COVID-19 Info

For COVID-19 cases, the state requires us to continue using the COVID-19 Reporting Form. Individuals will complete the form, and our Health Services team will communicate directly with them to share important information about returning to SDPC buildings.

• SDPC Student COVID Reporting Form 2022-23

• COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines (updated 7/28/22; based on last DHEC revision of 2/22/22)

• COVID Reopening Plan

• Back-to-School Safety Overview 

• SDPC Notification Process When Students or Staff Test Positive for COVID-19

• Student Health, Absences & Homebound during COVID-19

• Parent Update - 7/28/22

  • 2022-23 Guidelines for reporting positive COVID circumstances

• Parent Update - 2/25/22

  • End of Quarantine and Contact Tracing of close contacts without symptoms

  • Revised COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Guidelines

• Parent Message - 1/25/22

• Parent Message - 1/3/22

  • COVID protocol adjustments for 1/4/22

• Parent Update - 1/1/22

• Parent Update - 11/15/21

• Parent Update - 10/18/21 - Suspension of 3 week calenders

• Parent Update - 9/27/21

• Parent Update - 9/7/21

• COVID Board Update - Presented at 8/23/21 Board Meeting

• SDPC Safety Revisions - 8/20/21

• SDPC Mask Statement - 8/19/21

• Parent Update - 8/19/21

• Parent Update - 8/13/21

A Positive COVID test means an student must quarantine (AT HOME) for 5 days after symptoms begin or if no symptoms, 5 days after COVID test performed.

• At this time, close/household contacts are not required to quarantine as long as they are symptom free.

• Classroom letters regarding COVID will only be sent home if there is an outbreak situation 

• The district will not be offering COVID testing 

  • Home test kits will be available from the school nurse as long as supplies are available

A Positive COVID-19 test for a STUDENT must be reported on the Google Form as detailed below.

 Any SDPC student that has tested positive for COVID will need to enter their information on the SDPC Student COVID Reporting Form.

• Please answer all of the questions about your student's COVID circumstance.

• Please, do not send your student to school until you have heard from someone at the school

• Once the positive test result is reported, someone from the school will be back in touch with you with your student’s return to work date. 

Here is the link for the form: SDPC Student COVID Reporting Form.

The School District of Pickens County continues to take COVID-19 very seriously. Since the onset of COVID-19, we have taken steps and precautions to keep our school environments as safe as possible.

We continue to take precautionary steps to keep our schools as safe and healthy as possible. All SDPC sites continue to follow cleaning and disinfecting protocols according to SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines.

Whenever symptoms of COVID-19 appear at school, teachers will send students to the health room to be examined by the school nurse. If the school nurse believes the symptoms indicate the probability of COVID-19, parents will be notified immediately and asked to pick up the student from school. Parents should update health records, emergency phone numbers and provide the school nurse with the latest health information on students.

School nurses and a district administrator will communicate directly with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to determine the next steps in each situation when COVID-19 symptoms are present in students or teachers. The DHEC exclusion and notification guidance will be followed, along with the DHEC re-entry guidance when a child is ready to re-enter school after being excluded for a case or symptoms of COVID-19. School nurses will comply with HIPAA regulations in the handling of COVID-19 cases.

In 2020-21, our district developed a Daily Briefing Team (DBT) that met each afternoon to review all COVID-19 activity and information daily. This provided data to make informed decisions to adjust practices. The DBT will continue to monitor COVID activity and make system-wide decisions as needed in the future.

Our district feels confident with these guidelines and policies in place to ensure our students and faculties have access to a safe learning environment.

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plans (ARP) Act was signed into law. This legislation will award grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) for providing local educational agencies (LEAs) with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the nation. As detailed below, SDPC returned for in-person instruction in August 2020, therefore meeting requirements of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in section 2001(i)(3).

The Reopening details on this page describe how the district provided the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services for all schools for those that returned to in-person instruction in August 2020. This page will also detail future adjustments to this plan.

• 2020-21 Reopening Plan

  • This framework for reopening SDPC schools was released in July 2020 following a development process involving stakeholder input. This plan allowed SDPC to offer more than 80% of in-person instruction for students in the 2020-2021 school year. The district provided a choice to allow students to attend school in person or to participate in the online SDPC Virtual Academy.

• 2020-21 Summary

  • As shared in the 2020-21 Reopening Plan, SDPC released six-week schedules that contained both face-to-face and remote learning . The following schedules and summary provide more details.

  • Instructional Schedules for 2020-21

    • 1st Six-week Schedule

    • 2nd Six-week Schedule

    • 3rd Six-week Schedule

    • 4th Six-week Schedule

    • 5th Six-week Schedule

    • Last 8 weeks Schedule