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Updated: 6:23 PM CDT May 18, 2021 A sudden decision by the Elmbrook School District superintendent to make face masks optional surprised some school board members. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinSome parents are now trying to shift their kids back to virtual classes.Masks have been synonymous with schools everywhere since in-person classes returned.But in recent weeks, with COVID-19 vaccinations increasing, that is starting to change. Elmbrook parents suddenly found out in an email Monday night that masks are now optional.Katie Strelka said she found out at 5 p.m.Though the school board voted to implement the mask requirement, it was undone by the district administrator without a board vote.Strelka called it a slap in the face.She just sent her first-grade student back to Swanson Elementary after spring break with the assurance masks would be required for the rest of the school year. I don t even know, what do I do? I force my son to virtual? He doesn t wan
When Tarah Fedenia learned she was one of five educators in Wisconsin presented with the 2022 Wisconsin Teachers of the Year Award by the state Department of Public Instruction, she did not see it coming.
First, Fedenia, a bilingual speech and language pathologist at Poplar Creek Elementary School in New Berlin, was told by her principal, Matt Stempniewski, that she was selected to be on a Zoom call last week with departing state superintendent Carolyn Stanford-Taylor and that the state had selected its Herb Kohl Educational Foundation s Teacher Fellowship Program award winners.
It wasn t until the end of the call that she was told she was being named a teacher of the year.