For assistance with COVID related issues and positive test results during the school day, please call (609) 967-7544 for the Avalon School or (609) 368-4413 for the Stone Harbor School and ask to speak to the school nurse.
If you are having a COVID related issue outside of school hours and cannot reach your primary care physician, the NJ Poison Control Center and 211 have partnered with the State to provide information to the Public on COVID-19, for general COVID questions:
Call: 2-1-1
Call (24/7): 1-800-962-1253
Text: NJCOVID to 898-211
Text: your zip code to 898-211 for live text assistance
If you or a member of your household tested positive for COVID-19 in any testing center, the result will be forwarded automatically to the Cape May County Department of Health from the laboratory and you will be contacted by them when they receive the result.
For more information:
http://www.cmchealth.net
https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/covid2019_community.shtml#3
https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/COVID-How-Long-Isolate-Quarantine.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/schools-childcare/Infographics-for-Parents.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/parental-resources/index.html
Current Laboratory Confirmed Cases of COVID-19
in the School Community
Last updated 08/22/2022
Communication of Confirmed COVID-19 Individual
School administration will notify all students, staff, and parents that there is a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 case on the school website above. Recipients of this general notification require no further action and may continue with normal daily routines.
“Close Contact” is a person who spent 15 minutes or more within a 24-hour period and was within 6 feet of a person who is infected with COVID-19. Exposure must happen while the infected person is infectious (2 days before onset to 10 days after).