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Managing Communicable Diseases - A Shared Responsibility
Franklin Community,

As we welcome students and staff into our buildings this fall we want to be cognizant of public health guidance and national expert perspectives. We will maintain our close relationship with Multnomah County Public Health and meet with our Health Advisory Panel regularly to stay abreast of any and all communicable diseases in our community and how they impact our students, staff and families. At this time we have been informed that hMPXV (“monkeypox”) is a low risk for most of our students, and that schools should be prepared for higher rates of flu than the last couple years.

Mitigation Efforts Against COVID-19
We are in a better place today as a community with more ways to protect ourselves and each other from COVID-19, including vaccinations, boosters, access to testing, availability of
high-quality masks and improved ventilation. Therefore, this school year, at all COVID-19 Community Levels, PPS plans to use layered health and safety measures and strategies that
also promote public health recommendations for individuals and households:

COVID-19 Vaccination
PPS will require all staff and volunteers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

PPS will promote and amplify via its communication channels community-based opportunities to access vaccinations, including boosters.

PPS will also offer additional centrally located COVID-19 vaccination/booster clinics for students and PPS staff:
● Winter Clinic (November/December 2022)
● Spring Clinic (March 2023)

Face Coverings
Across all PPS schools and buildings and across COVID-19 community levels, students, staff, volunteers and visitors may choose to wear masks based on their individual risk assessment (e.g., increased risk for severe disease or family or community members at increased risk for severe disease). Masking will be normalized and welcomed within every school community at PPS. Masking will be strongly encouraged, but not required, during high community transmission. Due to the nature of COVID-19, PPS guidelines are subject to change based on public health directives.

Masks will be required in school health rooms, isolation spaces, offices where mental health counseling services are delivered, school-based health centers, and other areas where
healthcare is routinely delivered (OAR 333-019-1011).
Each school will have readily available standard non-surgical/medical masks, child masks and adult KN95 masks for individuals who want or need a mask.

Communicable Disease Control
Symptom Screening
All individuals should stay home if they are sick. Students with symptoms requiring exclusion will be separated in the dedicated symptom/isolation space until they are released to go home. Building Administrators will continue to follow the Communicable Disease Guidance for symptom-based exclusion.

PPS will share the Daily Illness Self-Screening Checklist in our 6 supported languages with the PPS community.

Self-Screening Tool

This tool is a resource for staff and students to use before entering district property or using district transportation. Individuals are expected to promptly report to their supervisor or school if they develop excludable symptoms or test positive for COVID-19.


COVID-19 Testing
PPS, in collaboration with OHA, will continue to offer free COVID-19 testing options for staff and students. Consent is required to participate in any of the following optional programs:
● Diagnostic Testing for staff and students who develop symptoms or were exposed onsite.
● Screening Test through OHSU for students
● Mail-in Staff Screening Test through WVT for K-12 staff.

COVID Self Screening for Daily Illness 
Similar to last year all students and staff are asked to conduct a self-screen in the morning prior to arriving at school. You can use this tool every day to screen for common symptoms of illness that may require you to stay home to get better. 

Self-Screening Tool

Please follow the guidance from the Self-Screening tool

We encourage individuals to self-screen daily for illness and report to the school when they are experiencing symptoms of illness listed on the self screening checklist. 

PPS requires families to contact Franklin with test results or symptoms:
Call: (503) 916-5140 press 1 then extension X84348 - Nicci Kauffman Data Clerk
Email: [email protected]   Data Clerk


Students, staff, and community partners who are feeling sick or showing symptoms are asked to stay home and contact their medical provider.

We appreciate your cooperation in supporting our district and building to assist in the safety of all students, staff, and community members. Managing communicable disease is a shared responsibility.
Posted by Chris Frazier on Sep 13th, 2022 at 6:30 PM
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