Luxemburg-Casco has a busy sports schedule this month, but after the board removed the COVID-19-related precautions, a number of schools in the North Eastern Conference, of which the Spartans are a member, informed the school that their teams won t come to Luxemburg-Casco or host its students for games because the quarantine restrictions were lifted, Superintendent Glenn Schlender told the Star-News.
Schlender also said the Spartans ability to play postseason tournaments leading to the state high school championships might have been compromised under current WIAA guidelines, although he added it s unclear because the WIAA has different guidelines that seem to depend on the sport and the social distancing possible when playing them.
Luxemburg-Casco School Board drops COVID-19 mask requirement but will revisit the issue Monday Christopher Clough, Green Bay Press-Gazette
LUXEMBURG - The Luxemburg-Casco School Board will meet Monday to revisit its decision from Wednesday night to end the health precautions implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including a requirement to wear face masks or coverings in school buildings.
In a special meeting May 5 where consideration of revising COVID related restrictions was one of only two items in the agenda, the board voted 4-3 in favor of lifting mask requirements and quarantine rules immediately.
The school has a busy sports schedule this month, and several schools in the North Eastern Conference whose teams are scheduled to face the Spartans before the end of the season have told the school their teams won t come to the school or host its students for games if the COVID-19-related restrictions are lifted, District Superintendent Glenn Schlender
Not only was the decision made via a close vote, the reaction Schelender s phone and email has received from parents and students has been about evenly split, he said. Besides health concerns, questions also were raised about making a change of this magnitude with less than a month to go in the school year.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court effectively ended a statewide mask mandate April 2 by limiting the ability to extend previous emergency orders without legislative approval. Since then, a handful of the state s 464 school districts have ended or loosened their mask requirements.
While the COVID-19 protocols were meant to be lifted immediately, the schools would face logistical concerns in not only taking down plexiglass dividers in classrooms and other physical items but also finding places to store them on short notice. Schlender said discussions are taking place on this situation.