COVID-19 Updates

Our COVID-19 Response

Welcome to our COVID response page. Below you’ll find all the critical information about how P.S. 62Q is changing the way we operate to reduce the risk of COVID infection. We are doing everything we can to make sure staff, students, and families are safe.

Please check back regularly, as we will update the information here as conditions change. See the Update for Families letter.

Last updated: March 22, 2024

Updated COVID-19 Health Guidance

Based on updated health guidance, instead of a minimum isolation period, the CDC recommends people with COVID-19 should stay home and away from others based on their symptoms, similar to how they would for other respiratory infections, like flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

If someone has COVID-19 symptoms, they should still get tested and separate from others immediately. It is recommended that they stay home until they have had no fever without taking fever-reducing medicine and other COVID-19 symptoms have improved for at least 24 hours. If they test positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms, there is no need to stay home, but precautions outlined in the updated guidelines should be taken upon return to school. The DOE will continue to provide COVID-19 tests in schools upon request. Refer to the School Year 2023–24 InfoHub for more health information. Updated guidance on COVID-19 policies for staff  is also available on the Infohub. 

Our schools work hard to avoid the spread of illnesses at school. This is one of the reasons students are required to get certain vaccines before starting school for the first time. For more information visit the DOE Health Guidance Page.
 

For questions, email OfficeofSchoolhealth@schools.nyc.gov.

Community Resources

Technology Support

We are committed to making sure that all students can successfully connect to online learning during their at-home learning days.

  • Borrowed devices should be used for school purposes only and kept in a secure location.