Superintendent of the Rochester Community School Corporation Jana Vance released the following regarding the handling of Covid at this time:

Rochester Community School Corporation takes the safety of all students and employees very seriously. 

Working with our county health officer and local pediatrician, Dr. Reyburn, we continue to take the recommended precautions necessary to mitigate the Covid virus within the district and classrooms.

We have had students and staff test positive with the Covid virus.  When this happens, it is necessary for us to begin the steps of contact tracing.   Our first step is to determine at what point the positive person was contagious and identify all people who have been within 6 feet of the positive case for 15 minutes or longer during a 24-hour period of time.   We ask for your help and support when you or your student is asked to quarantine due to being a close contact as it is a measure to safeguard all involved.

If a person has been vaccinated and are a close contact, it is not necessary to quarantine until/unless symptoms are showing.  If you have questions as to whether or not you or your student should receive the vaccine, please contact your health care provider.

Please, if your child has a fever over 100, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, vomiting, nausea and/or diarrhea, do not send your student to school.  Please contact your school nurse to share this information as soon as possible.

Our current data is such, that it has been necessary to close classrooms and should the rate of positivity continue within the district, we may have to close entire buildings / district.

Any time you have questions or concerns please contact your child’s physician or the nurse at your student’s school.