In everything we do, the safety of our children and staff takes top priority. Therefore, we want to share this important message about the corona-virus (COVID-19) illness.
Gahanna Children's College is monitoring the situation closely and is taking direction from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Ohio Department of Health regarding procedures.
We are asking parents, as well as our staff, to help in the effort to minimize the spread of this type of virus by having your family follow the recommendations from the CDC, which are the same ones everyone should practice during the cold and flu season:
In addition, Gahanna Children's College continues to follow recommendations from the CDC to daily clean area and equipment frequently touched by children and staff, and help to encourage children to wash hands often. In addition, we also have hand sanitizer in our classrooms.
We urge parents to report if their child has a confirmed case of the flu to help us track viral infections and to better target our sanitizing efforts.
If we do experience a COVID-19 case, we will take our direction from the CDC, Ohio Department of Health regarding the necessary steps to take.