District

NOTICE TO PARENTS

Re-opening Plan for Winter School District 2020-2021

This document was created to give guidance to students, parents, and teachers regarding the opening school on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020. Students will be attending in person 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Wednesday will be a distance learning day.  This day will be used to do additional cleaning of the school.  A total distance learning option is available for any students that would need it due to safety concerns.  It was created following the recommendations from the CDC and the Sawyer County Health Department. 

The school district has developed a three-phase plan to bring students back in person while maintaining a high level of safety. 

• Green Phase - We would be in the green phase if we have plenty of safety and cleaning supplies and there is no immediate threat to our staff or students from Covid19. 

  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday all students will come back to school in person.

  • Wednesday will be a distance learning day for all students. 

  • The length of the school year and the school day will stay the same. 

• Yellow Phase - We would be in the yellow phase if our safety or cleaning supplies are running low or there is a strong threat to our students or staff from Covid19. 

  • Students are split into Cohort A and Cohort B.

  • Cohort A - In-person learning Monday and Tuesday, distance learning on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. 

  • Cohort B - In-person learning Thursday and Friday, distance learning on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

• Red Phase - Safety or cleaning supplies have run out or there is a definite threat to our students or staff from Covid19.

  • All students will transition to distance learning.

  • We hope to be in this plan for no more than 2 weeks at a time. 

There will be a committee that meets weekly to reassess the current data and determines what phase of our plan we should be in. The committee will also decide how long we should remain in each phase. 

Our goal is to get our kiddos back in school full time as soon as possible. We will continue to discuss what parameters will allow us to do this. 
 

Safety Precautions for In-person Learning

• Students, parents, and staff will pre-screen before loading the school bus or coming to school. 

  • 3-5 questions to ask your student in the morning about how they feel

  • If possible, temperature checks at home

• Temperatures will be taken as students enter the school bus or the school.

• We will work to keep students in smaller cohorts and keep those cohorts, to the best of our ability, from intermingling.

• Masks will be required when…

  • students arrive at school or get on the school bus

  • students leave their classroom 

  • entering areas commonly used by different groups of students

  • Special situations may arise that require masks to be worn in classrooms like the state mandate from Governor Evers. 

  • Reusable masks will be provided by the school. Parents are welcome to purchase masks for their children.

• Drinking fountains are being converted into bottle filling stations. Students are encouraged to bring their own water bottles. If they don’t have one, cups will be provided. 

• Social distancing will be practiced in the classroom and in the hallways.

• Polycarbonate partitions are being set up as an additional level of safety in our early elementary, science classrooms, and computer stations. 

• Additional sanitizing.

  • Increased hand washing and hand sanitizing.

  • Disinfecting/sanitizing classrooms at the end of each day.

  • Increased cleaning to take place on Wednesday while no students in the building. 

  • Additional hand sanitizers will be placed at the entrance to classrooms

• If a student comes to school ill or becomes ill, parents will be notified and the student will need to be picked up immediately. Ill students will be isolated while waiting.

• Parents are encouraged to transport their student(s) to and from school. If they ride the bus they will be required to wear masks and have socially distanced assigned seats. 

This reopening plan is the best guidance we can give at this time. The situation is very fluid and things change daily and weekly. There are still policies and procedures being discussed and as decisions are made, that information will be provided to the public. We appreciate your patience and are looking forward to re-engaging face to face with students and parents. If you have questions you can contact Andy Grimm at 715-266-3301 ext 2250 or email your questions to covid19@winterwarriors.org. Your questions will be answered as soon as possible.