By Josh Staloch Staff Writer DE PERE – Emotions ran high Nov. 17 as the West De Pere School Board voted 4-1 to do away with its K-6 mask mandate, beginning Dec. 17. “Because the vaccine is now available for children (ages 5-11), we’re going to ride that out for six weeks, after the date …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer SUAMICO – Howard-Suamico Superintendent Damian LaCroix said the district will continue its temporary mask mandate for grades K-6, because schools housing the district’s youngest students have seen fewer quarantines since masks were made mandatory. “Right now, as we speak, as we head into November, the position is to stay the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay’s youngest students will be required to wear a mask indoors when they head back to school this September. At a special board meeting July 26, the school board loosened the face-covering requirement for seventh- and eighth-grade students but stuck to its requirement for the district’s youngest …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – As COVID-19 cases decrease and the number of people being vaccinated increases, the school district is planning to discontinue the requirement to wear a mask when students begin the 2021-22 school year in the fall, said Superintendent Kurt Weyers. Though districts in the state currently have the discretion …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – On Tuesday, April 20, the De Pere Common Council voted to end the city’s mask mandate, as of 11:59 p.m. May 5. The debate of mask-continuance pros and cons overlapped multiple meetings over the past few months. Alderperson Dean Raasch, who brought the motion forward, and Alderperson Dan …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council voted in favor of reinstating a city-wide face covering ordinance at a special meeting Thursday, April 1. The decision came a day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mandate, and the city’s ordinance lapsed. “I had mentioned the other …
By Josh Staloch Correspondent SEYMOUR – The Seymour school board, meeting only hours after Gov. Tony Evers extended a statewide mask mandate until Nov. 21, got to the topic of its own mask policy Tuesday, Sept. 22. The board agreed to comply with Evers’ mask or face covering mandate in enclosed spaces or where people …
By Heather Graves Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council has followed the City of Green Bay’s lead and passed a face covering ordinance 5-3 at a special board meeting Tuesday, July 28. Because the mandate didn’t receive an unanimous vote, it won’t go into effect until after the ordinance’s second reading, if …
