July 16, 2020

Huber Heights City Schools,

This morning we were made aware that a member of our Football coaching staff has tested
positive for Covid-19. This particular coach was most recently present during the afternoon
Football training session on Tuesday, Jul 14. The Athletic Department and Football program
immediately made the decision to cancel the remaining sessions scheduled for July 16 & 17.
The earliest the Football team will have any type of training will be Monday, July 20. The
student athletes/coaches that have been determined to have been in contact will have more
stringent return requirements that we will outline below.

Our Athletic Department, Coaching staff and Athletic Training staff have been diligently
enforcing all of the return to facilities protocols. Every one of our coaches and student athletes
have been required to complete the daily check in process; which includes a self symptom
questionnaire, taking of their temperature and wearing a mask at all times other than activity.
As a result of this, we have been able to easily follow the tracing protocol and have determined
a list of student-athletes and coaches that now will be required to follow our ‘Direct contact with
covid case’ process. All of these individuals and their families have been notified directly.

We have worked tirelessly with Premier Health, the Montgomery County Board of Health and
our district administration to ensure we enforce the appropriate next step. Our Board of
Education has adopted the Huber Heights City Schools 2020-21 Back To School Plans. In that
document, it states the following:

● Quarantine Due to Direct Contact with COVID-19 Case 

○ Students/staff who have been within six feet of a confirmed COVID-19 case for 
fifteen consecutive minutes or more over the past ten calendar days, must stay 
home from school for fourteen calendar days from the time they were last 
exposed to the infected individual or until they receive a negative COVID-19 test 
result. 
■ This would include students seated in classes immediately around the 
infected student/staff member. It could also include school bus, 
cafeteria and/or sports/club connections. 
■ This would likely not include hallway, or other exposure in schools, due to 
the time consistently sitting within six feet being less than fifteen 
consecutive minutes. 
We have a list of those that have been determined to have been in contact as is defined in our
policy. That group of individuals will be given the two options as requirements before they can
be back on school property. They will either have to stay home until July 29 and be
asymptomatic, or they have to provide a negative covid-19 test.

We of course are saddened by the fact that we have this situation; but we feel confident that
steps we have taken and the protocol we are enforcing will provide the safest possible
environment moving forward. We urge you as our community to be doing everything you can to
lessen the spread of this pandemic. We are hopeful for a safe return to both the school year
and our Fall Athletics seasons. Thanks for your understanding and support.

Nate Baker
Director of Athletics
Wayne HS & Weisenborn JH
nathaniel.baker@myhhcs.org