The following bus routes will not be running the week of Sept. 20-24:
- Bus #3 – Central Woodlands, Central Middle, Central High
- Bus #6 – Northern Trails, Northern Hills Middle, Northern High
- Bus #8 – Pine Ridge Elementary, Central Middle, Central High
- Bus #11 – Knapp Forest Elementary, Eastern Middle, Eastern High
- Bus #13 – Pine Ridge, Northern Hills Middle, Northern High
- Bus #23 – Meadow Brook Elementary, Eastern Middle, Eastern High
- Bus #89 – Thornapple Elementary, Central Middle, Central High
- Bus #91 – Ada Elementary, Eastern Middle, Eastern High
When Forest Hills Public Schools receives the notification of a COVID-19 positive test result within our school community, we work with the Kent County Health Department to inform any other student/staff that were in close contact with the person who received the positive case. When a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, it is the responsibility of the Kent County Health Department to contact those identified as close contacts. The Kent County Health Department looks back 48 hours before the onset of symptoms when reviewing who may have been exposed and determining who may be a close contact. If you do not qualify as a close contact, you will not hear from the health department.
The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) requires school personnel and students to be screened for symptoms of COVID-19 before entering their school every day. As of Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, Forest Hills Public Schools is using a new electronic COVID-19 symptom checker for students in our in-person learning model that must be completed each morning prior to attending school. The electronic tool was developed for the KCHD for use by schools and is available in seven different languages. Here is what families need to know:
As we experience a new surge in cases of COVID-19, officials from the Kent County Health Department (KCHD) are discovering clear findings in the data. First, transmissions within school buildings during the academic day are very rare. Schools across the area are doing a good job with consistent implementation of strong mitigation measures. While schools are seeing students and 
For students in grades 7-12, we will begin the first four weeks of the school year with a hybrid in-person learning plan. This plan is designed to reduce the number of students by 50% in the school, during passing times, and in classrooms to allow for maximum social distancing. Students will be assigned to one of two groups, based upon a family’s last name. This will allow half of the students to attend school while the other half engage in remote learning at home. The first group of students will attend in-person learning all day Monday and Thursday. The second group of students will attend in-person learning all day on Tuesday and Friday. When students are not attending school in-person, they will be required to participate in remote learning and complete assignments at home. Both groups will engage in mandatory remote learning at home all day on Wednesday. Given that the first two weeks of the school year are four-day weeks, the schedule will be slightly different for these weeks and eliminates the all-student remote learning day in the middle of the week. This plan will allow district and health officials to closely monitor student and staff member health and the prevalence of the virus in our community. As we approach the end of the four-week period, we will see if conditions safely allow for an increase in the amount of time students spend at school.
