Covid Hub
- Covid-19 Dashboard (current case counts)
- Self-Screening for Visitors
- Self-Screening for Students
- Quarantine/Isolation Guidance
- Naugatuck Covid-19 Vaccination Sites
- ARP ESSER Grant Priorities
- Health & Hygiene
Covid-19 Dashboard (current case counts)
SchooL | # of individuals with a confirmed positive case and currently isolating | # of individuals currently in quarantine | # of individuals with a confirmed positive case |
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Early Childhood Center | 1 | 0 | 76 |
Andrew Ave | 0 | 0 | 108 |
Hop Brook | 3 | 0 | 170 |
Maple Hill | 1 | 2 | 164 |
Salem | 1 | 0 | 128 |
Western | 0 | 0 | 124 |
Cross Street | 0 | 1 | 158 |
Hillside | 1 | 0 | 157 |
City Hill | 0 | 2 | 277 |
Naugatuck High School | 0 | 11 | 546 |
Adult Education | 0 | 0 | 5 |
District-Wide | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Total | 4 | 16 | 1927 |
The Naugatuck Public Schools COVID-19 Dashboard tracks data to help inform operational decisions. The dashboard is updated on workdays daily M-F by 9 PM. Naugatuck Public Schools is committed to protecting the privacy of individual students, faculty, and staff information while simultaneously sharing the general Covid-19 related health status of our school community. In light of this, student and staff information will be combined.
In alignment with the guidelines from the Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Naugatuck Valley Health District (NVHD) any Naugatuck Public School staff member or student who has a confirmed case of the COVID-19 virus must isolate at home. Beginning on September 1, 2021, NPS will notify the school community of positive cases and will collaborate with the NVHD to conduct the contract tracing. A member of the NPS or NVHD staff will notify individuals who are considered close contacts.
The data included in the dashboard includes all individuals who are under quarantine or isolation regardless of travel, exposure at a Naugatuck School, from a family member, or in the community. Twenty-one of the positive cases occurred in the summer prior to the start of the school year. These Naugatuck Public School community members began the school year in self-isolation.
Self-Screening for Visitors
To protect our School community, we are asking all visitors to complete the following questionnaire.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, please consult your physician and reschedule your appointment with us.
In the past 14 days, have you:
- Traveled to Connecticut from any international countries or other regions listed on the CDC and CT.gov website.
- Been in contact with a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infected person?
- Have you had the following symptoms:
- Body aches and/or chills
- Loss of appetite
- New loss of taste or smell
- Fever of 100.0 or higher
- Significant fatigue (tired, exhausted)
- Painful breathing
- Shortness of breath
- Chest congestion, frequent, harsh cough
- New diarrhea, vomiting or nausea
- New onset of headache not related to a chronic illness
- Significant Sore throat (not related to a chronic allergy)
Self-Screening for Students
COVID Screening for Parents to check students at home
To protect our School community, we are asking all parents to complete the following questionnaire daily prior to sending your child to school.
In the past 14 days, has your child:
- Been in contact with a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infected person in the last 14 days?
- Has your child traveled or lived in an area with travel restrictions as noted below?
- Travel in or out of Connecticut and my child has not traveled to any other country which requires a 14-day self-quarantine by the CDC.
- Returning from International Travel
- Considerations for Travelers—Coronavirus in the US
If you answered yes to questions 1 or 2, please keep your child home and contact your physician and school nurse as soon as possible.
- Has your child had one or more of the following symptoms in the last 14 days:
- Fever of 100.0 or higher-your child needs to stay home even if this is their only symptom.
- Body aches and/or chills
- Significant fatigue (tired, exhausted)
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Loss of appetite
- Painful breathing, frequent, harsh cough
- Nasal or chest congestion
- Headache
- Shortness of breath (for a student with chronic allergy/asthmatic cough, a change in baseline)
- Abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting not related to a chronic condition
- Unexplained/undiagnosed rash
If you answered yes to any of these questions, please keep your child home and consult your physician and notify the school nurse as soon as possible.
Parents shall:
- Check their child daily before sending him/her to school.
- Keep their child home for a fever of greater than 100.00
- Keep their child out of school for at least 10 days after symptoms began if COVID is suspected or symptoms of COVID are suspect. Call your physician and discuss if testing is recommended. If your doctor recommends testing, the acceptable type of testing to return to school prior to the 10-day self-isolation is a negative PCR-viral test or a NAAT-viral test. Please provide the results to the school nurse prior to sending your child back to school.
- Symptoms must improve prior to returning to school. Your child must be fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications and other symptoms must be resolving.
- Get a doctor’s note for an excluded/sick child to return to school for any non-COVID illness such as a bacterial infection with a medical diagnosis and confirmation that the illness is not COVID related from the MD.
- Either pick their child up in a timely manner or designate an emergency contact to do so if it is determined that the child has a fever or other symptoms of COVID.
- Call the school nurse if your child is kept home for any of the above symptoms so you can discuss how long your child needs to stay home.
Quarantine/Isolation Guidance
Students and staff should stay home if they are not feeling well.
You must be in contact with your School Nurse when you or your child is out sick and prior to returning to school. If one child is home sick and other household members are not sick, they need not stay home unless they develop symptoms or you are instructed by the DPH, School Nurse or your child’s physician to keep them home.
All required documentation must be submitted to the School Nurse prior to your child returning to school. Please bring this note with you to your doctor to confirm NPS protocol for return to school requirements.
Positive individuals must isolate for at least 5 days (return on day 6) from the date of exposure, positive test or onset of symptoms (based on the individual circumstance). Day one begins the day after exposure, positive test or onset of symptoms.
Exception: Any Pre-K students who test positive should quarantine for 10 days, return on day 11 with or without testing if symptoms are improving.
Students may not return to interscholastic athletics until cleared by the athletic department. We are awaiting further guidance from DPH and CIAC for athletics. Until then, we will continue to follow the existing guidelines for athletics.
For reference-any one of these symptoms could be associated with COVID 19: Body aches and/or chills, significant fatigue (tired, exhausted), fever of 100.0 or higher or feeling feverish, cough or difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, nasal congestion, runny nose, painful breathing, frequent harsh cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea (not related to a chronic condition), nausea or vomiting, unexplained/undiagnosed rash, heart fluttering or pounding. |
- Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
- Guidance for Individuals who are Partially Vaccinated or Unvaccinated
- Travel Guidance
Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
If fully vaccinated against COVID-19
(defined as two weeks after second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or first dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine)
Students/Staff with ANY COVID-19 symptoms |
Students/Staff with No COVID-19 symptoms |
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Guidance for Individuals who are Partially Vaccinated or Unvaccinated
If only partially vaccinated (one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or within two weeks of final dose) or Unvaccinated or Vaccination status is unknown
Students/Staff with Any COVID-19 symptoms |
Students/Staff with Any COVID-19 symptoms |
Students/Staff with No COVID-19 symptoms |
If notified of a close contact with a COVID-19 case outside of the school day:
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If no known close contact with a COVID-19 case outside of the school day:
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If notified of a close contact with a COVID-19 case outside of the school day:
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Option 2:
10-Day (return on day 11) Quarantine: Any students and staff who are either unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated, or for whom vaccination status is unknown and are symptomatic or considered a close contact can quarantine for 10 days, return on day 11 without testing if symptoms are improving or asymptomatic.
Travel Guidance
Travel Guidance: Please contact the school nurse if you have traveled domestically or internationally.
Naugatuck Covid-19 Vaccination Sites
Covid-19 Vaccines are always free regardless of insurance status.
- Everyone 6 months of age and older is now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
- Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot.
For information on Covid-19 vaccines, visit Your COVID-19 Vaccination on the CDC website.
For information booster shots, visit the COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots on the CDC website.
Vaccination Clinic hours and locations change frequently. Different vaccine brands (Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson) are often available on different days.
Please check the clinic's websites or call for the the most up-to-date information.
This list was updated June 21, 2022.
Local Vaccination Sites
Walmart
Pharmacy at Naugatuck Walmart
Address: 1100 New Haven Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770
Times:
- Mon-Fri: 9 am - 9 pm
- Sat: 9 am - 7 pm
- Sun: 10 am - 6 pm
Scheduling: Book an appointment at Walmart online here.
Rite Aid
Address: 56 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck, CT 6770
Phone: (203) 723-7745
Scheduling: Book an appointment at Rite Aid online here.
Naugatuck Pharmacy
Big Y
Address: 85 Bridge Street Rt 68, Naugatuck, CT 06770
Pharmacy Hours:
- Mon-Fri 9-7
- Sat & Sun 9-3
Pharmacy Phone: (203) 723-0364
Scheduling: Book an appointment at Big Y online here.
CVS
Address: 98 Bridge St. Naugatuck, CT 06770
Phone: 203 723-1172
Pharmacy Hours:
- Monday-Friday ––
- Saturday ––
- Sunday ––
Scheduling: Book an appointment at CVS online here.
Stop & Shop
Address: 727 Rubber Ave., Mt. View Plaza, Naugatuck
Pharmacy Hours
Day of the Week | Hours |
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Wed | 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Thu | 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Fri | 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Sat | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Sun | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Mon | 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Tue | 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
Scheduling: Book an appointment at Stop & Shop online here.
ARP ESSER Grant Priorities
Naugatuck Public Schools is poised to receive $7,990,325 in ARP grant funding to be expended over the next two school years. The CT State Department of Education has created five Priority Areas for school districts to consider when determining the allocation of funding. The graphic below highlights Naugatuck’s initial plans for funding ESSER II and ARP priorities in each of the designated areas of the grants. The initial plans for funding were based on a comprehensive needs assessment conducted by administration in the spring of 2021.
The 5 CSDE Priorities & NPS's Initial Planned Use of Funds
Learning Acceleration, Academic Renewal, and Student Enrichment
Academic supports to accelerate learning and facilitate recovery including expanded Summer School, Kindergarten Transition Academy, Extended Day Programs (before, during and after school time), Curriculum Development and Revision to Support Acceleration of Learning and Cultural Responsiveness, Professional Learning to Support academic recovery, additional classroom teachers for class size.
Social, Emotional, and Mental Health of the Students and of the School Staff
Additional behavioral and mental health services delivered in-person or via remote/ telehealth access and social and emotional support mechanisms. This includes partnering with several community support agencies, increasing support staff to provide additional social, emotional, and mental health needs in school, and implementing a new mental health and well-being program at NHS.
Family and Community Connections
Direct engagement with families and the community, as well as opportunities to increase initiatives that engage school, family and community connections. This includes funding for Parent Engagement Activities and Family Outreach, Funding support for PLTI, Parent Leadership Training Institute, Partner with a consultant to improve engagement practices.
Strategic Use of Technology
Maintain or upgrade access to technology and connectivity. Replacement of damaged, lost, or end of life Chromebooks to ensure each student is provided with a district Chromebook, Additional IT staff member to support expanded technology, Audit usage of existing software, professional learning to support effective data analysis.
Building Safe and Healthy Schools
Through a continued emphasis on public health safety measures and to support the physical health and safety of our students and staff, provide isolation monitors and personal protective equipment and supplies for each school, additional training and health related professional learning for nurses, and improve ventilation and facilities.
Health & Hygiene
Student and Parent Videos for COVID-19
Parent videos
All 3rd-12th graders and Parents to watch together
- Hand Hygiene and applying and removing a face mask
- CDC: hand washing guidelines
- CDC: Stop the spread of germs
- How to apply a mask safely and correctly
Student videos for Pre-K
Student Videos for Grades K-2
Student Videos for Grades 3-6
Student Videos for Grades 7-12
- WHO’s link to information about COVID-19
- Wash your hands with DJ Kahlid
- Social Distancing
- Mask wearing and care, social distancing, and hand washing