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COVID-19 Updates --
Updated January 28, 2021
Per guidance from Michigan’s
Department of Health and
Human Services through
Executive Order, K-12
schools are required to
report probable and
confirmed cases of COVID-19
in our school district. When
notified by the Western U.P.
Health Department (WUPHD),
we have 24 hours to post
this information on our
website.
Confirmed
cases of COVID-19: when a
student or staff member
tests positive for
contracting COVID-19.
All but two of these
cases have been contracted
through contacts outside of
our school operations.
Probable cases of COVID-19:
when a student or staff
member has 1) contracted one
or more symptoms of COVID-19
and 2) they have been in
close contact (within 6 feet
for longer than 15 minutes)
with a person(s) who has
tested positive for
COVID-19.
We will only update
these numbers when we
receive this information
from the WUPHD. Since we
opened school on September
8, 2020, our students and
staff have experienced the
following:
This is as of January 28,
2020. At most, those
impacted are experiencing
cold-like symptoms and have
not needed to seek medical
treatment. We are all
thankful for this continued
trend.
As of January
28, 2021, we have had one
Hancock Public School staff
member test positive for
COVID-19. They contracted it
over the holiday break and
were never in our facilities
during their infectious
period. The team member
experienced severe cold
symptoms, but healed at
home. Following Health
Department guidelines and
due to no previous contact
with students or staff
during the incubation
period, no other staff or
students have been
quarantined.
We continue to be thankful
for our maintenance team and
education team for their
efforts to keep our schools
a safe space for learning. A
special thanks to all our
parents and guardians who
are following our Return to
Learn plan protocols,
including keeping their
students home when they are
sick. These efforts have
helped us continue to
operate our face-to-face
learning operations, where
our students learn most
effectively.
Please feel free to
contact me if you have any
questions by email at:
spatchin@hancock.k12.mi.us.
We hope each of you
have a joyful February!
Steve Patchin
Superintendent – Hancock
Public Schools
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Extended
COVID-19 Learning Plan
On August 20, 2020 Governor
Whitmer signed House Bill
5913 into law as Public Act
149. Section 98a states that
in order to receive state
aid for 2020-2021, districts
must provide for instruction
under an extended COVID-19
Learning Plan (“Plan”) that
has been approved by an
intermediate district or
authorizing body. The Plan
does not replace the
District’s/PSA’s COVID-19
Preparedness and Response
Plan, it is an additional
plan that includes new
assurances and sections on
educational goals,
instructional delivery,
grading, and equitable
access.
On Monday,
March 16, 2020, per order of
Michigan Governor Gretchen
Whitmer, Hancock Public
Schools closed its doors to
face-to-face instruction. On
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
the Hancock Public Schools
began distribution of meals
to its students, while also
beginning to distribute
activity packets to all its
K-12 students to aid in the
continued intellectual and
personal growth of our
students. Per state
direction, we modified this
plan to create the
Continuity of Learning and
COVID-19 Response Plan. The
focus of the plan that was
implemented in Spring of
2020 was increasing student
engagement in a remote
learning environment.
The
Hancock Public Schools
full instructional plan
addresses ways all
learners are supported
and can be found in the
MI Safe Schools Roadmap
–
Hancock Public Schools
COVID-19 Preparedness
and Response Plan.
Attached is the
Extended COVID-19
Learning Plan (ECOL)
which builds on
Hancock Public Schools
COVID-19 Preparedness
and Response Plan. The
ECOL will be reviewed
each month by the school
board. School
administration will
continue to seek and
process public comment
as we continue to
enhance our education
efforts in a changing
environment.
Also
attached is the
Extended COVID-19 Learning
Plan Training on Delivery,
Access, and Use of Virtual
Content, per the ECOL
reporting requirements.
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Free Meal Pick-up
When: every Tuesday between
4:00 pm and 5:15 pm
Where: in the bus lane at
Barkell Elementary School –
1201 N. Elevation St.
Hancock, MI
The
Free Meals
for students are sponsored
by the USDA until June 30,
2021. Meals are available to
all children 18 years of age
and under.
For our online
learners, children not
eating in school and
families with qualifying
children not in school we do
a seven day meal pickup. Our
in school learners will be
provided free meals in
school but can do a two day
meal pickup for their
weekend meals.
Please
register with Shelby
Turnquist for meals at
sturnquist@hancock.k12.mi.us
or calling
482-0456 ext:3340. Please
make sure to contact me if
you will not be able to make
it any week after signing up
or if you wish to
discontinue the service at
any time.
Information
that will be needed is first
and last name, grade, age,
what school they attend and
your telephone number.
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COVID-19 Preparedness and
Response Plan
To view our plan and
more information,
click here.
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