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Masks to be optional for West Salem students for outdoor activities
District will continue to follow WIAA
May 3, 2021 6:14 PM Greg White
Updated:
That change starts Tuesday.
The district will continue to follow WIAA masking guidelines for outdoor activities.
More details about COVID-19 in the district is available on the district’s dashboard.
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State superintendent candidates Deborah Kerr and Jill Underly will advance to the spring election which will determine who will be Wisconsin’s next top education official.
The two candidates voters choose will take part in a runoff election on Apr. 6.
The winner will replace current state Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who has been in the position since 2019 when Tony Evers became governor. She is not running for reelection.
Here is a bit about each of the candidates:
Shelia Briggs
Briggs taught kindergarteners for three decades and then became a principal. She later worked at the Madison district office as the Elementary Lead Principal. Evers asked her to be an Assistant State Superintendent in 2011 for the Department of Public Instruction and was later re-appointed by Stanford Taylor in 2019.