requires notification of close contacts.

 

Due to these changes, along with changes made by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and a lowering in COVID-19 transmission, the district will no longer be sending notification letters to parents and employees regarding confirmed COVID-19 cases at school.

 

However, anyone may continue to look up the number of COVID-19 cases through the district’s COVID Dashboard online at, https://covidash.mcisd.net/. This allows you to check by campus and includes numbers for students and staff members. Temperature checks will be conducted as needed.

 

We still encourage you to report positive cases of COVID-19 to your campus as that not only helps keep everyone informed as to the current state of the spread of the disease but also allows us to report more accurately to the county health authorities.

The Texas Education Agency will be proposing changes to the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook to add certain flexibility to rules describing Remote Conferencing.

 

Remote Conferencing is a mechanism by which remote instruction can be provided, but was previously available only upon issuance of a waiver requested for each individual student. In order to allow school systems to begin implementing changes in practice to align with the new rule (which, when adopted, would apply to the entirety of the
2022-23 school year), the relevant portion of the proposed rule language is provided below.

 

Similar to students, Mission CISD excludes staff from attending school in person who are actively sick with COVID-19, who are suspected of being actively sick with COVID-19, or who have received a positive test result for COVID-19.

• If symptomatic, at least five (5) days have passed since symptom onset, and fever free, and
  other symptoms have improved.
• For those with no symptoms, at least five (5) days after the day they tested positive. Fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher.

Day 0 is your first day of symptoms or a positive viral test. Day 1 is the first full day after your symptoms developed or your test specimen was collected.

They do not need to stay home unless they develop symptoms. 

 

Watch for symptoms until 10 days after last close contact with someone with COVID-19.

 

 

Learn more and register at https://goodsidehealth.com/register 

 

Hidalgo County health officials and the CDC continue to stress the importance of getting vaccinated and staying up to date with all doses and boosters for their age group:

 

People ages 6 months through 4 years should get all COVID-19 primary series doses.

People ages 5 years and older should get all primary series doses, and the booster dose recommended for them by CDC, if eligible. 

COVID-19 vaccines are available at local pharmacies.

COVID-19 vaccines are also available through most primary care providers

 

 

 

 

 

Our maintenance department has been busy installing brand new touchless water fountains throughout the district.  Students and staff will be provided with a re-fillable water bottle for their own personal use. Parents are advised to sanitize the refillable water bottles frequently.

 

 

 

Buses will be running at capacity.  We are implementing several safety measures for school buses such as: