GDS Policies & Procedures
Policies & Procedures during COVID-19
Policies & Procedures during COVID-19
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Travel<br />
It is common for members of our <strong>GDS</strong> family to travel within the United States and<br />
abroad/international at any time of the school year. Although we do not discourage freedom<br />
of travel, we do ask that you use caution when traveling. As designated under the<br />
CDC travel advisory, members of our <strong>GDS</strong> family may be subject to self-quarantine upon<br />
their return. If a quarantine is imposed upon you, you are required to notify Gaston Day<br />
School by phone and/or email if you are in quarantine status within 24 hours of being<br />
quarantined, or as soon as you return to the United States.<br />
Please understand that all U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, and their immediate<br />
families who are returning from a restricted country must self-quarantine in their homes<br />
for 14 days after their arrival. In order to ensure compliance, local and state public health<br />
officials will contact individuals in the days and weeks following their arrival.<br />
The CDC ranks all potential international travel as “Level 3/ Avoid non-essential travel” as<br />
of June 21, 2020 and recommends that anyone traveling internationally stay home for 14<br />
days after returning.<br />
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/coronavirus-global<br />
When traveling to inter/intra states that are considered “hot<br />
spots”.<br />
When COVID-19 is spreading<br />
in your community or the<br />
state you’re visiting that is<br />
considered a “hot spot” as defined<br />
by the CDC (currently<br />
North Carolina is a hot spot),<br />
you may have a higher chance<br />
of becoming infected or infecting<br />
others. With great<br />
consideration for the health<br />
and safety of all our Gaston<br />
Day family, we expect anyone<br />
traveling to take the precautions<br />
necessary before returning<br />
to Gaston Day School’s<br />
campus. However, if you are traveling anywhere and are participating in “at risk” behavior<br />
which increases the potential for the onset of COVID-19, require that you extend your stay<br />
at home for a minimum of 10 days without any symptoms as mentioned above.<br />
We also encourage students to notify Gaston Day School of their travel and intentions to<br />
participate in our virtual learning program during a 10 day self quarantine. If during your<br />
self quarantine period, you develop symptoms related to COVID-19, we ask that you follow<br />
our return to school policy on pg.16 of this document.<br />
At risk behavior is defined by Gaston Day School as going to any location where the num-<br />
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