In Response to COVID and ANY OTHER CONTAGIOUS ILLNESSES, please read the following Rules and Regulations that PAY has put in place to ensure the safety of the students, staff and facility!
COVID/Contagious Illness Policies and Procedures
1. PAY staff members will be outside to take your child’s temperature before they are allowed to enter! If ANY child’s temperature exceeds 100.4 degrees, they will NOT be permitted to enter the facility and must immediately return to their car and leave the premises. Your child will be not permitted to return until their temperature is back to a safe and normal state.
2. Parents/guardians MUST REMAIN in your vehicle at all times. Once you pull up to the front building, you must remain in line until your child’s temperature has been approved! If approved, you may leave. If not approved, your child must leave with you.
3. Breaks will be taken throughout the day for sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing the facility. This will ensure the safety of our participants and staff.
4.. In the event that your child gets sick while on the premises, they will be taken to our First Aid area, parents/guardians will be contacted immediately and your child will remain in the First Aid area until they are picked up!
5. Students experiencing any of the following symptoms must return/remain home until otherwise advised by a doctor or PAY staff member: fever, chills, new cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle, body aches, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion, runny nose, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, piny eye, rashes, strep throat, etc...
6. AN EMERGENCY CONTACT MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE EVENT A CHILD IS SICK AND NEEDS TO LEAVE THE PREMISES. PLEASE ENSURE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS AVAILABLE TO PICK THE CHILD UP IN A TIMELY MANNER!
7. IF ANY CHILD ATTENDING THE PROGRAM TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID, THEY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO RESUME ATTENDING PDY/PAY UNTIL PROOF OF A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT IS PROVIDED. NO EXCEPTIONS!
8. IF ANY STUDENT ATTENDING PAY COMES IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE THAT TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID, THE CHILD MUST REMAIN AT HOME UNTIL THE DIAGNOSED INDIVIDUAL TESTS RESULTS ARE NEGATIVE! NO EXCEPTIONS!
PAY Afterschool Program reserves the right to make decisions, changes and executive calls that are in the best interest of the program participants, staff and facility due to COVID and other contagious illnesses.
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I have read the policies and understand my responsibilities as a parent to keep my child, the program, staff and facility safe. I have shared this information with my child/ren and they are aware of their responsibility as a student to keep the program, staff and facility safe.
If my child is experiencing any symptoms of COVID, I will NOT bring them to PAY until they are at a healthy state to return.
I agree to adhere to the rules and regulations outlined for attendance to PAY Afterschool Program for the 2025-2026 school year. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in expulsion of my child/ren from PAY Afterschool Program.
My child and I have read through the PAY Parent Student Handbook and we are aware and understand the Policies and Procedures outlined.
*****I do hereby understand, acknowledge and accept the risk that my child/ren may be exposed to COVID and/or other illnesses in the care of PAY 21st CCLC Program. I hereby release Christian Provision Ministries, PAY 21st CCLC from the claims relating thereto. To prevent the spread of COVID and other viruses and/or illnesses, I agree to follow the guidelines set with PAY and Christian Provision Ministries to keep myself, my child/ren and my community safe. ****