(2/24/2021)
Leaders at Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) and the Lewiston-Altura School District are still considering whether, how, and when to potentially switch secondary students to in-person learning five days a week, after Minnesota updated its guidance for middle and high schools.
Minnesota’s updated guidance allows for hybrid or in-person learning when districts can put particular COVID-19 protocols in place. For local schools that are already implementing hybrid learning for middle and high school students, the updated guidance did not signal an immediate shift to in-person learning five days a week.
WAPS leaders are currently discussing the plan they could follow if they decide to shift to in-person learning, WAPS Superintendent Annette Freiheit said. The plan is similar to plans WAPS announced before the state guidance change, with the exception of a potential shift to in-person learning. Under the plan, if WAPS were to decide to make the change,
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Follow COVID guidelines, school leaders urge (12/30/2020)
Area school leaders are urging community members to follow COVID-19 guidelines over the holidays to help ensure enough staff members are healthy and able to work in-person as the new year begins.
With the most recent state guidance allowing elementary schools to return to hybrid or in-person learning on January 18 as long as they can put certain COVID precautions in place regardless of the county case rate districts still need a sufficient number of staff members to be out of quarantine or isolation to keep schools operating in person.
Districts also still have to consider the county case rate when deciding which learning model to have in place at the middle and high school levels, meaning a county case rate must be below 30 to implement hybrid learning for middle and high school students. As the most up-to-date unofficial 14-day case rate stands at 38, Winona County has not yet reache
(12/23/2020)
In response to recently released state guidance that allows elementary students to return to the classroom in January regardless of local COVID infection rates, area school districts are planning to welcome elementary students back in-person and aiming to have secondary students learn in a hybrid model.
Under the new state guidance, rates of COVID transmission in counties are not the central piece of information school districts must consider in deciding which learning model to implement for elementary students. Elementary schools are allowed to resume in-person classes so long as they follow certain COVID precautions. The infection rates still apply to decisions regarding whether middle and high school students may return to the classroom.