With coronavirus cases continuing to rise across Wisconsin, many school boards are reinstating mask mandates at their schools. Other school districts, however, are leaving it optional.
It started with just a few people, but grew to more than 60 during the first hour of the Black Lives Matter protest Friday outside of the Columbia County Courthouse in Portage. For one of the organizers, Mykiah Schumann, of Pardeeville, the need to raise awareness of racist thoughts and behaviors is paramount in small cities like Portage and the small town of Poynette, where she grew up.
By Anna Hansen
Jul 28, 2021 | 3:32 PM
PORTAGE, Wis. Kids ages 11 and under are being asked to mask up. That’s the newest guidance from the Wisconsin DHS, amid rising case numbers and concerns for the Delta variant.
Vaccine rates for kids 12 to 17 remain low, with less than 40% in the age group fully vaccinated. On Tuesday, Columbia County Health Services announced their endorsement of kids between 12 to 17 getting vaccinated, citing the low rate of vaccines and the high number of new confirmed cases.
Many schools in the county, however, have indicated that vaccines will not be required for their students. They say it’s a personal choice.
UW System welcomes Tribal Nations leadership to discuss consultation policy (day 2 news summary)
Friday, July 9, 2021
MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System is working to collaborate more closely with Wisconsin’s Tribal Nations to help more Native Americans access and succeed in higher education.
The Board of Regents welcomed leaders of several Tribal Nations Friday to discuss development of a formal consultation policy between the UW System and its institutions and the Tribal Nations, both individually and collectively.
“The main goal is to get more Native students here, to keep them here, and to graduate them. I want us to all work together to achieve that goal,” said Regent President Edmund Manydeeds III. “We want to make sure we can get your input, experience, guidance, and expertise to find out what we can do.”