Wanted – science driven guidelines for deciding if and how to keep open / reopen schools re: #COVID19

I am compiling some materials on science driven guidelines for how to decide if and how to keep open and/or reopen schools in the face of COVID19.

Here are some I have compiled that I seem to be useful.  I would love other examples. (Updated 12/21 at 3 PM)

• National Academy of Sciences
  • Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Published July 2020
  • Report about this in JAMA: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry
• California State Guidance
  • Summary of CA information: https://edsource.org/2020/seeking-guidance-for-reopening-schools/633593
  • CA Dept. of Education page: Coronavirus Response and School Reopening Guidance
  • LA County Nov. 28, 2020 Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools: Appendix T1
• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Others
  • Schools for Health guidance
  • COVID-19 Schools Reopening Report Updated November 2020 (with links to report in English and Spanish)
  • Risk Reduction Strategies for Reopening Schools
  • 5 Step Guide to Checking Ventilation Rates in Classrooms
  • Editorials related to these documents
    • Why three feet of social distancing should be enough in schools by Joseph G. Allen and Sara Bleich
    • We Are Over-Cleaning in Response To COVID-19. By Joseph Allen, Charles Haas and Linsey Marr.
• Rockefeller Foundation Report
  • “Taking Back Control: a Resetting of America’s Response to Covid-19”
  • Announcement page
  • Full Report (published 12/16/2020)
• UCSF CARES
  • https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/cares
  • How to Reopen Schools Safely During COVID-19, According to Pediatricians https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/418281/how-reopen-schools-safely-during-covid-19-according-pediatricians
• University of Washington
  • Evidence related to schools during the Covid-19 pandemic
  • October 2020
  • PDF of summary
• CDC
  • Operating schools during COVID-19: CDC’s Considerations

News stories of interest

• National Geographic
  • Kids catch and spread coronavirus half as much as adults, Iceland study confirms
  • Published December 10, 2020
  • By Lois Parshley
• Voices of San Diego
  • Stop it With the Plexiglass – How to Open Schools (and Other Places)
  • By Scott Lewis
  • October 2020

 

 

 

 

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UPDATE 12/21.  Some feedback from Twitter (I had added many of these suggested links now above)

 

https://t.co/cypaVuRHTg HT @j_g_allen

— Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) December 21, 2020

Thanks for including our report. We have a few resources so might be helpful to split out these out:

Full report on risk reduction strategieshttps://t.co/hIbaMtMxiZ

5-step guide to assessing ventilationhttps://t.co/Z2GLZAZiV7

— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) December 21, 2020

Tool to help select portable air cleaners (w @ShellyMBoulder)https://t.co/BQSgLvAZO3

— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) December 21, 2020

Not a guidance doc, per se, but two opeds that offer guidance on common questions from schools

3’ v 6’ (w @DrBleich)https://t.co/8kdHyWstCP

Surface cleaning (w @linseymarr @ProfCharlesHaashttps://t.co/t0Kuvf0vL9

— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) December 21, 2020

https://t.co/mTopBmcPG5

— Karen Levy (@klevy_uw) December 21, 2020

Some work from the CA Dept of Public Health https://t.co/sFNlumtrCs

— Rachel Adams (@Rachel_I_Adams) December 21, 2020

Not exactly guidelines, but a good synopsis of the latest research https://t.co/Ta8v7mIHbG

— Nsikan Akpan (@MoNscience) December 21, 2020