Wawasee Moving Nov. 23-24 School Days To eLearning
November 13, 2020 at 3:15 a.m.
Wawasee Moving Nov. 23-24 School Days To eLearning
By Staff Report-
In a letter Thursday from Assistant Superintendent Dr. Steve Troyer to Wawasee families, he wrote, “The past couple of weeks has seen an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in our county and local communities. After working with the Kosciusko County Health Department, we announced last week that Wawasee High School would transition to a virtual learning model through” today. “As we mentioned in our public statement on Nov. 5, our local health department does not consider schools to be significant spreaders of the virus, but we aren’t immune to close contact quarantines that impact our ability to fully staff our schools.”
He said the decision to go to a virtual learning model at Wawasee High School has allowed the school corporation to continue to adequately staff its other school buildings and keep them open for in-person learning for the time being.
“An additional measure we will be taking to help control the spread of COVID-19 and limit the number of close contact quarantines, is to hold eLearning days rather than in-building learning on Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24. This will provide an opportunity for students and staff to be apart for nine days over the Thanksgiving holiday, and hopefully limit the number of students and staff who would be quarantined during this time,” according to the letter.
Teachers will be working with students and families to prepare for these two planned eLearning days and will provide lessons for those two days like Wawasee has done in the past.
“We ask that you remain diligent during the Thanksgiving holiday and follow recommendations from health officials regarding social functions. It is only through our mutual efforts that we will be able to keep all our buildings open during the upcoming winter months,” Troyer wrote.
Wawasee will continue to monitor the situation in the coming days and if further changes are necessary, Wawasee will make those announcements as soon as possible.
In a letter Thursday from Assistant Superintendent Dr. Steve Troyer to Wawasee families, he wrote, “The past couple of weeks has seen an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in our county and local communities. After working with the Kosciusko County Health Department, we announced last week that Wawasee High School would transition to a virtual learning model through” today. “As we mentioned in our public statement on Nov. 5, our local health department does not consider schools to be significant spreaders of the virus, but we aren’t immune to close contact quarantines that impact our ability to fully staff our schools.”
He said the decision to go to a virtual learning model at Wawasee High School has allowed the school corporation to continue to adequately staff its other school buildings and keep them open for in-person learning for the time being.
“An additional measure we will be taking to help control the spread of COVID-19 and limit the number of close contact quarantines, is to hold eLearning days rather than in-building learning on Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24. This will provide an opportunity for students and staff to be apart for nine days over the Thanksgiving holiday, and hopefully limit the number of students and staff who would be quarantined during this time,” according to the letter.
Teachers will be working with students and families to prepare for these two planned eLearning days and will provide lessons for those two days like Wawasee has done in the past.
“We ask that you remain diligent during the Thanksgiving holiday and follow recommendations from health officials regarding social functions. It is only through our mutual efforts that we will be able to keep all our buildings open during the upcoming winter months,” Troyer wrote.
Wawasee will continue to monitor the situation in the coming days and if further changes are necessary, Wawasee will make those announcements as soon as possible.
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