District Response Plan

Facial Masks/Coverings - Students/Staff/Visitors

Strongly Recommended in School Buildings
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 18, 2022 Posted/emailed 12/14/2021; Pursuant to Policy 8450.01, the Chardon Board of Education approved a resolution changing facial masks/coverings required inside the school setting to facial masks/coverings strongly recommended

Required on School Buses
EFFECTIVE JUNE 10, 2021 Ordered by the CDC; Includes drivers and passengers of school buses. Note: A bus driver is not required to wear a facial mask/covering when they are the only person on the bus.

Isolation & Quarantine Guidance

UPDATE from Geauga Public Health
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3, 2022; Letter from Chardon Schools Superintendent Michael Hanlon with updated isolation and quarantine guidance from Geauga Public Health Department

UPDATE from Ohio Department of Health
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30, 2021; What To Do If You Have COVID-19 regardless of symptoms or vaccination status

District Response Plan & Budgetary Documents

Safe Return & Continuity of Services Plan 2021-22
Posted to website, shared with Ohio Dept. of Education, and shared at Chardon BOE meeting 6/21/21

ESSER III District Budget Plan for 2021-2024
Chardon Local Schools' budget plan for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) Fund

Federal ESSER Funds - Communication from District Treasurer
Posted and emailed 9/3/21; communication to clarify for the community that there is NO correlation between a mask mandate and the receiving of ARP ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) Funds

REPORTING an ABSENCE

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Parents/Guardians: To report your student's absence due to COVID or other illness/reason, please call 440.285.4052 and follow the instructions provided by the automated system.

If your student has a positive COVID test result:

Step 1:

Please report the absence on the Chardon Schools attendance phone line as described above.

Step 2:

2. Please also email your school's nurse or the head district nurse. You will be asked your student's last day in the school setting, when symptoms began, and what day your student tested positive. You will then be provided with an estimated return to school date.

Step 3:

3. The health department will contact you and also review the same details and discuss quarantine dates.