Safe & Healthy Buildings
Parents entrust schools not only with their child’s intellectual development and social growth, but also with their child’s safety, health, and well‐being during the school day. Maintaining safe and healthy educational environments for our students and staff members is of the utmost importance to us. Additionally, the 2020-2021 school year provided us with new experiences to inform our approach to maintaining safe and healthy school buildings. To that end, we have established protocols and procedures for the prevention of, preparedness for, and response to emergency health situations.
Ongoing Communicable Disease Mitigation
The following strategies are part of local health guidance and ongoing District provisions that maximize prevention and protection against communicable diseases within our school environments regardless of pandemic status.
Targeted Mitigation Strategies
Additionally, the MTSD will implement the following strategies specific to COVID-19 to promote healthy school environments.
MTSD COVID-19 Mitigation Levels
MTSD COVID-19 prevention and mitigation strategies are consistent with the most recent Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department (WOPHD) and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) guidance on safely operating schools. MTSD will implement the following layered mitigation strategies based on the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels - a measure of the impact of COVID-19 illness on health and healthcare systems in Ozaukee County.
Level of Community Transmission | Layered Mitigation Strategies |
LOW |
Face Coverings Optional Illness-Related Absences |
MEDIUM |
Face Coverings Optional Illness-Related Absences & Access to Testing |
HIGH |
Face Coverings Recommended Illness-Related Absences & Access to Testing |