As a part of the state’s federal COVID education aid via ESSER funds, the DPI is offering a variety of free professional development opportunities to help teachers across the state meet their students’ needs. Private schools statewide can learn more about this free PD from CESA 1 through these upcoming informational sessions: Thursday, May 6th [...]
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COVID Testing in Schools
April 22, 2021
The state has received more than $175 million in federal funding to develop a program to support school-based COVID-19 testing for teachers, staff, and students, according to a notice from the Department of Health Services. A survey went out to school districts and private schools last week to gather input on what kind of testing [...]
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EANS Funds — Call to Action
April 14, 2021
You well know the struggles with keeping students safe and the unexpected costs that COVID has created, alongside the federal EANS funds dangling like a carrot before a starved rabbit. That’s why WCRIS is appealing to the state legislature for help in addressing this morass. Please e-mail your school’s COVID story to the Legislature’s Joint [...]
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Free PD for Teachers: Sign up Now for April 16 Information Session
April 14, 2021
As a part of the state’s initiatives that are funded with general COVID education aid to Wisconsin via a portion of ESSER funds, the DPI is offering a variety of free professional development opportunities to help teachers across the state meet their students’ needs. Private schools statewide can learn more from CESA 1 through an [...]
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Private Schools Lead the Way
April 14, 2021
The first analysis of COVID-19 related K-12 virtual learning in Wisconsin was released this week by the non-partisan, non-profit Wisconsin Policy Forum. Here are some highlights: “Public versus Private Schools. We looked at which schools had regular in-person instruction – defined as schools where students were typically either all or almost all attending in person [...]
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Important May 15 Busing Deadline
April 14, 2021
Annually, by May 15, each private school must notify each school board in its attendance area of the name, grade level, and address of each private school student eligible to receive transportation benefits from the district, and who is planning on attending the private school for the ensuing school year. A public school board can [...]
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News from Washington, D.C.
April 14, 2021
You can read more about the following headlines in the April Outlook newsletter from the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). All WCRIS schools are members of CAPE through their affiliation with WCRIS, the official chapter of the Badger state. Choice Grows Across the Nation with West Virginia Leading West Virginia, South Dakota and Kentucky [...]
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WCRIS Appeals to Legislature for Relief from EANS Morass
April 08, 2021
WCRIS appealed to legislators for help with effectively using federal pandemic relief funds, specifically EANS funds, during a joint meeting today of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Education Committees. The funds are so restricted by Congress that they are virtually useless for solving real problems created by COVID 19 and for addressing the behavior guidelines [...]
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EANS Catalogue and Upcoming Webinars
April 08, 2021
The CESA network has released its recording of their first EANS webinar. The webinar covered the basics of EANS, the catalog of services and goods, and the application process and timelines. You can find the recording here. The CESAs will also be hosting two upcoming webinars, which you can register for here: Utilization of Funds [...]
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Opportunities to Join Statewide Response Team
April 08, 2021
The Department of Justice-Office of School Safety is working on a project to create 12 regional Critical Incident Response Teams located around the state, and is looking for volunteers to serve. The team members would respond after the critical incident has occurred, to assist with the recovery for schools, students, and staff. A critical incident [...]
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