At the December 2nd special school board meeting the board took the following action:
New instruction for MS/HS students will cease on December 11th. The 14-22nd will be utilized to work with students who continue to struggle in the virtual environment. MS/HS students who are failing will be brought into the school to facilitate their learning and work completion. The elementary school will remain virtual until December 23rd. The district will add a week to Christmas break and will begin classes on Monday, January 11th. No action was taken to modify the gating metric utilized to make decisions regarding learning models. The board will again review the gating metric at the regularly scheduled December 14th board meeting.
BOE Meeting Live Link - https://youtu.be/wHmOu2rL6dk
Dec 1 GBB Highlight Video - Kickapoo (73) @ Ithaca (38) -http://www.hudl.com/v/2Eia4a
Live Link for Girls Basketball tonight @ Ithaca: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDwwmlFd2t1uT8hDct3jeA/featured?view_as=subscriber
Highlight Video from GBB @ Wonewoc on Nov 24. Automatically generated by our video program, so there a couple errors, but still cool. http://www.hudl.com/v/2Eh0Le
Last Chance...Store Closes tonight at 11:59pm. Anyone wishing to purchase Kickapoo apparel can visit this link to do so. They can not guarantee a delivery date, so please be aware that items may or may not arrive before the holidays. Items will be sent directly to your home. https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/kHqkVPwYPb
Meal Pick-up Reminder from the Kitchen. Please pick up meals today if possible. Thanks!
A message from BBS: We're all in this together! Click Here to Enroll with Bridging Brighter Smiles! https://enrollment.bbsmiles.org/
Wonewoc-Center will be using Facebook live to stream the JV & Varsity Girls basketball game tonight. Fans can access it through the Wonewoc-Center Facebook page or the Wonewoc-Center school website.
Free public COVID testing will occur Nov 25th, Dec 1st and 10th. Times are 10am-6pm at the Old County Highway Shop in Viroqua across from the Viroqua Food Coop, children must be 5 or older to be tested. This is open to anyone, not necessarily just Vernon County residents.
Anyone wishing to purchase Kickapoo apparel can visit this link to do so. They can not guarantee a delivery date, so please be aware that items may or may not arrive before the holidays. Items will be sent directly to your home. https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/kHqkVPwYPb
Case counts have nearly doubled since October 29th when the elementary students came back for a 2 week period. Hospital capacity concerns are starting to emerge.
https://www.wizmnews.com/2020/11/19/doctors-paint-grim-picture-of-where-la-crosse-hospitals-are-nearing-due-to-covid-19/
As a result of the doubling of cases across our counties, the district will extend all virtual instruction until December 7th.
NOTICE - The track will be closed until Monday. There are landscaping projects underway and contractors are asking for non-use until the project is complete. Thank you!
Just a reminder from the kitchen about meal pick-up today for those that have signed up. Thanks!
MESSAGE FROM NURSE TRISH: If you are considered a contact of a positive Covid case, please read the information in this link https://5il.co/n2oj . If you are on quarantine or isolation, please follow the guidelines. I am also available to help answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Elementary Parents (or anyone else) If you would like to get back on the meal pick up list for next week, please contact Melissa and let her know by noon Friday. Thanks!
With Covid case counts in both of our counties rising again, the district will again move to the full virtual model of instruction at all levels starting November 16th. We will continue to communicate with our local health department and monitor the data to inform the community of when we can return the elementary students to in-person learning. Last week's report from Vernon county showed that 59% of positive cases could not identify where they acquired the illness which is indicative of wide community spread of the virus. Increased community spread of the virus combined with an approximate 60% increase in total cases across the two counties over the last two weeks, has led us to believe that moving back to a virtual model of instruction is the safest course of action. The administration will monitor the case counts over the next two weeks, we need to see case counts come down towards 50 per 10K (please see the Covid tracker on our website which is updated every Thursday) in order to bring the elementary back into school.
If case counts remain high, and results in a more prolonged virtual environment, the district is also working on a plan to deliver meals once a week to families who sign up. In the event that this happens please expect more communication around potential food delivery and sign up next week.
WRESTLING CLOTHING ORDER INFORMATION: The online wrestling clothing store closes the 30th of Nov. at midnight. People should have the option to have their clothes sent to their home or to the school.
https://kickapoowr20.itemorder.com/sale
Any questions, contact Coach Clements!
Link for tonight's BOE Regular Meeting: https://youtu.be/OT8TqtGzvdc