Schools and Child Care

Guidance for Schools

• K-12 Fall Guidance - School Metrics and Toolkit from the Washington State Department of Health

• What Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission? from the Kaiser Family Foundation

• K-12 Schools Guidance from the Washington State Department of Health
  

• K-12 School Testing Guidance from the Washington State Department of Health
  

• School Communication Plan from Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (updated 4/5/21) (new)
  

• Spanish
  
• Vietnamese
  

• Symptoms of COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
• English
  
• Spanish
  
• Where to Get Tested for COVID-19 from Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
  
• English
  
• Spanish
  
• Vietnamese
  
• What to Do if You Have Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 from the Washington State Department of Health
  
• English
• Spanish
  
• What is contact tracing? from the Washington State Department of Health
  
• Spanish
  
• Contact Tracing - What will they ask me? from the Washington State Department of Health
  
• Overview
  
• English
  
• Spanish
  
• If you test positive - What will they ask?
  
• English
  
• Spanish
  
• If you were in contact with someone who tested positive - What will they ask?
  
• English
  
• Spanish
  
• Employee Health from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Workplace Safety and Health Requirements
• Fact Sheets and Prevention Materials
• Student Health 
• Guidance on School Vaccine Requirements 
  
• Communicable Disease Updates from the Thurston County Health Officer
• COVID-19 Resources from the Washington State Department of Health
• COVID-19 Resources from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Communicable Disease Updates for Schools from the Thurston County Health Officer
  

• COVID-19 Resources
  
• For Child Care Providers from the Washington State Department of Health
  
• For Early Learning and Child Care from the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families