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Mesa – 9 September 2020 with a full in-person model.Maricopa – 9 September 2020 with a full in-person model.Laveen – 12 October 2020 with a full in-person model.Gateway – 24 August 2020 with a Hybrid Model.On Monday, 10 August 2020 the Governing Board of Heritage Academy evaluated the benchmark recommendations and has approved the following reopening dates. On Thursday, 6 August 2020 the AZ Department of Health Services released the criteria schools must consider to determine their reopening plans as directed by Governor Ducey’s Executive Order 2020-51. You can end isolation after 5 full days if you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and your other symptoms have improved.” With the recommended shorter isolation and quarantine periods, it is critical that people continue to wear well-fitting masks and take additional precautions for 5 days after leaving isolation or quarantine . Preliminary data suggest that the Omicron variant is up to three times more infectious than the Delta variant . These updated recommendations also facilitate individual social and well-being needs, return to work, and maintenance of critical infrastructure. From the CDC: “On January 4, CDC updated COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations with shorter isolation (for asymptomatic and mildly ill people) and quarantine periods of 5 days to focus on the period when a person is most infectious, followed by continued masking for an additional 5 days. The CDC has reduced the quarantine time down to 5 days for those who test positive.Arizona does not have a mask mandate, so this is a voluntary decision. For those exposed to Covid and show no symptoms, mask wearing is recommended for 5 – 10 days.If you have a fever and are sick, please stay home.

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