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Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District COVID/Flu Safety Protocols
2024-2025
 
 COVID/Flu Symptoms List

The following is a list of symptoms that we ask caregivers to monitor with their students and staff to self-monitor before attending school:

 

  • Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills 
  • Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath 
  • New loss of taste or smell 
  • Muscle aches or body aches 
  • Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough) 
  • Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms 
  • Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea when in combination with other symptoms 
  • Headache when in combination with other symptoms 
  • Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms 
  • Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies) when in combination with other symptoms
 
Additional Information
  • Schools should follow the recommendations for the general population listed under the Department of Public Health.
  • If you have symptoms and test positive for COVID and/or Flu, talk to your healthcare provider about getting treatment.
  • Please keep your student home if they are feeling ill.
  • Please report all absences to your student(s) school absence line.
  • Once your symptoms are improving, you may return to work/school if you have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medicine.
  • If you have any further questions, please contact your school nurse directly. 

 

School Nurse:

OAKMONT:
Jessica Heffernan
978-827-5907 / [email protected]
OVERLOOK MIDDLE:
Nancy Taylor
978-827-1425 / [email protected]
JOHN R. BRIGGS:
Cassandra Benes
978-827-5750 / [email protected]
WESTMINSTER:
Marissa Perkins
978-874-2043 / [email protected]
MEETINGHOUSE:
Lisa Paicos
978-874-0163 / [email protected]
BOARD OF HEALTH -
ASHBURNHAM
978-772-3335
BOARD OF HEALTH -
WESTMINSTER
978-874-7409

** For exposures outside of school, please contact your local BOH.