Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District

Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District COVID/Flu Safety Protocols

2024-2025

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

• 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. 

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