COVID screeners, quarantine information

Parents, staff and visitors, please use the COVID screening tools at the bottom of the page to determine if you or your child may have been exposed to COVID and should avoid visiting our buildings.  Please note, these are not the only reasons that a child should be kept home or would be sent home.  Children should always be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine before coming to school.  Adults and students also should not attend if they have vomited in the last 24 hours. See our When To Keep Your Child Home document for other common ailments.

• Student COVID screening tool English 02-16-21
• Student COVID screening tool Arabic 02-16-21
• Student COVID screening tool Spanish 02-16-21

• Staff-visitor COVID screening tool English 02-16-21
• Staff-visitor COVID screening tool Arabic 02-16-21
• Staff-visitor COVID screening tool Spanish 02-16-21

• COVID back-to-school English 4-5-21
• COVID back-to-school Arabic 4-6-21

Click this link for COVID dashboard details

School opening information

Dearborn Public Schools met the COVID measures set by the Board of Education and restarted with hybrid learning with the first students attending on March 1.

Any decision regarding closing schools and moving back to virtual learning will come from Superintendent Glenn Maleyko. Closing is not tied to a specific measure. Dearborn Public Schools continues to have direct conversations with the Wayne County Health Department. At this time they do not recommend any school closures based on current data, but the district and health department continue to monitor local conditions.

Watching community rates

These unofficial sources provide constantly updated figures for local COVID trends so residents and staff can monitor positivity rates in Wayne County outside Detroit.

Social-emotional support hotline

Dearborn Public Schools is offering an emotional support hotline to assist students and families who are experiencing anxiety, fear and stress in this time of crisis. Families reaching out to the hotline by phone or email will be contacted by a school counselor, social worker or psychologist. The hotline is 313-827-8500 or email at dss@dearbornschools.org.

Other resources

For COVID specific questions, please contact the Wayne County Health Department at 734-287-7870 or email our Dearborn school nurses. Staff or students who have tested positive for COVID-19 need to contact their school office or supervisor. Any one who has symptoms or is considered a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case is strongly encouraged to get tested.

DIstrict Public Hotline for other questions and support from 8-4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday is  313-827-3006 or email is communications@dearbornschools.org

Informational Links:

• Michigan’s Guidelines for Operating Schools Safely (New January 2021)
• MI Safe Schools: Rationale (New January 2021)
• CDC Coronavirus Information Page
  • CDC Hotline: 800-232-4636
• MDHHS Coronavirus Information Page
  • MDHHS hotline: 888-535-6136
  • MDHHS COVID statistics
• Wayne County Coronavirus Information Page
  • Wayne County hotline: 734-287-7870
  • Wayne County COVID dashboard
  • Wayne County Return to School Roadmap
• Detroit Health Department dashboard
• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Q&A
• Vaccine Q&A