Announcement comes as children account for the largest number of new COVID-19 cases in the state.
Wisconsin Parents Are Standing Up for COVID Safety In Schools
As school boards—many times influenced by groups funded by national conservative organizations—decline to enact COVID safety protocols, local parent groups are pushing back.
Menomonie Parents Request Due Process Hearing Over School District’s COVID Safety Protocols
The action is the first such known as parents throughout Wisconsin seek remedies for school districts that don’t require COVID safety.
Native American Leaders Seeking Improvements to Curriculum After Teacher Wears Racist Outfit
Insensitive depictions of Native Americans are demeaning and further negative views that help lead to violence against indigenous people, advocates said.
Parents, Progressive PAC Weigh Lawsuits Against Schools That Refuse to Enact COVID Rules
Lawsuits against Wisconsin schools that don’t require masks could be filed soon following the death of at least two students who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
A Mondovi High Schooler Died While COVID-Positive. The School Board Still Didn’t Require Masks.
Dylan Passa is the second school-age Wisconsinite to die after testing positive for COVID-19 since the school year began.
‘Made-Up Political Outrage’: Republican Legislators Target Efforts to Teach About Historic Racism
Professor responds that students “don’t have to agree with me, but they do have to think.”
Menomonie School Board Ends Mandatory COVID Contact Quarantines, Leaves Decision With Parents
The vote comes after the school board voted twice last month against requiring masks amid a nationwide surge of the Delta COVID-19 variant.
Most Wisconsin School Districts Aren’t Requiring Masks. There Are Already Outbreaks.
With school barely back in session, hundreds of kids and staff are already COVID-positive or quarantined across Wisconsin.
DPI Hints That Schools Might Face Lawsuits If They Don’t Require Masks
Letter offers a thinly veiled warning about running amok of federal investigations into school mask bans and the Americans With Disabilities Act’s equal education policy.