COVID-19 Updates
Battle Ground Academy is committed to providing a robust, on-campus educational experience while also providing for the health and well-being of our students, faculty, and staff, and families alike.
2021-22 Healthy Operating Levels
BGA developed a leveled approach to its strategies to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection for the 2020-21 school year, and we will enter the 2021-22 school year with a similar four-level approach. The school is aware that information and data concerning COVID-19 are constantly changing, and we will continue to monitor conditions and recommendations and make adjustments accordingly.
LEVEL TWO: ENHANCED CLEANING PROTOCOLS
Contact Us
Middle and Upper School Nurse
Tina DeLaughter
tina.delaughter@mybga.orgLower School Nurse
Sallie Cole
sallie.cole@mybga.org
(615) 567-2003
2021-22 Exposure Protocols
Provided below is an outline of the school’s response to COVID-19 exposure. It is important to note that the CDC has a clear definition of close contact exposure to inform our policy. The current definition of an exposure to COVID-19 from the CDC is: an individual who has had close contact (<6 feet) for ( ≳ 15 minutes) with:
- A person with COVID-19 symptoms in the period 48 hours before symptom onset until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation; can be laboratory confirmed or clinically compatible illness)
- A person who has tested positive for COVID-19 (laboratory confirmed) but has not had any symptoms 48 hours before the date of specimen collection until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation.)
- You provided care at home to someone who is sick with COVID-19.
- You had direct physical contact with a person who has COVID-19 (touched, hugged, or kissed them).
- You shared eating or drinking utensils with someone who is sick with COVID-19.
- Someone with COVID-19 sneezed, coughed, or somehow got respiratory droplets on you.
A student or BGA employee who has had close contact with (exposure to) someone who is COVID-19 positive should stay home and quarantine (as specified below).
- A student or employee is presenting with symptoms.
- A BGA student or employee has been exposed to someone who is COVID-19 positive.
- A BGA student or employee develops symptoms that are associated with COVID-19 while on campus.
- Protocol for isolation and return to school for cases and close contact (exposure)
- Communication of exposure to families