February 14, 2021
Dear District Families,
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you had a chance to stay warm with your loved ones during another frigid Wisconsin weekend. Unfortunately, it looks like the groundhog was right this year.
I have more good news to share related to our low COVID-19 burden level in Shorewood and our ability to bring students back to school. The COVID-19 community case burden report for Shorewood was 114 on Friday, February 12. This is our lowest burden level since September! Here is an update on what that means for our learning models at each school level:
Shorewood High School: SHS students will begin their hybrid instructional model, Monday, February 22. Principal Kenney has provided families with a resource document that provides guidance for their return.
Shorewood Intermediate School: SIS students will begin their hybrid instructional model tomorrow, Monday, February 15. Principal Joynt has provided families with a resource document that provides guidance for their return.
Elementary Schools: Elementary school students continue to stay in their hybrid learning model. This week was the second consecutive weekly report of COVID-19 burden levels under 200. As reflected in the District’s COVID-19 Learning Model Guidelines, this burden level paves the way for a transition to all day in-person instruction 5 days a week for K-6 students. A remote learning option will continue to remain available. Elementary school parents will be hearing from their principals by Monday, February 22 about the in-person and remote learning options, as well as the schedule for completing a Learning Model Declaration form for your student(s) for the third trimester. The start date for all day in-person instruction 5 days a week in our elementary schools will begin no sooner than Monday, March 15. This gives us the opportunity to utilize parent-teachers conferences on Thursday, March 11th and Friday, March 12th to directly communicate with families to provide support and answer questions related to the transition. Parent-teacher conferences will be held virtually and more information will be coming from the classroom teacher within the next few weeks.
This week I will also be working with the Medical Advisory Group and the Shorewood Education Association to process the new CDC guidance that was released on Friday to see if any modifications need to be made to our District Covid-19 Learning Model Guidelines. If needed, recommendations for modifications to our guidelines would be presented to the school board at their February 23 meeting.
Please contact me or your school principal if you have any questions about the information I have provided.
Sincerely,
Bryan Davis
Superintendent
Shorewood School District