E-mail and instructions for absences 

phone: 212-734-7127

e-mail: BZavala@schools.nyc.gov

 

Absences

If a student is absent for any reason, please e-mail the school AND the child's teacher. If you do not have access to email, please call the office. Include the following information: child’s full name, grade, teacher’s name and the reason for the absence. 

 

What To Do If Your Child Is Sick

If your child is unwell, they must stay home. Even if they don't seem to have Covid, or they tested negative, many illnesses are highly contagious AND your child will be uncomfortable in school all day!

 *Please notify your child's teacher and BZavala@schools.nyc.gov

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• If your child has a fever, they must stay home. They must remain home until they have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without taking any fever-reducing medicine, AND their symptoms have improved.

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Please visit the NYC Department of Education website​ for important health updates.

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• If your child or anyone in your family has tested positive for COVID-19, you must inform the school IMMEDIATELY. Please email BZavala@schools.nyc.gov and NDolinsky@schools.nyc.gov.

 

What happens if a student has symptoms of COVID-19 or a diagnosis of COVID-19?​

•  If a student has any symptoms, such as fever, cough, nausea, runny nose, headache, (see CDC), they must take a Covid test. 

• If the child received a negative result, they may return after a minimum of 24 hours and after symptoms have improved. If they had a fever, they can return to school after they have not had fever for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications. 

• If the child received a positive test for COVID-19, whether they had symptoms OR never had symptoms, they must stay home for at least 24 hours and until symptoms have subsided. ​​

• When the child is approved to return to school, they must wear a well-fitting mask that covers both the nose and mouth for the next 5 days. 

• If the child develops a fever or starts to feel worse after they have gone back to normal activities, they should stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, their symptoms are improving overall and they have not had a fever (and are not taking fever-reducing medicine). Then take the above additional precautions for the next 5 days.

 

• No student or visitor may enter the school IF they have: Received a positive COVID-19 test in the past 24 hours OR experienced any symptoms of COVID-19 within the past 24 hours.  ​Please review NYC guidelines here: 

       https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-whensick.page

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• If your child has chicken pox, scarlet fever, fifth disease or any vaccine-preventable disease, you must inform the school.

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• If your child is out sick for 3 days or more, you should obtain a letter of explanation from your doctor. ​​

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• Please send in all doctor's notes and documentation to your child's teacher or email to BZavala@schools.nyc.gov

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