On Sept. 21, 2020, the District Health Department notified the Alpena school district about two students, one at Ella White and the other at Sanborn, having a “probable” case of COVID-19. When a case of COVID-19 is deemed “probable,” the DHD treats it like a positive case because that means the person was around someone with a positive COVID-19 test and now has symptoms of the virus. Staff and students who were in close contact were sent home to self-quarantine for 14 days.