COVID-19 Updates --
Updated January 19, 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.
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Confirmed cases of
COVID-19: when a student
or staff member tests
positive for contracting
COVID-19.
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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 19,
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
19, 2021, we have had one
Hancock Public School staff
member test positive for
COVID-19. They contracted it
over 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 January 2021!
Steve Patchin
Superintendent – Hancock
Public Schools
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