CMSS Health Protocols
CMSS is a community that cares for each other.
The guidelines below outline how we care for each other, even if our own risk perceptions and tolerances are different from others. Communicable illnesses like COVID, influenza and RSV disproportionately impact people with disabilities that put them at increased risk of severe outcomes from sickness. Protecting the most medically vulnerable members of our community is part of CMSS’ mission to promote equity and well-being for all.
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- Stay home if you’re sick. Please do not come to CMSS if you have symptoms consistent with COVID, opens in a new windowRSV, opens in a new windowInfluenza, or any other communicable illness.
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- If you feel like you may be coming down with (or recovering from) a mild head cold, but you feel well enough to come to your lesson (and are not testing positive for COVID), you may come, but please wear a mask to avoid passing any kind of illness to others. If a face mask cannot be worn with your instrument, please schedule a remote lesson or makeup lesson with your teacher.
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- Individuals who have tested positive for COVID19 may return to CMSS in person only if:
- it has been at least 5 days since the onset of their symptoms,
- their symptoms are improving,
- they haven’t had a fever for at least 24 hours, AND
- they continue to wear their mask until 10 days after their positive test.
- Exception: If you had COVID, it’s been 5 days, AND you’ve had 2 negative rapid tests, 48 hours apart, you do not need to wear a mask.
- Individuals who have tested positive for COVID19 may return to CMSS in person only if:
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- If you test positive for COVID-19 and have been in close contact with CMSS staff or student(s) in the last 5 days, please notify Sierra Simmons, Associate Director, at ssimmons@communitymusicschool.comcreate new email, so we can give them a heads up.
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- Please wear a mask if you have been in close contact with someone who is sick with COVID, RSV, or flu in the last 5 days.
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- If your music teacher asks you to wear a mask, please consider doing so even if the rules don’t require it. Keep in mind they may be at a higher risk or caring for others at a higher risk.
- Remain free of assumption based on a persons’ choice to wear or not wear a mask. Some may choose to wear a mask, say no to an event, or otherwise exercise more caution than others, for a variety of reasons.