COVID

Updated March 2, 2022

HNJ leadership has been monitoring the COVID-19 transmission rates in Orleans and surrounding Parishes. With the rate of transmission now below 1.0 (and lower than it has been for the last two years), HNJ reached out to the Louisiana Department of Health for updated guidance. At this time, LDOH has informed us that the protocols on the LDOH decision tree are now recommendations only and are no longer mandates. Therefore, we are making the following internal adjustments to our COVID-19 protocol:

1. Only students exhibiting symptoms will be required to isolate as per the Louisiana Department of Health Decision Tree. When there is an exposure, parents will be notified and given the option to quarantine their student(s) if they choose. 
2. Students will no longer be required to take a COVID test on Day 5 after a close contact. 
3. HNJ will highly recommend that students living in the same house as a positive individual be quarantined AND isolated from that individual for 5 days before returning to HNJ. A positive case in the household is the one case where we have documented consistent spread.

COVID protocols may be adjusted in the future in response to an increased rate of transmission.