The Board of Education did not vote on COVID-19 guidelines for the 2022-2023 school term.  District policy states:

If a child has any untreatable contagious disease, they must be kept home until they are no longer contagious. For most common childhood diseases, the period of contagion is known. Contact your doctor or nurse for additional information.

When children and teens are together in group settings such as schools, child care facilities, camps, and sporting activities, some disease-causing germs are easily spread among them. Communicable diseases are those diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and protozoa that are passed from one person to another. It is important to recognize when someone in a group setting is sick with a communicable disease so steps can be taken to obtain medical care and prevent the spread of disease to others.

A communicable disease is an illness that can be transmitted from person to person, animal to person, or inanimate object to person. The diseases and conditions listed on The Wisconsin Department of Health Services website (https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease/diseasereporting.htm) are considered to have significant public health impact, and any confirmed or suspected cases must be reported promptly. Requirements for the timing of reporting, once the disease or condition is recognized or suspected, vary by disease. In addition to the information listed below, general reporting requirements are described in Wisconsin Statute Chapter 252, Chapter DHS 145, Chapter DHS 145 - Appendix A.

Questions concerning this information may be directed to: Bureau of Communicable Diseases, 608-267-9003, or the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, 608-266-1120. 

Lake Country School 2021-22 COVID Dashboard

To view community levels, click here.

This data is provided to Lake Country School from parents/guardians and the Waukesha County Public Health Department.  This information will be updated bi-weekly.   Case  totals less than five are not reported to protect the privacy of individuals per the Waukesha County Health Department.

Unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated students and staff with household exposure are required to quarantine per Wisconsin Department of Health Services guidelines, and must remain home while awaiting test results.

Visit the WI Department of Health Services for data about school district, community, and county case data. Please note that “Active Child Cases in School District Boundaries” reports the number of individuals ages 0-18 who reside “within school district boundaries.” This number is not just students who attend Lake Country School but also those who attend other public or private schools, are home schooled, have already graduated or are preschoolers.

Continuity of Learning

Learning Environment

To support continuity of learning for students at home due to COVID-19, we will offer a live classroom feed within 24 hours following parent notification to the Director of Health Services for students experiencing one or more of the situations listed below. The live classroom feed will not exceed the quarantine period.

• a student with a documented medical/psychological condition from the physician stating that potential exposure to COVID-19 places the student in danger of high risk complications, Siblings also qualify.
• a student with a positive COVID-19 test result, communicated to the Director of Health Services at Lake Country School. Lake Country School will accept Rapid Antigen or PCR test results.
• if a 4K student or a member of their household tests positive, materials will be made available as an optional parent resource. No virtual live feed or district device will be provided.

At home learning will be offered to students/siblings who are experiencing one or more of the following family situations:

1. choosing to quarantine following a school exposure; not to exceed the quarantine period.
2. awaiting test results, or household illness with two or more COVID-19 symptoms.

For any of the above situations, student(s) will receive the following:

• 5K - 2 (materials provided upon request; no virtual live feed)
  • Teacher discretion to offer additional virtual live feeds based upon curriculum
• 3 - 8 (virtual live feed for math class; online resources via Google Classroom)
  • Teacher discretion to offer additional virtual live feeds based upon curriculum

COVID-19 Daily Screening

All parents/guardians are asked to screen their children at home prior to coming to school.  Your child may not attend school if you answer yes to any of the questions below, or if you answer yes to any of the questions below for a household member.  At home screening includes taking your child’s temperature.  If symptoms are suspected during the school day, clearly defined protocols will take place.  Please keep your child (and siblings) home if within the last 24 hours the child has experienced:

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

Not everyone with COVID-19 has all these symptoms. For many, symptoms are mild, with no fever.

• Fever or chills

• Sore throat

• Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

• Cough

• Fatigue

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• Loss of taste or smell

What does close contact mean?

Any of the following regardless of mask use:

• Direct physical contact with the person

• Within 6 feet of the person for more than 15 minutes total in a day

• Possibility of contact with respiratory secretions (coughs or sneezes)

• Lives with the positive individual, or stayed overnight for at least one night in a household with shared living spaces

Cleaning Measures

Lake Country School District has a routine cleaning regimen in place to help reduce the spread of germs and communicable disease. In addition to our regular cleaning and disinfection, we are increasing the cleaning of high-touch areas and hard and soft surface items throughout the day.   Our maintenance team will be spraying classrooms and hallways two times per week with our Clorox 360 machine.

We all play a role in helping reduce the spread of communicable disease. We are asking our students, staff and families to practice regular preventive actions (see flyer in English, Spanish, Hmong and Mandarin Chinese) including:

• Wash your hands regularly, for 20 seconds, using soap and hot water. Make sure to wash your fingertips. This is especially important after using the restroom, coughing or sneezing into your hands, and before preparing or consuming food.

• Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, and then throw the tissue away. If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze into your arm.

• As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose.

• If children are feeling sick, please keep them home from school. Families should have a plan in place for keeping your child home, picking up your child if they are sent home sick, and if schools are closed.