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Maintaining School Operational Status

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Changes in school operational status (i.e., virtual, hybrid, closure) are not recommended as a routine infection prevention and control strategy. Changes to short-term virtual or closure status are not generally needed and decisions to make these changes should take into account the potential for educational, social, and economic impacts on children and families. Any changes in school operational status should be made in coordination with local health authorities and other impacted community partners. Schools should work with local health authorities to stay open and provide safe, continuous, in-person learning to the greatest extent feasible for all students. Schools can use the layered prevention strategies contained in this guidance to help achieve this aim.

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  1. Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 Schools
  2. Everyday Actions for Schools to Prevent and Control the Spread of Transmissible Infections
  3. When Students or Staff are Sick
  4. Planning for Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
  5. Additional Strategies that May Be Used to Minimize Infectious Disease Transmission in Schools during Times of Elevated Illness Activity
  6. ›Maintaining School Operational Status
  7. Considerations for Prioritizing Additional Strategies
  8. Appendix A: How Infections Spread
  9. Science Brief: Prevention and Control of Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections in Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) Schools
  10. Fact Sheet: Help Your Child’s School Prevent the Spread of Infections
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