Bernalillo Public Schools encourages students and staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Those wanting to know more about the COVID-19 vaccine should visit the New Mexico Department of Health website.

Unvaccinated students and staff who have been in close contact with a confirmed case, even if they show no symptoms, must stay home for 5 days after last exposure or participate in the test-to-stay protocol administered at each school site.

Vaccinated individuals do not need to quarantine as long as they are not symptomatic.

Unvaccinated staff must provide a COVID test each week that student services are provided at school.

Bernalillo Public Schools no longer requires masks to be worn indoors at most school sites. Please be aware that several campuses have updated their COVID-19 protocols, with some variations related to mask requirements. Before you visit a school, for instance, please contact the school to find out more about their mask requirement.

One way to enrich our school environment is to support one another during difficult times. To accomplish this during the current pandemic members of our school communities engage in mutual protection of one another through safe practices that include:

• Hygiene – frequent, regular hand-washing; frequent cleaning of spaces

• Distancing – minimizing, but not eliminating, physical proximity

• Screening – staying home while sick; actively screening every day if it’s ok to come to school

• Masks – while masks are not required at most school sites, please be mindful that there are students and staff who may not be comfortable without one. Bernalillo Public Schools supports mask wearing, and so-called “mask-shaming” of fellow students will not be tolerated