• Masks are required for all students and staff — regardless of vaccination status — in all HCCSD buildings.
• Mask guidance may change later in the school year.
• Vaccinated students (ages 12 and older) can voluntarily provide proof of vaccination status. Report to your home school submit proof of vaccination documentation for students.
• Masks are required on HCCSD buses for all students, staff and drivers, regardless of vaccination status.

• The HCCSD COVID-19 dashboard will track positive cases throughout the district and schools will notify families and staff of any positive cases at their location.
• Contact tracing and quarantine procedures will be followed for those who have been in close contact with anyone who tests positive for COVID-19. Close contact is defined as being within 3 feet of a person who tested positive for COVID-19 for 15 minutes or more.
• Quarantine periods will expire after 14 days post exposure. 
• Seating charts will be maintained in all classrooms, cafeterias, and school buses so that contact tracing can be conducted.
• COVID-19 symptoms must be monitored at home for students and staff. Those displaying symptoms must remain at home.

The following are the COVID-19 symptoms parents and staff should check each morning before attending school or work. Those who have these symptoms should stay home.

• Fever/Chills
• Cough
• Shortness of Breath
• Fatigue
• Muscle/Body Aches
• Headache
• Loss of Taste/Smell
• Sore Throat
• Sinus Congestion

• All high-touch surfaces will be cleaned and sanitized daily in school and office buildings and on buses.
• Deep Cleaning will take place after school in school and office buildings and on buses.
• Hand sanitizer will continue to be available.
• HCCSD will stock disposable masks for emergency use in schools and on buses.
• Proper hand washing, cough, and sneeze protocols are required.
• Bottled water is available in all schools.

• Student athletes are not required to wear masks during practice and games. For the fullMississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) COVID-19 Guidelines 
• Band students must be socially distanced between percussion instruments (with face masks if not vaccinated), and wind instruments (without masks).
• Choirs must maintain social distancing and wear face masks if not vaccinated.
• Public attendance at games and extracurricular performances is allowed. HCCSD will consider these public events and follow CDC guidance of asking attendees to wear masks if they are not vaccinated.

• Students can remove masks during active play outdoors only — regardless of vaccination status — if socially distanced.

• Schools will continue to cohort students as much as possible and practice social distancing of 3 feet when possible.
• Seating charts will be maintained in classes, during lunch periods, and on buses for contact tracing.
• Students will be able to eat in school cafeterias but will have assigned seating. Masks are not required for students while eating and drinking. 

• Students who must quarantine due to COVID-19 will receive classwork from their individual teachers via At Home Learning Packets & Google Classroom.
• While in quarantine, students are expected to complete classwork via their school-issued device. 

• Currently for ages 12 and older, receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and others from the virus.
• COVID-vaccine sites are conveniently located throughout the community. 
• HCCSD will host vaccination clinics throughout the school year. Dates, times and locations will be provided on the district website and via district communication to families and staff.

• Masks are required for all visitors — parents/guardians, community partners, volunteers —regardless of vaccination status while indoors. If outdoors, masks are required only if socially distancing is not possible. 
• Visitors/Volunteers will be asked to conduct a temperature check before entering a school building.
• Visitors/Volunteers will not be permitted to eat with students/staff during breakfast or lunch.