COVID-19 Updates
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Covid Related Absence Reporting
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COVID-19 Protocols and Updates for 2021-22
- Frassati Catholic will be mask optional beginning September 20. We will continue to observe conditions and the continuation of our mask optional policy will be dependent on maintaining the criteria outlined below:
- If the 7-day active case count rises again to 4% (12 active cases), and/or
- there is an upward trend in daily active cases that indicate another wave, we will resume masking while indoors.
- We will return to normal classroom spacing and setup. This change will enhance the educational experience and allow for a more dynamic classroom experience.
- We will continue to provide hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray in all classrooms on campus. While we will no longer require desks to be disinfected between each class, students, faculty, and staff will have the ability to do so at their discretion.
- HVAC and filtration: We will continue to use upgraded MERV-11 filters in our HVAC system and the system will be serviced quarterly.
- We will no longer require temperature screenings on campus.
- We will continue to ask everyone to use their best judgment, and if your student becomes sick before coming to school, please keep them home.
- We will not be conducting formal contact tracing this year. We will continue to notify the community when there is a confirmed COVID-19 positive case that was on campus during an infectious period. For more details please see the Protocols and Procedures FAQ document or refer to the dropdown below.
- For quarantine guidelines, please see the Protocols and Procedures FAQ document or refer to the dropdown below.
COVID-19 Dashboard
*Updated 1/21/2022. As individuals return from quarantine, active case totals decrease, thus the daily total is a net calculation.Total Active Cases - Including New Cases (Students, Employees & Visitors)* New Cases* 1 0
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Update - September 17, 2021 - Updates to Protocols
During our first review period of active cases taking place between September 9-15, we had no new cases of COVID-19 in our community and only one active case, which was resolved on September 10. Based on these conditions and our previously outlined plans, we will return to a mask optional policy on Monday, September 20.
Please remember that while we will be mask optional, we do encourage anyone who wishes to wear a mask to continue to do so. We will also be closely monitoring the active cases in the community. If our 7-day active case count (calculated Thursday-Wednesday) rises again to 4% of our on-campus community (12 active cases), and/or there is an upward trend in daily active cases that indicate another wave, we will resume masking while indoors.
As always, the Administrative Team will communicate any changes or updates to these policies as necessary.
- Frassati Catholic will be mask optional beginning September 20. We will continue to observe conditions and the continuation of our mask optional policy will be dependent on maintaining the criteria outlined below:
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Frassati Catholic will be mask optional beginning September 20. We will continue to observe conditions and the continuation of our mask optional policy will be dependent on maintaining the criteria outlined below:
- If the 7-day active case count rises again to 4% (12 active cases), and/or
- there is an upward trend in daily active cases that indicate another wave, we will resume masking while indoors.
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The COVID-19 webpage includes up-to-date information on the current case count, including new cases.
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Frassati will continue to ask everyone to use their best judgment, and that if your student becomes sick before coming to school, please keep them home.
If your student becomes visibly ill during the school day, or if they communicate with us that they are ill, parents/guardians will be called to pick their son or daughter up, or you will be notified that we are releasing your student who is of age to drive themselves to and from campus.
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Frassati Catholic will continue to ask everyone to use their best judgment, and that if your student becomes sick before coming to school, please keep them home.
If your student becomes visibly ill during the school day, or if they communicate with us that they are ill, parents/guardians will be called to pick their son or daughter up, or you will be notified that we are releasing your student who is of age to drive themselves to and from campus.
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While Frassati will not have a remote learning option this year, our faculty members are outstanding and understanding. As in years past, in cases of extended absences due to illness or recovery from surgeries, etc. students have always worked with their teachers to make up lessons and assignments missed while they were out. We encourage you to have your student, as soon as possible, contact their teachers to make those arrangements.
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Frassati Catholic is an independent Catholic High School, governed by its own Board of Directors. Frassati Catholic varies from other Houston schools in both geographic location and experience, and we will continue to make the best decision for our own individual school community. Frassati Catholic will handle each instance on a case-by-case basis. In the event that you let us know that your child has tested positive for COVID-19, we will ask him/her to quarantine for 10 days from the onset of symptoms or, if asymptomatic, from the date of the positive test. Your child may return to classes when this period ends, is fever-free for 24 hours, and symptoms have improved.
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- There are a few exceptions to their quarantine:
- fully vaccinated with no symptoms,
- those who tested positive for Covid-19 within the past 3 months, or
- those who test negative, are asymptomatic, and have a doctor's note for an alternative diagnosis.
The Harris County Health Department has also asked all schools in the county to continue to report positive cases on campus.
Again, during the 2021-22 fall semester, if Frassati Catholic is informed that a faculty member, staff member, or student has tested positive for Covid-19, we will require that person to stay home until their symptoms have improved, they've been fever free for 24 hours, and it has been 10 days since the start of symptoms.
If we are made aware that that individual was on campus, we will notify Harris County Health via their reporting form. Name, address, birthdate, and best method of contact is shared with the County Health Department, in addition to symptoms and testing location, per their form requirements. We also complete an anonymous Archdiocesan report used simply to track cases. No personal information is ever shared with the Archdiocese. Harris County will likely still perform their own contact tracing, so you should expect their phone call or email.
We will send a brief notice to our community if there was a positive case on campus, as we would in the case of any serious communicable disease. In that way, anyone who may be concerned or those who are at higher risk will have the ability to monitor their own health and get tested.
- There are a few exceptions to their quarantine:
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Frassati Catholic will not be conducting formal contact tracing this year. To maintain the individual's privacy, we will not release the names of the individual who tested positive, and we will not be individually contacting the family of any student who may have been in close contact (ie. in class, common activity, lunch, etc.) with the affected individual. In almost all cases last year, where an individual tested positive, our Administrative Team found that the individual communicated personally with those whom they had come into close contact with. Frassati Catholic will continue to encourage this positive honesty, and we will operate on the honor system, believing that our employees and families will do the right thing in a spirit of Christian charity.
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No, not unless you notify us that your student has also tested positive for Covid-19. If you are concerned that your student might have been in close contact, that he/she is experiencing Covid symptoms, and that you wish to have them quarantine, please contact Dr. Cody Medina c.medina@frassaticatholic.org to report that absence. We then encourage you to have your student reach out to their teachers as soon as possible, to make arrangements for any missed time.
Frassati Catholic will not require anyone to quarantine who is vaccinated or who had Covid in the past 3 months. We will not require proof of vaccination.
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If confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 10% of total enrollment and employees, the campus will close for at least two days to ensure all areas receive additional deep cleaning and sanitization. For the first two days of campus closure there will be no school. If the closure extends beyond the two-day shut down, teachers will provide asynchronous lessons to students for at least four days to allow time for the active case counts to recede below the 10% threshold.
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These lessons may take on various formats such as pre-recorded videos with corresponding assignments, "flipped classroom" lessons with corresponding work or written directions for work to be completed. Teachers will communicate with their students via email and Google Classrooms about the expectations and requirements for each class. Asynchronous lessons provide flexibility for both students and teachers without students having to be tied to a device all day. More specific details will be given by each teacher should a shutdown occur.
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