COVID-19 Protocol
(August 16, 2021)

CFDE COVID-19 Protocol
as of 3/31/2022

Ballet Spartanburg’s Center for Dance Education is dedicated to provide the safest in person experience for our students and staff. Please note these protocols may change with shifting CDC guidelines. The health and safety of our ballet Spartanburg Family is our first priority

SUMMER 2022 COVID-19 Protocols Agreement as of 3/31

• Parents of children ages 2-4 may enter building and wait in the hallway socially distanced.
• Masks are OPTIONAL and not required at this time.
• Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the first floor. Students are required to use hand sanitizer before each class and after barre.
• All barres are wiped down and sanitized before and after each class.
• Parents must meet the children promptly at the end of their class at the side door (under walkway by theatre) of the Montgomery Building.
• Hallway doors will be propped open to prevent the need to push door handles.
• If a student is informed that they have been exposed to someone who tested positive for Covid-19, they must inform Ballet Spartanburg as soon as possible and are required to quarantine according to the most recent CDC guidelines.
• If a student tests positive, they must inform Ballet Spartanburg immediately and refrain from returning to the Center for Dance Education until cleared by their doctor.
• If any student experiences a fever, dry cough, fatigue, loss of taste or smell, body aches, headaches, sore throat, or difficulty breathing, please do not attend class. Spartanburg premise or other premise designated for rehearsals and/or performances.

*As of January 7, 2022, the CDC Guidelines for Exposure and Quarantine states you must quarantine for 5 days if you have been in close contact (within 6 feet of someone for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period) with someone who has COVID-19, unless you have been fully vaccinated. People who are fully vaccinated do NOT have to quarantine unless they have symptoms. However, fully vaccinated people should get tested 3-5 days after exposure, even though they do not have symptoms and wear a mask in public for 14 days following exposure or until Covid test result is negative.

*INDEMNITY: Student (adult or minor and minor’s parents or legal guardian) shall release, indemnify, defend and hold Ballet Spartanburg (including its officers, directors, agents and employees) harmless from and against all liabilities, claims, penalties, damages, expenses, attorney’s fees and judgement by reason of inquiry, COVID-19 or related illness and/or damage to persons or property arising out of dance lessons at the Ballet Spartanburg premise or other premise designated for rehearsals and/or performances.