Screening:
Cadets: The nurse and/or TACS will take temperatures of all Cadets upon reporting to campus and after returning from leave/breaks. Day students will be screened by the nurse daily in the Mess Hall lobby upon arriving on campus. They will be given a sticker or band designating that they were screened. If any cadet reports to campus outside of normal screening times, they must report to the front office of Alumni Hall to be directed to a screening location.
Faculty/Staff: Temperature stations will be located in appropriate faculty/staff areas, such as Alumni Hall and the Teacher Workroom. All faculty/staff will report to their respective station immediately upon reporting to work each day. They will utilize hand sanitizer, take their own temperature, and record it in the log located at each station.
Faculty/staff will not report to work if running a fever or exhibiting other COVID-19 symptoms. They should alert their supervisor as soon as possible to ensure adequate coverage. A doctor’s note should be provided upon return to work. See the quarantine section below for more information.
ALL visitors to campus will report to the administrative secretary in Alumni Hall for screening before entering any other space on campus. ALL Open House groups will be screened in the Mess Hall lobby prior to their scheduled tour of the campus.



Dorms:
5-Day Boarders: 5-Day Boarders will be screened anytime they return from leave/breaks before being allowed to enter the dorms. Males will be housed in Armfield Dorm, and females will be housed on a separate floor of Holt Dorm.
7-Day Boarders: 7-Day Boarders will be screened anytime they return from leave/breaks before being allowed to enter the dorms. Males will be housed in Cone Dorm, and females will be house on a separate floor of Holt Dorm.
Day Students: Day students will check in at Mess Hall lobby each morning for screening and will form their own Day Company during cadet-related formations/activities to distance from boarding cadets.
During Phase 2 all boarding cadets will be housed one per room. When North Carolina moves to Phase 3, ORMA may begin to room cadets with two per room.

Mess Hall:
Cadets are required to wash hands before forming up in the Mess Hall food line. All mess hall employees are required to wear appropriate face coverings and gloves, as well as frequently washing hands.
The serving line has floor stickers every six feet for social distancing to designate standing and waiting areas. Hand antiseptic stations are readily accessible throughout the mess hall eating area.
Tables and chairs, along with every item touched are sanitized after each meal.

Classrooms:
All cadets will wear masks during North Carolina’s Phase 2 plan. Teachers will wear masks during up-close interaction with cadets. Not wearing them during lecture portions can help cadets to hear and understand adequately.
Teachers will distance cadets within classrooms, spacing desks a minimum of 6 feet apart. The Academic Dean will structure class sizes to 10 students or less in regular classrooms, and 15 in large classrooms, as much as possible.
Once North Carolina reaches Phase 3, ORMA will no longer require masks for cadets/faculty. An individual may elect to wear a mask if they are considered high-risk or feel safer wearing one.

Quarantine:
If a cadet or staff member exhibits COVID-19 symptoms, they should stay home until:
1. At least 3 days have passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use
of fever-reducing medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms)
2. AND either:
a. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared
b. OR they have two negative results, spaced at least 24 hours apart, based on
authorized COVID-19 diagnostic tests by a medical professional.
Otherwise, if the individual tested positive in a diagnostic COVID-19 test but does not get symptoms, they should stay home until:
1. At least 10 days have passed since the positive result in the diagnostic test (assuming no symptoms appeared during that time)
2. OR they have two negative results, spaced at least 24 hours apart, based on authorized COVID-19 diagnostic tests by a medical professional.
If someone living in a cadet or staff member’s house tests positive for COVID-19, then that cadet or staff member should stay home until they have two negative tests at least 24 hours apart, and the sick individual recovers if total home quarantining is not possible.
If a boarding cadet exhibits COVID-like symptoms, the nurse will take the cadet to be tested, and they will quarantine in the infirmary or quarantine wing of Armfield or Whitaker Dorm until the results come back.
If the cadet or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, then all cadets and staff will be tested. At that point, the local health department would be involved. The Academic Department will move classes to Plan B until further direction.
Local parents may pick their child up if local enough to drive. Otherwise, the cadet will need to quarantine on campus until they recover. In such a situation, the sick induvial will have no contact with cadets and staff other than the nurse. The TAC Office will take over medication distribution, sick call, and other nurse duties, so the nurse will not potentially pass the virus to others.

SY 2020-21 Preparedness Plans:
Plan A:
ORMA plans to begin the new school year in Plan A. Plan A is completely in-person instruction. Other protocols will operate under North Carolina’s Phase System as outlined above.
Plan B:
Plan B will operate if restrictions tighten in North Carolina based on the virulence of the pandemic. Plan B involves all cadets moving on-campus or being allowed to return home for distance-learning. Class instruction will take place via Chromebooks through face-to-face and asynchronous instruction in individual dorm rooms. Cadets housed on campus will have the additional oversight of TACs and teaching staff to aid them in staying on task with assignments. Cadets choosing to return home for distance instruction will NOT be allowed to return to campus until they have been tested at the family expense for COVID-19 and provide proof of a negative test.
Plan C:
Plan C is the last resort should North Carolina mandate the cessation of boarding school operations. Plan C means all cadets will go home and resume distance learning instruction. All cadets will have a school-provided Chromebook to help in easing the burden of access in homes with multiple children and working parents all vying for limited devices.

All plans and protocols are subject to change based on the fluid nature of the pandemic and the North Carolina Governor’s Executive Orders. ORMA is dedicated to the safety and rigorous education of its Cadets and Staff and will strive to make timely decisions accordingly.