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Embed The school-age population accounts for a growing share of recent coronavirus cases across northern Michigan. Lisa Peacock, health officer for Otsego County, told NPR that without the school district's help it would be "literally impossible" to keep up with contact tracing. Getty Images toggle caption Getty Images The school-age population accounts for a growing share of recent coronavirus cases across northern Michigan. Lisa Peacock, health officer for Otsego County, told NPR that without the school district's help it would be "literally impos...

A Principal And His Tape Measure: Schools Are Helping Do COVID-19 Contact Tracing Friday, May 14, 2021 Gaylord High School principal Chris Hodges measures the space between seats in a yearbook class. A student in the class tested positive for covid, and Hodges is working with the local health department to trace people who might have been exposed to her at school. Brett Dahlberg/WCMU Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, Michigan, never thought he'd be a contact tracer. "I definitely thought, you know, 'Why — why am I doing this?'" he says with a laugh. "That...

Another pandemic ‘to do’ on the list for schools: Contact tracing Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, Michigan, never thought he'd be a contact tracer. "I definitely thought, you know, 'Why — why am I doing this?'" he said with a laugh. "That's not what I went to school for." In what has become a regular part of his school day, Hodges fields reports on his charges such as hearing from the Health Department of Northwest Michigan that a student had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was in school for three days when she might have been contagiou...