Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap

Phases 1-3

Spreading to flattening

Phases 1-3

Spreading to flattening

Phase 4

Improving

Phase 4

Improving

Phase 5

Containing

Phase 5

Containing

Phase 6

Post pandemic

Phase 6

Post pandemic

Pandemic status

> Community spread of the virus is increasing and substantial.

> There is concern about health system capacity.

> Testing and tracing efforts may not be sufficient to control the spread of the pandemic.

 

School operating status

>  No in-person instruction, remote only.

 

Athletics status

>  All athletics are suspended.

 

Pandemic status

> New cases and deaths continue to decrease for an additional period of time.

> At this point, the number of active cases has reached a point where infection from other members of the community is less common.

> With widespread testing, positivity rates often fall much lower than earlier phases.

> Rapid case investigation, contact tracing, and containment strategies cause new cases to continue to fall.

 

School operating status

> Schools open for in-person instruction with minimal required safety protocols.

 

Athletics status

>  All indoor and outdoor athletics are allowed with minimal required safety protocols.

 

 

Pandemic status

> Post pandemic.

> Few, if any, active COVID-19 cases locally.

> Community spread not expected to return.

> Sufficient community immunity and availability of treatment.

 

School operating status

> Schools open for in-person instruction with no required COVID-19-related safety protocols.

 

Athletics status

>  All athletics are allowed with with no required COVID-19-related safety protocols.

Pandemic status

>  The number of new cases and deaths has fallen for a period of time, but overall case levels are

still high.

> Most new outbreaks are quickly identified, traced, and contained due to robust testing infrastructure and rapid contact tracing.

> Health system capacity can typically handle these new outbreaks, and therefore case

fatality rate does not rise above typical levels.

> The overall number of infected individuals still indicate the need for distancing to stop transmission and move to the next phase.

 

School operating status

>  In-person instruction is permitted with required safety protocols.

 

Athletics status

>  All outdoor athletics are allowed with safety precautions. The fall indoor sports of volleyball, girls swimming and diving, and boys water polo are not allowed in phase.

 

   School life in Michigan — from athletics to riding the bus to wearing masks in classrooms  — will depend on how much or little the COVID-19 virus is raging through regions of the state come the first day of school.

   Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released guidelines Tuesday for how Michigan's K-12 schools should reopen in the fall and said her administration would provide $256 million to help districts implement their local plans.

   Depending on the phases of the Michigan Safe Start Plan, the governor's reopening playbook, students and teachers must wear masks most of the time except for eating.

   Desks must be spaced six feet apart in classrooms and all arranged facing the same direction toward the front of the classroom. Teachers should maintain six feet of spacing between themselves and students as much as possible.

   Visitors — even family members — won't be allowed in schools except in emergencies as decided by administrators.

 

  Cleaning requirements say frequently touched surfaces — including light switches, doors, benches and bathrooms — must undergo cleaning at least every four hours with either an Environmental Protection Agency-approved disinfectant or diluted bleach solution.

   Athletics would be allowed but with restrictions. Large indoor spectator events would remain suspended. Large outdoor spectator or stadium events would be limited to 100 people, and people not part of the same household must maintain six feet of distance.

   Whitmer's order suggests athletics and extracurricular activities will not be offered in the fall in regions that are in Phase 3 or less of the governor's reopening plan. The executive order said private and public schools must develop reopening plans that "suspend athletics, after-school activities, inter-school activities (e.g., debate competitions) and busing."

 Detroit News