COVID-19 Notification Center

2021-2022 COVID-19 School Guidance  

Lenawee County Health Department  

Attachment 1 – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)  

Updated 8/27/2021  

1. What if a staff member lives with someone who tests positive and the staff member is  vaccinated and tested negative?  
 

  • The staff member should be tested 3-5 days after their housemate ends isolation. As  long as the staff member does not have symptoms, they may continue to work but  should wear a mask indoors for 14 days or until they receive a negative test result.  

2. What are the guidelines for close contacts of teachers and staff? Vaccinated and  unvaccinated. Does wearing a mask make a difference? 
 

  • Wearing a mask is helpful, but does not affect quarantine guidelines.  
  • For adult close contacts of teachers and staff, the following applies: Close contacts of teachers  and staff includes anyone who has been within 6 feet of a COVID positive individual for a  cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24 hour period.  
  • For individuals who are fully vaccinated (fully vaccinated means that over two weeks  have passed since either receipt of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, or from receipt of  the second dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccines).  
    • Individuals who are fully vaccinated and who do not have symptoms, do not  need to quarantine. They should wear a mask in indoor public settings for 14  days or until they receive a negative test result. However, if they develop  symptoms, they must complete their full quarantine, regardless of the test  result. 
  • For individuals who are not vaccinated 
    • Individuals should quarantine away from others for 10 days from their date of  last exposure to a COVID positive individual. 
    • If they do not develop any symptoms during this time period, their quarantine  period can end after 10 days. However, they must continue to watch for  symptoms for an additional four days. 
    • If they develop symptoms of COVID-19 at any point during the 14-day time period,  they should isolate away from others for at least 10 days since symptoms first appeared, AND symptoms are improving, AND is has been at least 24 hours with  no fever without fever reduction medication. Testing is recommended. 
    • In Michigan, an individual currently cannot test out of quarantine. Even  if they receive a negative test result, they must complete their full  quarantine. 

3. If a student is within 3’ of a student who tests positive, and the close contact student is  not fully vaccinated, then it is an automatic quarantine. Right?  
 

  • Yes  

4. If a student is outside of 3’ then is quarantine necessary for a close contact?  
 

  • From 3’ and up to 6’, students can attend school, if all of the following apply:  ∙ The exposure occurred in a classroom or on a bus AND,  
  • Both the COVID positive individual and the close contact were wearing  masks.  
  • If they meet these requirements, students can attend school but must adhere to  masking, social distancing, and avoidance of gatherings outside of school for 10-days  post exposure. Students may not participate in sports, extracurricular activities, or  activities that require face cover removal without social distancing during this period.  

REPORTING  

5. Do I report a positive staff member and close contacts the same way as I would a  student or is there a different way? 

  • Yes, please use the spreadsheet that was sent earlier this week, until the KKZoo  software is updated. Indicate on the spreadsheet that it is a staff member and not a  student.  

6. What are processes for any close contacts? Do we send a list to the HD and you contact  families or is it like last year, where we inform the families that a quarantine is to take  place?  

  • You send a list to the health department, via the attached spreadsheet, or once the  KKZoo School Reporting Software is updated, through that platform. We then contact  the parents of the students who are close contacts. If you wish, you may also contact  the students as well.