Safety Protocols
Hazel Park Schools - Daily Health Screening
ALL students and staff members must complete a health screening each day prior to entry into the schools. The District is working with the Oakland County Health Department and Nursing staff to implement a comprehensive screening and response plan in the event a student or staff member exhibit symptoms of COVID 19.
Staff
Staff will complete the MI Symptoms Checklist from home before they enter school each day. When the checklist test result comes up negative or red, staff are required to call their supervisor, who will in turn follow the Oakland County Health Division’s guidance as to the protocol to follow. If a staff member becomes ill during the school day, they will be escorted off of the school grounds for the safety of staff members and students.
Students
Every parent/guardian must submit a COVID-19 School Health Screening Acknowledgment form prior to start of school year.
Parents/guardians must screen daily for symptoms at home, prior to boarding the bus and arrival at school using the Student Screening Checklist. if the a student's temperature is above 100.4 degrees or displays other COVID-19 symptoms they should stay at home and following the OCHD’s guidelines.
The school district will additionally have Thermal Scanning Machines at every building’s front door. at the entrance of each school in order to have an additional layer of protection as students enter. These devices will be linked to and tracked by the principals phone which will alert them to the above average temperature of the identified student.
Students will be evaluated and if the student is displaying any sign, under the guidelines of OCHD, as potentially having COVID, they will be sent to the quarantine area where both the staff member and student wear appropriate PPE (as directed by OCHD) until a parent arrives to take the student home.
Symptomatic students sent home from school should be kept home until they have tested negative or have completely recovered according to CDC guidelines.
Response to Positive COVID-19 Cases
Families will be notified that a student or staff member has tested positive while respecting the privacy of the individual student.
Staff and students who came in contact with a person who tested positive should remain in quarantine per guidance from the OCHD.
If possible, rooms will be quarantined after a staff or student tests positive. However, this may not always be possible, in which case, the classroom would undergo thorough sanitization.
Students who develop a fever or become ill with COVID-19 symptoms at school should wear a mask and be transported by their parent or guardian, or emergency contact, if clinically unstable, for off-site testing.
Staff who develop a fever or become ill with COVID-19 symptoms at school should wear a mask and be transported for off-site testing.
In the event of a lab or clinically diagnosed case of COVID-19, immediate efforts should be made to contact any close contacts (those who spent more than 15 minutes less than six feet in close proximity to the student or staff member) so that they can be quarantined for 14 days at home.
Students and staff should be closely monitored for any symptoms of COVID-19. At this time, empiric testing of all students or staff members in the class is not recommended. Only those that develop symptoms require testing for COVID-19.
COVID-19 Symptom & Response Flowchart
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Face Coverings and Face Shields
Face Covering Plan
Staff
Face coverings required for all staff at all times except when eating or due to a medical exemption.
EC/GSRP
Face coverings will not be required but highly encouraged unless they are in the halls of the EC program or on the bus.
Grades K-5
Face coverings required , except when eating, social distancing outside, or due to a medical exemption
Built in mask breaks will be allowed when strict cohort groups are in place.
Grades 6 - 12
Face coverings required for all students at all times except when eating or due to a medical exemption.
Face Shields
All staff members have the option of using a face shield in addition to a mask. In some settings, face shields will be a requirement to protect the safety of the staff and students.
Wearing a Face Covering Safely
All students will be given cloth face coverings and will be expected to bring them to school on a daily basis and wear them covering their mouth and nose as recommended by the Oakland County Health Division (OCHD).
Hazel Park Schools finds the refusal to wear a face covering a serious concern for the safety of our staff and students.
If a student refuses to wear a face covering, they will be relocated to the quarantine room until a parent/guardian can pick them up.
Continued non-compliance will results in a placement in Viking Virtual Academy.
Cloth Face Coverings
Homemade Masks
Additional Information
New Oakland County Guidelines for COVID-19 Forms
Hygiene
Handwashing and Sanitizing
Adequate supplies of soap, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, paper towels, tissues, and signs reinforcing proper handwashing techniques will be provided to support healthy hygiene behaviors
Every classroom will be supplied with a hand sanitizer stations.
Staff will teach and reinforce handwashing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and/or the safe use of hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Staff and students will be taught cough and sneeze into their elbows or cover with a tissue. Used tissues should be thrown in the trash and hands washed immediately using proper hand hygiene techniques.
Students in grades EC - 5 will be expected to wash their hand every 2-3 hours with soap and water or hand sanitizer if a sink is not available.
In grades 6 - 12, these routines will be discussed and implemented at the beginning of the school year. However, classroom teachers will not schedule breaks every 2-3 hours as it is expected that it is age appropriate that 6-12th graders will wash their hands during hall passing periods and washroom breaks, as well as use hand sanitizer when entering and exiting classrooms and other rooms.
Signage will be displayed throughout the building (front doors, water bottle filling stations, bathrooms and hand sanitizer stations reminding staff and students of the importance of healthy hygiene in the schools.
Reduction of Shared Materials
Students EC-5 will keep their materials in individual containers in their classrooms. Traditional sharing of materials in the classroom will not be allowed.
Students in 6-12th grade will keep their items in their designated lockers or in their backpacks.
When students may need to share equipment in a small group setting, the materials will be be wiped down by students after each use. As much as possible the school will attempt to supply individual kits to students to avoid sharing.
Writing utensils should be provided by parents and should not be shared between students.
New Oakland County Guidelines for COVID-19 Forms
CV19 School Flow Charts_10-16-20.pdfCOVID-19 School Flowchart
Symptomatic Student Log_10-16-20.pdfSymptomatic Student Log
Student-Staff Screening Checklist_10-16-20.pdfStaff & Student
Screening Checklist
Student School CV19 Report Form_10-16-20.pdfStudent School COVID-19
Report Form
Staff School CV19 Report Form_10-16-20.pdfStaff School COVID-19
Report Form
CV19 Isolation Room Letter_10-16-20.pdfSymptomatic Student
Parent Letter