Our Health and Wellness Policies:

Keeping our community healthy is a shared responsibility. This policy applies to children, parents, caregivers, staff, coworking members, and guests using Our Pod Family spaces, including The Co-Lab and The Pod Works.

  • Please stay home when you or your child are sick. We use Tacoma Public Schools health guidelines as a baseline, but generally take a more conservative approach because our spaces are shared by young children, families, and working adults.

Children should stay home with a fever over 100.4°F, vomiting, diarrhea, pink eye or significant eye discharge, excessive or colored nasal discharge, significant cough, unusual fatigue, or other symptoms of active illness. Children may return after being fever, vomit, and diarrhea-free for at least 24 hours without medication and when symptoms are improving. A mild lingering cough or light, clear runny nose is generally okay once a child is otherwise feeling well.

  • Adults should follow the same spirit of this policy. Please do not work from The Co-Lab or The Pod Works when you are actively ill, including when experiencing fever, vomiting, diarrhea, significant respiratory symptoms, or other symptoms that could reasonably expose others. Working from a coworking space while sick is not considered an alternative to working from home.

  • Head Lice: We maintain a conservative no-nit policy for children participating in our programs. Children may return after treatment when no live lice or visible nits remain.

  • If a child becomes ill while in our care, we will contact their parent or guardian and may require prompt pickup. We reserve the right to ask any child or adult who appears actively ill to leave our shared spaces.

  • When you're unsure, please err on the side of staying home. Our community includes babies, young children, pregnant people, older family members, and people with varying health needs, and we appreciate everyone doing their part to take care of one another.

Childcare Specific Policies:

  • Students and staff will wash hands often.

  • Teachers will sanitize toys, art supplies, bathrooms, cubbies, surfaces, and highly used spaces regularly.

Office Specific Policies:

  • Sanitizing wipes are available in all office spaces. Please sanitize your area before you leave, including any amenities you used (printer, coffee maker, stapler, etc).

  • All members and day-pass holders using our office spaces must register online at https://ourpodfamily.com/officespaces