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Students should stay home and away from others, including people they live with who are not sick, if they have respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache.
Students can go back to normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both of the following are true:
• Symptoms are getting better overall, and
• They no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medication.
When returning to school, students should take added precautions over the next 5 days, including taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and testing.
Keep in mind that students may still be able to spread the virus that made them sick, even if they are feeling better, so it is important to take extra precautions after resuming normal activities.
If students develop a fever or start to feel worse, they should stay home and away from others again. They should use the same criteria for returning to normal activities as when they first had symptoms and take added precautions over the next 5 days.
It is each student’s basic responsibility as a member of the school community to be on time and attend all classes. Daily telephone calls will be made to parents or guardians to confirm unreported absences. Absences and late arrivals will be recorded in attendance records.
Complete and submit this form to Report ABSENCES, LATE ARRIVALS, and EARLY DISMISSALS by 9:00 AM. This form is to be completed only by the student's legal parent/guardian.
Please note:
The school day begins at 8:05 AM and ends at 2:55 PM., with supervised extensions from 7:15 AM to 8:05 AM and from 2:55 PM to 6:00 PM.
Per the policy of the student’s home school district:
Any concerns should be discussed directly with the school district. Brown School, however, should be considered a partner in the safe transportation of your child.
Please discuss an emergency plan with your child in the event that he/she should arrive home in your absence.
Pick up | Family parks in school lot, enters school, and signs child out from café.
Curbside | Family waits in queue outside of café entrance and child is brought to your car.
Late pick-up | Family arrives after 3:10 and proceeds to office to pick child up from Extended Day Program.
Your child’s teacher and the main office must be advised of any persons, other than yourself, who may pick up your child. We do not release children to anyone without authorization and proper identification.
If your child is normally picked up, but remains at school after 2:55 PM, he or she will go to the Extended Day Program and a charge at the drop-in rate will be reflected on your monthly statement. The Main Office must be notified if your child’s usual dismissal procedure changes. We cannot accept a child’s word for changes in routine.
With the exception of preschool children, if you drop off your child in the morning, please enter through the cafeteria door located off the main parking lot between 7:45 and 8:05 a.m and proceed directly to the cafeteria, where Brown School staff will supervise the children until their teachers arrive at 8:05 for Morning Meeting. We request that children and their parents not go to classrooms, cubbies or lockers in the morning.
Preschool children arriving before 8:00 a.m. are to be taken to the Community Room. Students arriving before 7:45 a.m. and not enrolled in Plus will be billed the daily drop-in fee.
Students who enter the school building after 8:05 a.m. must enter through the back door (Marriott Street side of campus) and obtain a late pass in the Main Office. Children will then proceed to their classrooms.
In the event of a snow emergency, the Head of School, or Assistant Head as necessary, determines if classes are to be canceled or delayed. This decision does not depend on the closure of any one or two school districts, and is based upon many factors.
Once a decision is made, the Head of School initiates closing procedures, informing radio and television stations in a timely fashion.
Vital information about the status of Brown School on any given day may be e-mailed, found on our website, or through the Rapid Notify system.
The Plus program remains open unless weather conditions make it hazardous for our staff to drive to campus. The status of Plus will be posted on the school website along with other news regarding the closing.
If Brown School is delayed, students should report to school by the indicated time (usually by 10:00 AM).
• Plus may remain open, but parents should monitor their e-mail/the news for information.
• If Plus is cancelled, parents are not permitted to drop their children off until 10:00 AM.
Please check with your home school district for altered bus schedules.
• Your district bus may run late or not run at all, but that does not necessarily influence if and when Brown School is open.
• If your school district is closed, their buses will not transport children to Brown.
Your school district may send their bus prior to our usual dismissal time.
• We will notify parents if this should occur.
• We will not put a child on an early bus without notifying a parent or guardian.
• If your child misses his or her early bus, you are responsible for picking up your child from school.
Brown School uses a comprehensive method of disseminating information. Frequently the same information is posted in multiple locations to ensure all have been notified.
Brown School tests the Rapid Notify system at the start of every year. If you don’t receive the test or you are not receiving regular emails, contact office@brownschool.org.
Brown School’s Health Form for Physician and NYS School Examination Health Form must be submitted for the following students:
Brown School Athletic Program forms:
Overnight Field Trip Form:
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