Teachers Respond to Reopening of Madison Public Schools Over 500 combined Madison Metropolitan School District staff and Madison community members signed an open letter urging the district School Board and superintendent Dr. Carlton Jenkins to reconsider their plan for returning to in-person classes starting next week. The letter, sent this past Monday, cites staff and community members’ worries that “the lack of inoculations will lead to an increased risk of spread throughout our community, including those students and their families at home who could have the disease brought home to them”. Starting next Tuesday, kindergarten students and teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District will return to in-person classes as part of the first phase of the district’s hybrid reopening plan. This plan will include in-person classes along with concurrent virtual learning for those students who don’t feel safe being in-person. Kindergarten will be followed by the first and second grade levels during the week of March 16th and then the 4K grade level in the following week.