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Communications when a student/staff member has been diagnosed
CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
Families and staff must notify the school if they have been exposed or diagnosed with COVID-19 and must follow care/quarantine recommendations given by the Clinton County Health Department:
- Individuals (staff/students) must stay home.
- Work will be accessible.
- Return to school will be dictated by ODH and Clinton County Health Department requirements.
Communications when a student/staff member has been diagnosed
with COVID-19:
- Communication will come from the Health Department, not the school district.
- The school district will cooperate with the Health Department’s work in social tracing.
County Health Department:
- The school district will utilize communication from the Clinton County Health Department explaining/defining “exposure” to COVID-19 that would necessitate quarantine.
Returning to School After Confirmed COVID-19 Illness:
- If a student/staff member is diagnosed as having COVID-19, they must meet the following criteria to return to school:
- 3 days with no fever (without using fever reducing medication) AND
- All symptoms improved AND
- 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared AND
- All recommended quarantine requirements have expired.
- Before returning to school, the student/staff member must provide communication and/or documentation to the school regarding their plan to return and must validate that all criteria for returning to school have been accomplished.
If a positive COVID-19 case occurs and the individual has been in school within 48 hours:
- Contact tracing is needed. Anyone that was within 3 feet of the individual for 15 minutes or more from 2 days prior to symptom onset will need current quarantine protocols applied.
- Please report the name, address, and phone number of the positive case and the contacts of the positive case to CCHD Communicable Disease Nurse at (937) 382-7221. The Communicable Disease Nurse or another disease investigator will be in touch with the positive case and contact tracers will be in touch with the contacts of the positive case.