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COVID-19 Information

Fall 2023

Dear Minuteman Community,

COVID-19 continues to be part of our daily lives, but how we navigate its presence has vastly improved over the last several months. We highly recommend that everyone gets vaccinated and boosted against the virus to lessen its severity and keep ourselves healthy.

Massachusetts public schools are no longer required to impose mask mandates, test-and-stay programs, or contact tracing. However, at Minuteman High School, we will continue to follow updated health guidance from the Mass. Department of Public Health (DPH). In following this guidance, we are implementing the following protocols for the 2022-23 school year, as listed below.

Thank you for working hard to keep one another healthy and safe. If you have any questions about COVID-19 protocols, please email the school nurses, Sarah Bolduc and Annie Quill.
 

COVID-19 Protocols for Students

  • If you test positive for COVID-19, please contact the attendance office, and do not come to school for five (5) calendar days from symptom onset; isolate at home (day 0 is the first day of symptoms). You can return to school on day 6 if symptoms have improved and you have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication. You are required to wear a face mask indoors at Minuteman days 6-10, unless you have tested negative on day 5 or after.
  • If you have symptoms of COVID-19: Please visit the MA Covid-19 Isolation and Exposure Guidance for K-12 to determine the need for home COVID-19 testing and to gauge whether or not you should come to school. Some symptoms must be observed in combination with other symptoms to be considered as potential signs of COVID infection. If symptoms are mild with a negative home COVID-19 test, you can return to school. If you have questions, email nurse@minuteman.org. COVID-19 tests are not provided at school.
  • Masking: Wearing a face mask indoors is now optional at Minuteman. At Minuteman, we highly value and foster a culture of mutual respect and acceptance. It is important that everyone respect each other’s decisions about mask wearing. Many people will wear masks for various reasons, including that they are recovering from COVID, they have health issues that place them at greater risks if they contract the virus, or they live with immunocompromised people in their family.