BVSD's response to COVID-19:  Stay Together After two years of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health approach to COVID-19 has changed. BVSD's goal however, remains the same: to keep kids safe, healthy and learning in-person.

Updated JULY 22, 2022

We continue to #StayTogether BVSD, through these layered health precautions 

We will continue to employ routine disease control measures for communicable disease control and prevention.  Those layered strategies are:

• Illness Protocols - Staff and students should stay home when they’re sick.  Refer to CDPHE's Illness Protocols for Schools and Childcare: How Sick is Too Sick. 
  
  COVID testing is recommended for anyone with COVID-like symptoms.  Individuals who test positive for COVID must still adhere to isolation and quarantine guidance.
   
• Disease surveillance - Health services will continue to monitor illnesses,  increases in absenteeism, and COVID cases in classrooms, grades and schools and will work with public health to respond.
   

• Increased airflow and ventilation –. The district will continue to use HEPA air purifiers and increase the ventilation to maximize the introduction of fresh outdoor air into buildings when appropriate. 

Additional health precautions recommended by our partners in public health

• Get vaccinated and boosted –Get vaccinated against COVID-19, including the booster, and get your flu vaccine.  An up-to-date list of vaccine providers can be found at www.boco.org/CovidVaccine.

• Get tested if you have symptoms

• Wear a mask when appropriate – based on the COVID-19 community level (COVID-19 Community Levels) 

  • Low - wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk

  • Medium - If you are immunocompromised - talk to your healthcare provider about it

  • High - Wear a mask indoors in public, regardless of vaccination status or individual risk

Approaching this situation with kindness and compassion

BVSD knows that everyone is coming to this moment with very different perspectives. Those who are doing everything possible to avoid COVID. Those who have had COVID. Those who have experienced loss during the pandemic.

We encourage everyone to approach this moment with kindness and compassion towards each other.

We will support whatever our students, staff and families decide when it comes to wearing a face covering. While masks will continue to be welcome in BVSD schools and facilities, we will work to ensure that everyone feels safe and supported while in our buildings.