Jonathan Alder

Madison County's prosecutor interprets state law to say that schools should only require a quarantine if students have physical contact with a COVID-positive person. The county's board of health followed that interpretation, which makes the county unique among other counties in its quarantine protocols.

The number of COVID-19 cases the Jonathan Alder School District has had in the first three weeks of this school year is well over half the number they had in the entire previous year.