The approved Health and Safety Plan for the 2022-23 school year includes:

• Masks are optional at all times in all school buildings unless otherwise directed by the superintendent or by school board action.
• Some furniture that had been removed from classrooms and instructional spaces to accommodate physical distancing will be returned as authorized by Dr. Mannarino. This includes the return to “pod-like” desk configurations to accommodate furniture such as “kidney” tables and reading spaces that are conducive and beneficial to learning.
• NHSD will not contact trace or identify close contacts of positive COVID cases and will not require healthy students to isolate or quarantine due to close contact of a COVID case. Additionally, the district will not track or count COVID cases.

Ongoing Mitigation Measures

• Social distancing encouraged at all times
• Classrooms free of unnecessary furniture and items to allow for social distancing
• Increased outside air circulated in district HVAC systems
• Outdoor spaces utilized whenever possible
• Thorough cleaning and sanitizing daily; high-touch surfaces cleaned throughout the school day
• Reinforced hygiene practices and additional hand washing and sanitizing stations

NHSD will not contact trace or identify close contacts of positive COVID cases and will not require healthy students to isolate or quarantine due to close contact of a COVID case. Additionally, the district will not track or count COVID cases.

Students and staff should stay home when sick and follow current local, state and federal guidelines regarding when they can return to school and work. Please contact your family physician for further guidance.