COVID-19 Cases on Campus

You must notify your campus Pandemic Coordinator immediately if you or someone in your household:

• Has a confirmed case of COVID-19
• Has a household member with COVID-19
• Presents symptoms related to COVID-19
• Suspects that they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19

If your student has taken a COVID-19 test and you are awaiting the results, your student should remain at home until a negative test result is received. You should share the results (documentation) with your campus Pandemic Coordinator as soon as possible.

• Elementary Pandemic Coordinator:  K-5covidinfo@wildwood.org
• Middle and Upper Pandemic Coordinator: 6-12covidinfo@wildwood.org

There may be situations when we are onsite and a student or employee shows COVID-19 related symptoms. In the event that a member of our community displays symptoms consistent with COVID-19, we will follow these steps:

• Isolate the student or employee to our health tent
• Send home student or employee with recommendations on seeing a health professional and/or on getting testing
• Communicate with close contacts and parents/guardians
• Continue to monitor the progress of the student or employee

We will be following CDPH’s guidelines on what to do if you test positive for COVID-19. Please click on this link for the latest guidance.

We will be following CDPH’s guidelines on when to quarantine. Please click on this link for the latest guidance.

Students or employees who take a COVID-19 test must await test results before returning to school.

A community member who:

• Receives a positive test OR
• Has symptoms related to COVID-19 but are not recommended to take a test OR
• Has similar symptoms and is directed to care for their illness at home

Can return to campus:

• Click here for the LACDPH Exposure Management Guidelines for K-12 Schools.

If you are displaying symptoms for COVID-19 or if you have come in contact with someone who is positive for COVID-19, it is important that you go get testing done. Insurance companies should cover the testing costs if you display symptoms. Here is a link to a site that provides testing: https://curativeinc.com.

Wildwood School will follow the stated guidelines from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to help determine when it is safe to bring students back to campus after an outbreak. Following county guidelines, Wildwood School will move offsite when three students have tested positive within a 14-day period on a single campus (elementary or middle and upper). We will also monitor the siblings/family cohorts to see if that has an effect on campus-based closings. After 14 days, Wildwood School may return to onsite instruction if positive cases have been isolated and contacts have been quarantined.

Wildwood is committed to managing COVID-19 cases in the school community in a timely and responsible way. Every scenario cannot be anticipated, so the School will follow guidance from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and use its discretion in managing and communicating about any positive cases or exposures.

Upon confirmation of a COVID-19 case in the Wildwood community, the school will:

• Close all or part of campus for 24-hours to do deep cleaning that will include a disinfection by our cleaning company in accordance with CDC guidance
• Notify all affected families and employees
• Close down a cohort/campus based on whether or not they were in close contact with the positive case

Wildwood will not disclose the name of anyone with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19.