GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Green Bay School Board voted 5-2 to approve four days of in-person learning for middle and high school students.
In a special board meeting the board approved to return to four days in-person beginning April 12. Wednesday will remain a full virtual learning day.
Families can choose to remain or transition to fully virtual learning based off this decision.
If Brown County burden rate reaches 400, this will trigger a special board meeting for the board to discuss transition to an alternative instruction model.
Superintendent Stephen Murley sent a letter of advantages and disadvantages of moving students to four days in-person for the board to consider. The list was created based off feedback from school administrators.
Some of the advantages listed include: social and emotional well-being of students, and potential for better staffing due to vaccinations, and teams have been planning for more kids in the building.
A few of the disadvantages listed are: social distancing concerns (specifically for East, Edison and Preble), difficulty with contact tracing, stress levels of teachers and staff, and need for more science and tech ed. positions to be filled.
For a full look at the list, click here.
Green Bay’s middle and high school students will continue learning a hybrid model until April 11. T
The board began discussion of moving to four days in-person the same week they returned to the classroom in a hybrid model.
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