Coronavirus Information & Updates

Health guidelines

• Students who test positive for COVID-19 and show symptoms are required to stay at home and may NOT attend school. 

  • As always, parents should contact the school and report this absence. When reporting the absence, please include the date the positive test was administered and the first day the student experienced symptoms. 

  • When the student is fever and symptom-free, he or she should return to school the following day but must wear a mask on campus for an additional five days.

• Students exposed to someone with COVID-19 in school:

  • The school will notify families of students who spent more than a cumulative total of 15 minutes (within a 24-hour time period) in shared indoor airspace with someone with COVID-19 during their period of infectiousness.

    • Notification will occur by "groups" of exposed students.

    • Notifications will be provided to all individuals considered exposed

    • Students exposed on campus, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status or prior infection, should get tested for COVID-19 with at least one diagnostic test obtained within 3-5 days after the last exposure.

      • In the event of wide-scale and/or repeated exposures, once-weekly testing for COVID-19 may be considered until exposure events become less frequent. 

  • Students exposed at school may continue to participating in all aspects of K-12 schooling, including sports and extracurricular activities, unless they develop symptoms and test positive for COVID-19. 

  • Any FDA-approved antigen diagnostic test, PCR diagnostic test, or pooled PCR test is acceptable for evaluating an individual's COVID-19 status.
     

• Students exposed to someone with COVID-19 at home, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status or prior infection, should get tested for COVID-19 with at least one diagnostic test obtained immediately. 

  • If they test positive and show symptoms, they should stay at home and follow the school guidance in the section above.

• Students exposed to someone with COVID-19 in the community, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status or prior infection, should get tested for COVID-19 with at least one diagnostic test obtained immediately and again 3-5 days after the last exposure.

  • If they test positive and show symptoms, they should stay home and follow the school guidance in the section above.

  • Students exposed in the community may continue participating in all aspects of K-12 schooling, including sports and extracurricular activities, unless they develop symptoms and test positive for COVID-19.  

Current ISM Status

• ISM is providing in-person instruction for the 2023-2024 school year. 

  • No hybrid or distance learning options are currently available.

Local Testing Information

Monterey County Vaccine & Testing Sites