Governor Tony Evers has asked the Department of Health Services (DHS) to ban all gatherings of 10 or more people and has ordered that all schools in Wisconsin remain closed for the length of the public health crisis.
This new order replaces the April 6, 2020 end date for K-12 school closures.
Starting at 5 pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 all K-12 public and private schools will close and remain closed until the end of the public health emergency.
During the ban, schools cannot conduct pupil instruction or extracurricular activities in their school buildings.
However, if schools choose to remain open to staff for purposes other than pupil instruction and extracurricular activities, the ban on gatherings of 10 or more people will still apply. This means that at no point in time should your school have more than 10 people, including staff and/or parents in one room. If your building will remain open for staff, staff should continue to practice social distancing which means remaining six feet apart and should not be within sight of more than 10 people at one time, according to DPI staff who has been communicating with the Governor’s office.
WCRIS is working with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to answer your questions.
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