COVID-19
Isolation Guidelines
- Who needs to isolate under the guidance from the state Department of Health?
- What should I do if my child was potentially exposed to COVID-19?
- When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
Who needs to isolate under the guidance from the state Department of Health?
Any student or staff member who tests positive for COVID-19 must isolate at home for at least five full days, regardless of vaccination status. They can return to school or work on day 6 if:
- They have no symptoms, or symptoms are improving, AND
- They’ve had no fever in the past 24 hours without fever-reducing medication
Day 0 is the first day of symptoms. For those without symptoms, day 0 is the day of the positive
test result. See the Isolation and Quarantine Calculator.
Report a positive test
If your child tests positive for COVID-19, contact your school's attendance coordinator.
What should I do if my child was potentially exposed to COVID-19?
People potentially exposed to COVID-19 should:
- Monitor for symptoms, AND
- Test 3 to 5 days after exposure AND
- Wear a well-fitting and high-quality mask around others for 10 days after exposure
The Department of Health no longer requires students and staff exposed to COVID-19 to quarantine if they were potentially exposed to COVID-19.
When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
This flowchart created by the Washington State Department of Health shows the steps to follow when your child is sick with COVID-19 symptoms. If a child has any symptom listed, they should stay home in the morning or go home if these symptoms first occur at school.
Please keep your child home if they:
- Have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and have symptoms
- Have tested positive for COVID-19
When is my child too sick for school?
Required conditions for staying home
Contact Tracing and Notification
Testing Information
- How can students get free COVID-19 testing through TPS?
- When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
How can students get free COVID-19 testing through TPS?
- All Tacoma Public School students can get free iHealth COVID-19 rapid tests at school. Tests are available in a school's front office. These tests are intended to support the health and safety of our community by providing results at home, as soon as symptoms are detected. (Staff will receive two tests as well.) Tests are voluntary.
- You can find other local testing options here
When should students stay home and return to school if sick?
This flowchart created by the Washington State Department of Health shows the steps to follow when your child is sick. If a child has any symptom listed, they should stay home in the morning or go home if these symptoms first occur at school.
To keep others healthy, please keep your child home if they:
- Are sick
- Have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and have symptoms
- Have tested positive for COVID-19
Questions?
Who can I contact with questions related to COVID-19 in schools?
School | Covid Supervisor | Title | |
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Arlington | Fullerton, Ronnee | Principal Elementary | RFULLER@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Arlington | Sterling, Nicole | Teacher | nsterli@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Baker | Scarlett, Fabbiney | Assistant Principal MS | fscarle@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Baker | Latimer, Amy | Principal Middle School | alatime@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Birney | Balatbat, Ronel | Principal Elementary | rbalatb@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Birney | Proudman, Britni | Assistant Principal ES | bproudm@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Blix | Cruckshank, Michelle | Principal Elementary | mcrucks@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Blix | Mensah, Darius | Assistant Principal ES | dmensah@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Boze | Scott, Moniqua | Assistant Principal ES | mscott2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Boze | White, Kristi | Principal Elementary | kwhite2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Browns Point | Wright, Stephany | Principal Elementary | swright2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Bryant | Lanzillo, Kathryn | Assistant Principal MS | klanzil@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Bryant | OBrien, Neil | Principal Middle School | nobrien@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Crescent Heights | Stephani, Cassandra | Principal Elementary | cstepha@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
DeLong | Konishi, Eric | Principal Elementary | EKONISH@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
DeLong | Lo Franco, Talia | Assistant Principal ES | tlofran@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
DeLong | Kiourkas, Danita | School Office Secretary | dkiourk@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Downing | Horner, Cynthia | Principal Elementary | chorner@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Perkins, Jana | Assistant Principal ES | jperkin1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Kovacs, Guy | Principal Elementary | gkovacs@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Edison | Seeley, Erinn | Instructional Coach | ESEELEY@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Fawcett | Curtiss, Erin | Interim Principal ES | ecurtis@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Fern Hill | Wyatt, Natasha | Principal Elementary | NWYATT@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Fern Hill | Gonzalez, Joanna | Office Coordinator | jgonzal2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
First Creek | Kang, Anna | Assistant Principal MS | akang@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
First Creek | Carter, Montell | Principal Middle School | mcarter2@tacoma.12.wa.us |
First Creek | Harris, Timothy | Assistant Principal MS | tharris2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Foss | Frier, Thomas | Assistant Principal HS | tfrier@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Foss | Kilcup, Mark | Assistant Principal HS | mkilcup@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Foss | Ness, Lysandra | Principal High School | lness@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Franklin | Toohey, Maura | Principal Elementary | mtoohey@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Franklin | Izaguirre, Sandy | Office Coordinator | sizagui@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Geiger | Luvaas, Roxanne | Office Coordinator | RLUVAAS@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Geiger | Williamson, Angela | Principal Elementary | awillia7@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Giaudrone | Peirce, Khai | Assistant Principal MS | kpeirce@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Giaudrone | Shockley, Nikki | Assistant Principal MS | NSHOCKL@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Giaudrone | Wilkins, Arron | Principal Middle School | AWILKI1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Grant | Daw, Constance | Principal Elementary | cdaw@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Gray | Mosich, Anne | Assistant Principal MS | amosich@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Gray | Samuels, Amber | Principal Middle School | asamuel@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Gray | Purnell, Derwin | Assistant Principal MS | dpurnel@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hilltop Heritage | Brandt, Christine | Principal Middle School | CBRAND1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Hilltop Heritage | Hathaway, Hayley | Assistant Principal MS | hhathaw@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hilltop Heritage | Huynh, Duong | Assistant Principal MS | dhuynh@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Hunt | Kellogg, David | Assistant Principal MS | dkellog@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Hunt | Messersmith, Kimberly | Principal Middle School | KSMITH1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
IDEA School | Higgins, Kainoa | Assistant Principal HS | KHIGGIN@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
IDEA School | Varnell, Zach | Assistant Principal HS | ZVARNEL@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Jefferson | Perkins, Jana | Principal Elementary | jperkin1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Larchmont | Wilcox, Elizabeth | Office Coordinator | ewillco@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Larchmont | Thienes, Melissa | Principal Elementary | mthiene@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Lincoln | Allah-Amen, Logic | Assistant Principal HS | LAMEN@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Lincoln | Brown, Jennifer | Assistant Principal HS | JBROWN2@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Lincoln | Harris-Clement, Nancy | Assistant Principal HS | nharris@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Lincoln | Hendrix, Saraswati | Assistant Principal HS | shendri@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lincoln | Hoseth, Karl | Principal High School | khoseth@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Lister | Bortoluzzi, Kelsi | Assistant Principal ES | kbortol@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lister | Harris, Timothy | Principal Elementary | tharris2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lowell | Benedict, Joshua | Principal Elementary | jbenedi@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lowell | Nicholle Embly | Office Coordinator | nembly@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Lyon | Monson, Scott | Principal Elementary | smonson@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Manitou Pk | McColm, Marissa | Assistant Principal ES | mcabadi@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Manitou Pk | Taylor, Lauren | Principal Elementary | ltaylor1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Manitou Pk | Trujillo, Shannon | Office Coordinator | strujil1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mann | Patterson-Hutton, Heather | Principal Elementary | hpatter@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Mann | Salas, Kelley | Office Coordinator | ksalas@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mason | Aiken, John | Principal Middle School | jaiken@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mason | Elford, Michael | Assistant Principal MS | MELFORD@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mason | Mathias, Patricia | Non Reg Class | pmathia@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
McCarver | Prosser, Ryan | Assistant Principal ES | RPROSSE@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
McCarver | Gibbs, Lisa | Principal Elementary | lleen@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Meeker | Grau, Taralynn | Assistant Principal MS | tgrau@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Meeker | Kjack, Patrick | Principal Middle School | pkjack@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mt Tahoma | Burson, Rosalia | Assistant Principal HS | rburson1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mt Tahoma | McColgan, David | Principal High School | dmccolg@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mt Tahoma | Parks, Nicholas | Assistant Principal HS | nparks@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Mt Tahoma | Pham, Andrea | Assistant Principal HS | apham@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
NE Tacoma | Devenuti, Kristeanna | Principal Elementary | kdevenu@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Oakland | Contreras, Magda | Office Professional | MCONTRE@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Oakland | Cox, Casey | Principal High School | ccox@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Pt Defiance | Heacox, Julia | Principal Elementary | jheacox@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Reed | Becker, Ariel | Assistant Principal ES | abecker1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Reed | Sloan, Abby | Principal Elementary | asloan@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Remann Hall | Froembling, Renee | Principal High School | RFROEMB@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Roosevelt | Hildebrandt, Kim | Principal Elementary | khildeb@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Roosevelt | Gomez, Bianca | Instructional Coach | bgomez@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Roosevelt | Simmons, Beverly | Ed Asst. | BSIMMON@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Science & Math Institute | Hall, Joni | Assistant Principal HS | jhall@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Science & Math Institute | Minks, Elizabeth | Assistant Principal HS | LMINKS@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Sheridan | Keller, Kecia | Principal Elementary | KKELLER@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Sheridan | Nunn, Christina | Assistant Principal ES | cnunn@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Sherman | Jordan, Christian | Principal Elementary | cjordan@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Sherman | Paskett, Sarah | Office Coordinator | spasket@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Silas | Bennett, Allison | Assistant Principal HS | abennet@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Silas | Duesterbeck, Alison | Assoc Student Body Funding | ADUESTE@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Silas | Hartman, Rindi | Assistant Principal HS | RHARTM1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Silas | Ray, Bernadette | Principal High School | BRAY@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Skyline | Lake, Regina | Principal Elementary | rlake@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stadium | Folsom, Dwayne | Assistant Principal HS | dfolsom1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stadium | Marshall, Shannon | Principal High School | SMARSHA@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stadium | Sage, Maryn | Assistant Principal HS | msage1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stadium | Tuman, Alexander | Assistant Principal HS | atuman@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stafford | Mosich, Anne | Principal Elementary | amosich@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stafford | Gates-Cortez, Janet | Assistant Principal ES | JCORTEZ@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stafford | Nelson, Ryann | Assistant Principal ES | rnelson1@Tacoma.k12.Wa.US |
Stanley | Fischer, Danielle | Principal Elementary | dfische1@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Stewart | Crider, Donald | Principal Middle School | DCRIDER@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Stewart | Whitley, Bernice | Assistant Principal MS | bwhitle@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Tacoma School of the Arts | Bellessa, Aaron | Assistant Principal HS | abelles@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Tacoma School of the Arts | Ketler, Jonathan | Principal High School | JKETLER@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Tacoma School of the Arts | King, Bliss | Assistant Principal HS | bking2@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
TOL Elementary | Schlattmann, Ruth | Assistant Principal ES | rschlat@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
TOL High | Eliot, Richard | Assistant Principal HS | PELIOT@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Truman | Anable, Robin | Office Coordinator | RANABLE@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Truman | King, Jeffrey | Assistant Principal MS | jking@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Truman | Stout, Andre | Principal Middle School | astout1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Wainwright | King, Kristi | Principal Middle School | kking2@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Wainwright | Chandler, Susan | Assistant Principal MS | schandl1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Wainwright | Van Dyke, Michelle | Office Coordinator | MVANDYK1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Washington | Tsuneshi, Anne | Principal Elementary | stsunei@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Whitman | Allen, Tracy | Principal Elementary | TALLEN@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Whittier | Frank, Traci | Instructional Coach | tfrank@tacoma.k12.wa.us |
Whittier | Schau, Benjamin | Principal Elementary | BSCHAU@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Willard | Dabney, Christina | Admin Secretary | CDABNEY@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Willard | Rahl-Lewis, Michelle | Director Early Learning | MLEWIS1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Willie Stewart Academy | Christenson, Becca | Non Reg Cert | bchrist1@Tacoma.K12.Wa.US |
Contact Us
Shallae Hobbs, MN, RN, NCSN Administrator
253-571-1124
shobbs1@tacoma.k12.wa.us