Masking

Masking is strongly encouraged for anyone ages 2 years and older when indoors through January 12, 2024.  Exceptions to this policy include:

• All children under 2 years old

• During meal and nap times for children ages 2 and over.

• Anyone who is medically unable to be masked (staff and coopers are required to have documentation).

COVID-19 Test

We strongly recommend to test for COVID-19 prior to returning to CCSC for children and family members.  CCSC requires staff to test before coming back to work.  

News of positive test results in your household or when school resumes, should be sent to your program coordinator's email.  Please follow the COVID-19 Guideline Flowchart for Santa Clara County for quarantine, isolation and/or masking requirements.  To review additional Stanford campus COVID-19 protocol, please click here.

The health and safety of all CCSC’s community members are of highest priority. CCSC’s COVID-19 guidelines were realigned with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) beginning June 6, 2023.  In some areas, CCSC’s guidance is more conservative because of the nature of childcare.  Please note that guidance on the CDPH’s web pages change frequently, so it is important to read CCSC’s posted guidance below.  

If you or any household member tests positive for COVID-19, or have close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, you must follow the guidance below to resume or continue to be on-site: 

Isolation Guidelines

Isolation is when you are sick or test positive for the virus (even if you don't have symptoms).  Children, household members or CCSC staff with COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of vaccination status or previous infection, should:

• Self-isolate until day 5 after the start of symptoms (Day 0) or after the date of first positive test (Day 0) if asymptomatic.

• Isolation can end without a negative test result after Day 5 if ALL of the following are met:

  • • Symptoms are not present, or are mild and improving

    • Fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication)

    • If symptoms, including fever, are not improving, continue to isolate until symptoms are improving or until after Day 10.

    • Person infected must wear a tight-fitting mask through Day 10 (indoors and outdoors)

    • Children under 2 years old  and others who are unable to mask,  must isolate for 10 days or test negative for 2 consecutive days after day 5.

• CCSC requires all community members who test positive to wear a tight-fitting mask for 10 days (indoors and outdoors) after testing positive.  However, masking can end after day 5 and before day 10, if a person tests negative for two consecutive days.  Please date and document negative tests should documentation be requested.

• After isolation has ended, if symptoms recur or worsen, get tested again and if positive, restart isolation at Day 0.

Quarantine Guidelines

Quarantine is when you might have been exposed to the virus and may or may not be infected.  Children, household members or CCSC staff who might have been exposed to the virus, and may or may not be infected, should follow the guidelines provided below.

• After exposure to a positive case, staff and children who are asymptomatic can continue to attend CCSC with a negative test result taken within 3-5 days from last exposure, unless the person exposed had COVID in the last 90 days.  

• Close contacts, ages 2 years old and over, who are asymptomatic may continue attending CCSC after exposure to a positive case and must wear a will-fitting mask around others (indoors/outdoors) through day 10.

• Close contacts, under 2 years old and others who are unable to mask, who are asymptomatic  may continue attending CCSC after the following have been met:

  • • Perform symptom (including temperature) checks in the morning prior to drop-off through the 7th day after exposure.

    • Do a rapid test in the morning prior to drop-off, on day 2-7 after the last exposure.  Upload your negative test result to the on-line test portal, as well as show a picture of the dated test to teachers at drop-off.

• If symptoms develop, test, and isolate immediately.

• Antigen tests are recommended for testing.

Updated 6/6/2023

Other Illnesses

Below are other illnesses that may require your child to stay home.  If confirmed that symptoms are not COVID-related:

• Fever of 100F or more

• Diarrhea (2 or more contained episodes or 1 uncontained episode in 24 hours)

• Vomiting (1 episode in 24 hours)

• Undiagnosed rash accompanied by other symptoms such as fever

• Conjunctivitis

• Inability to participate in regular classroom activities

Children and staff may come back to CCSC when:

• Child or staff member has been fever-free without medication for a full school day

• Child or staff member has been symptoms free (normal stool and no vomiting) for 2 full days

• Child or staff member has been treated with prescribed medication for strep throat or conjunctivitis before returning to CCSC accompanied by a doctor's note stating when they are able to participate in group care.

If your child was exposed to any highly contagious illnesses (such as chicken pox, measles, lice, strep throat, stomach bug, etc.), please inform the classroom teachers immediately.

Updated 6/15/2023