Circus Juventas will follow any federal, state, or local mandates regarding COVID-19. We will continue to monitor updates and we retain the right to update or change our policies at any time. All changes to COVID-19 policies and protocols will be at the sole discretion of the directors – if you have questions or concerns please feel free to contact adminstaff@circusjuventas.org.
COVID-19 UPDATES - FALL 2021
COVID-19 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Close-contact Determination and Quarantine Protocols
If a student tests positive for COVID and attended a class within 48 hours of a positive test OR symptom onset, we will take the following steps:
- All students, coaches, and student coaches who were in a class with the student during the time frame will be notified.
- If the class in question does not entail interaction that meets the criteria for potential exposure (less than 6 ft social distancing for more than 15 minutes cumulative):
- We will not require students in the class to quarantine, regardless of vaccination status.
- We will recommend that students seek testing and self-monitor for symptoms.
- If the class in question could entail interaction that meets the criteria for potential exposure:
- We will follow up with coaches to determine which, if any, students have been potentially exposed to the infected student.
- All students in the class will be notified.
- Students who have not been potentially exposed will not be required to quarantine.
- Students who have been potentially exposed may be required to quarantine.
- Students who are fully vaccinated will not be required to quarantine.
- Students who are unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated, or do not wish to disclose their vaccination status will be required to quarantine in accordance with our quarantine procedures, listed below.
Quarantine Guidelines for Fall 2021
If you have tested positive for COVID-19
- Quarantine for 10 days after the onset of symptoms OR the date of the positive test AND
If you are symptomatic
CJ quarantine guidelines for any student or employee who has been identified as a close contact to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19
- If you are fully vaccinated
- You do not need to quarantine IF
- It has been two full weeks since your second dose AND
- You are not showing any symptoms.
- You should watch for symptoms for 14 days following the close contact. If you begin to show symptoms, please quarantine and get tested immediately for COVID-19.
- If your test comes back negative, you do not need to quarantine.
- If your test comes back positive, you must follow the quarantine guidelines for someone who has tested positive for COVID.
- You do not need to quarantine IF
- If you are not fully vaccinated
- Quarantine for at least 14 days IF
- The close contact is someone who lives in your home.
- Your 14-day quarantine period starts the day after the person you live with completes their isolation period.
- This is usually:
- 10 days from the day their symptoms started.
- If they didn’t have symptoms, 10 days from the day they got tested.
- This is usually:
- Quarantine for 10 days IF
- You have not had any symptoms.
- You have not had a positive test for COVID-19.
- No one in your home has COVID-19.
- You do not live or work in a building where it’s hard to stay away from others and easy to spread the virus to multiple people, like a long-term care facility.
- Your contact with someone with COVID-19 had a beginning and an end. For example, your close contact happened at:
- School
- Sports event
- Work
- Social gathering
- Quarantine for 7 days IF
- You get tested for COVID-19 at least five full days after you had close contact with someone with COVID-19, and the test is negative.
- You must get a negative PCR test, not an antigen test or antibody/blood test. Learn more about the differences at Types of COVID-19 Tests.
- You have not had any symptoms.
- You have not had a positive test for COVID-19.
- No one in your home has COVID-19.
- You do not live or work in a building where it’s hard to stay away from others and easy to spread the virus to multiple people, like a long-term care facility.
- Your contact with someone with COVID-19 had a beginning and an end. For example, your close contact happened at:
- School
- Sports event
- Work
- Social gathering
- Quarantine for at least 14 days IF
- Masks will be required for all students, staff, and visitors while classes are in session.
- Exemptions:
- Advanced students may remove masks while engaging in high-intensity activities or activities in which a mask could become a physical hazard (choking, blinding, becoming entangled with an apparatus or partner, etc.)
- Masks are not required for students or visitors with a medical exemption that prohibits them from wearing a mask.
- Masks are not required for staff when classes are not in session or when in an area separated from students and visitors.
- We will be closely monitoring COVID conditions in the community as well as vaccination availability for students under 12. We will inform families in advance should we make changes to any of our policies.
- Exemptions:
- Parents/guardians are allowed in the building during building hours, but our parent-viewing area remains CLOSED. Please plan accordingly as our lobby space is limited – we request parents and families limit their time in the building to pick-up and drop-off only as much as possible (unless accompanying students under the age of 10).
- Regular classes will be 50 minutes in order to allow for 10 minutes of cleaning between each class. Please note, not all equipment can be cleaned this way – only applicable non-porous shared surfaces will be sanitized between each class.
- In case of illness, we utilize the COVID-19 Decision Tree for People in Schools, Youth, and Child Care Programsto determine next steps. If your student or a household member is not feeling well, please review this decision tree before attending classes or camps at CJ. Questions may be directed to our administrative team at adminstaff@circusjuvntas.org or by phone at 651-699-8229.
HEALTH SCREENING CHECKLIST
All students and visitors should review the checklist below prior to entering the CJ big top. We ask all visitors wash their hands or use the available sanitizer upon entry.
COVID-19 CANCELLATION CREDIT POLICY
Circus Juventas 2021-2022 cancellation credit policy for classes and camps:
- If Circus Juventas is required to shut down due to state mandates for more than 50% of the session, families will receive a credit on their student account for the cost of the cancelled classes. CJ will only issue account credits, no cash refunds will be offered.
- If Circus Juventas is required to shut down due to state mandates for less than 50% of the session, no credits will be offered for the cost of the cancelled classes.
- CJ will not issue refunds or credits for any classes missed due to short-term closures related to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a student or employee within the building.
- CJ will not issue refunds or credits for any classes missed due to mandatory quarantine of individual students resulting from student exhibiting COVID-like symptoms, being potentially exposed or exposed to, or testing positive for COVID-19.
- CJ will not issue refunds or credits for students who chose not to continue in classes after registration due to Circus Juventas’ COVID-19 procedures. We ask that all parents read and agree to our policies prior to registering their student, and be understanding if any adjustments must be made later in the session.