In order to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students who are taking the bus to school, our transportation services adhere to the following procedures:

Bus Driver and Bus Monitor
The Bus Driver and Bus Monitor must wear protective masks at all times.  They will clean and disinfect the bus after each use.  Windows will be kept open to allow for proper ventilation weather permitting. 

Students who Ride Bus
Students must wear protective masks at all time while on the bus and continue to wear the mask once arriving on campus.  Students will be given assigned seats in order to ensure social distancing. Hand sanitizer will be dispensed to students while on the bus.  

 

 

In order to reduce exposure to students and staff, parents and caregivers will not be allowed to enter campus buildings.

Students arriving to school by foot or car should be dropped off at the front or back gate.  Temperature checks will be done at both entry points.  Parents/caregivers my escort their preschool aged children to the drop off point.  A mast must be worn at all times and parents/caregivers are asked to immediately leave campus.

Parents/caregivers dropping off their children at the front gate may drive through campus and exit out of the back gate.

Properly worn face coverings must be worn at all times while on campus.  Masks should fit comfortably on the face and cover both the mouth and nose. During recess and other outdoor time, masks are not mandatory as long as appropriate social distancing is maintained.   

Students are asked to bring extra masks with them each day.  Please follow manufacture guidelines regarding cleaning and disposing of used masks.

The Health Center has masks available upon request should a student need one during the course of the school day. 

The school's lunch provider, KFN, will comply with all necessary precautions and regulations concerning safe food preparation and serving.  KFN staff will wear masks at all time.

The lunch schedule has been modified and expanded to allow fewer people in the cafeteria at one time.   Student seating will be spread out. 

KFN no longer accepts cash payments.  All purchases in the cafeteria and snack bar must be made with a KFN payment card.

Kyiv International School has increased the frequency of cleaning with emphasis on commonly touched surfaces such as door handles, banisters, and shared classroom items.

Spray bottles and wipes for disinfecting desks and work stations are available in each classroom. 

Weather permitting, windows are left open for ventilation.  Classes are also able to take advantage of our outdoor learning spaces. 

In the evenings, classrooms are disinfected with UV treatment.

Community Responsibility

Kyiv International School wants to have students and teachers on campus as much as possible, but is also committed to providing a safe and healthy leaning environment. We are all in this together and we want to have students and teachers on campus for as long as possible.

Responsibility at Home

• Please keep sick children home and monitor their symptoms closely.
• Inform the school if someone in your home has tested positive for COVID-19 and keep all students home for the isolation period or until a confirmed negative test.
• Follow the same recommended CDC and WHO safety procedures in your own personal lives and activities

Responsibility at School

• Monitor student and staff health throughout the day
• Adhere to the safety protocols outlined in our COVID-19 Campus Procedures
• Inform relevant parents in a timely manner concerning any COVID related issues or concerns.

Our Limitations & Fears

• KIS cannot keep track of every family’s personal health data, activities, or travel.
• We prefer not to be in a position where information is hearsay. This is to say that one individual reports to the school what they have heard about a different individual’s health. Please encourage members of the community to communicate directly with the school.
• KIS does not want anyone who may end up having COVID-19 to feel guilty, shame, or embarrassment. Individuals will still get sick with many other illnesses.
• A person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 hours before onset of symptoms, making it very difficult to identify before spread.

First Level Contacts- an individual who was in contact with an infected person within 1.5 m for at least 15 minutes starting from 72 hours before illness onset.

• Student first-level contacts are asked to self-isolate for 10 days from their last contact with the infected person. No test is required to return.
• Employee first-level contacts are asked to self-isolate for 7 days from their last contact with the infected person. Needs AMP Rapid Test SARS-CoV-2 Ag to return.

Second Level Contacts- individuals who were in contact with a first level contact individual (someone who was within 1.5 m of an infect individual for at least 15 minutes).

Self-Isolation – required for any person who has had confirmed first level contact with an individual who is confirmed to have COVID-19.

Suspected COVID-19 case among students and staff

Once the symptoms are confirmed by the school nurse using the evaluation form and it is deemed that the symptoms are concerning, the individual will be asked to wait in the Isolation Room. The school nurse should continue to check on the individual’s symptoms during the time in the Isolation Room.

1. Contact parents of the individual (if a student).
2. When the parent or caregiver arrives, security will escort them to the isolation room.
3. KIS School Nurse will inform the Director, Directors of Instruction, and Operations Manager.
4. Administration and the Health Committee will identify any first level contact individuals who may be at risk.
5. If the individual is recommended a COVID-19 test by a medical professional, the school will monitor health closely and minimize the movement of the class.
6. The school will await the results of the COVID-19 test or medical professional’s diagnosis.
7. The class of the individual will resume its normal routines once one of the following is received:
   1. COVID-19 test result is negative
   2. A medical certificate form a clinic or doctor provides a diagnosis other that COVID-19.
8. KIS will keep parents of first level contact informed as the situation progresses.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Contact Tracing 

Student tests positive for COVID-19

Step 1 - The student’s family will immediately inform KIS Health Office of the positive diagnosis.

The individual will need to self-isolate until fully recovered, and tests negative. The student may only return to campus with written documentation from their doctor. 

Step 2 – KIS will immediately inform members of the student’s cohort and any other first level contacts (students or staff). These individuals must begin a quarantine period. Any closed classrooms or spaces will be disinfected with deep and thorough cleaning.

Step 3 – Cohorts will shift to online learning during the 7-day isolation.

Step 4 – In order for individuals to return to campus, students must provide the KIS Health Office with documentation of a negative COVID-19 test. If students did not get a COVID-19 test, they will need to provide documentation from a doctor indicating the individual is symptom-free and may return to school.  

 

Staff member tests positive for COVID-19

Step 1 - The KIS staff member will immediately inform KIS Health Office of the positive diagnosis. The individual will need to self-isolate until fully recovered, and tests negative.

Step 2 – KIS will immediately inform first level contacts (students or staff). These individuals must begin a quarantine period. Any closed classrooms or spaces will be disinfected with deep and thorough cleaning.

Step 3 – Impacted students or classes will shift to online learning during the 7-day isolation.

Step 4 – In order for individuals to return to campus, students must provide the KIS Health Office with documentation of a negative COVID-19 test. If students did not get a COVID-19 test, they will need to provide documentation from a doctor indicating the individual is symptom-free and may return to school.  

 

A household member of a student or staff member is diagnosed with COVID-19

Individuals may return to campus:

• After the individual in the home has recovered from COVID and tested negative. This should be around 14 days from the time of the household member’s diagnosis. 
• The school will communicate with any first level and second level contacts.

 

Recommended COVID Test Centers

KIS will accept official documentation from a variety of health care professionals. We recommend the following:

• American Medical Center
• DILA Medical Laboratories
• Synevo Medical Laboratories
• CSD Medical Laboratory

 

Notifications From The School

• KIS feels that it is important to be as transparent as possible with families concerning suspected and confirmed cases. However, we also feel it is important to keep specifics confidential.
• Parents will be notified that a student within their child’s class/cohort has tested positive.
• The school will also remind/notify parents concerning the step-by-step procedures to follow.
• KIS administration, teachers, and the Health Officer will keep in contact with parents throughout the entire process.

All students and staff should provide a negative antigen or PCR Test to return to school following the School Breaks. This includes those who stay in Ukraine and are vaccinated.

• Antigen or PCR tests are acceptable
• Test follows the guideline of being within 72 hours
• May be the same test used for travel
• We are asking all vaccinated individuals to still get tested
• Upload the results for your child(-ren) to your family profile
• Those who have had COVID-19 within 90 days may upload proof of COVID-19

The school will send out separate reminders throughout the break week. Email moodlehelp@kyiv.qsi.org if you are having difficulty accessing your Family Profile.

Please pay closer attention and take more care of all first-level contacts at home, as we now have more cases of first-level contacts.