Orenda Education will send a notification of a positive case to staff and families of the impacted class/team/group/organization. We will also notify the appropriate local and state health services as COVID-19 is a communicable disease. The District's COVID-19 dashboard will be updated daily (during the work week) to provide transparency to families and staff.

While we cannot quarantine close contacts, per the August 5th Public Health Order from the Texas Education Agency, “Parents of students who are determined to be close contacts of an individual with COVID-19 may opt to keep their students at home during the recommended stay-at-home period.

For individuals who are determined to be close contacts, a 14 day stay-at-home period was previously advised by the CDC based on the incubation period of the virus. CDC has since updated their guidance, and the stay-at-home period can end for students experiencing no symptoms on Day 10 after close contact exposure, if no subsequent COVID-19 testing is performed.

Student absences due to COVID positive, suspected, and close contact are excused absences and will not factor into the required 90% required attendance.  Parents need to report the absence to the campus either through the online absence reporting system for Gateway College Preparatory School or by email to the campus registrar for all other campuses.  Students can make up missed work while out on quarantine due to positive COVID.  School work is available through Canvas for Gateway College Preparatory, Nolan Creek, and Kingsland Schools.  Gateway Tech School work is available through Edgenuity.  New Horizons School staff will coordinate with facility staff for  make-up work.