Dear Parents, Guardians, and Staff,
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Gov. Tony Evers ordered a statewide closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, as part of the state’s efforts to respond to and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. The mandated closure will begin no later than Wednesday, March 18th. The anticipated reopening date is April 6th; however, the reopening date is subject to change pending further information. A copy of the Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Palm’s order can be found here.
Lake Geneva Schools will be CLOSED beginning on Monday, March 16th and remain closed until at least Monday, April 6th. The school buildings will be open on Monday, March 16th and Tuesday, March 17th during regular school hours for students to retrieve any instructional materials and personal items. Please have students and/or parents check into the office as they enter the building to accomplish these tasks.
Teachers will use Monday, March 16th and Tuesday, March 17th to work on developing online materials for their students/classes. We will begin online instruction on Wednesday, March 18th and Thursday, March 19th. Students will not have online instruction on Friday, March 20th as staff will reevaluate our program, make necessary changes and prepare to provide further online instruction beginning again on March 30th through April 6th.
Lake Geneva Schools Schedule:
Monday, March 16: OFF - No School, Staff Training
Tuesday, March 17: OFF - No School, Staff Training
Wednesday, March 18: Virtual Online Learning Begins
Thursday, March 19: Virtual Online Learning Continues
Friday, March 20: OFF - No Virtual Online Learning, Staff Training
Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27: Spring Break - No School or Virtual Online Learning
Monday, March 30 - Friday, April 3: Virtual Online Learning Resumes
Monday, April 6 - Tentative date for classes to resume
Virtual Online Learning:
Principals, teachers, and staff at each school have been preparing virtual learning plans for our students. The goal of virtual learning is to ensure student education is continuous and ongoing outside of the classroom. Our virtual learning plans allow these unprecedented days to be considered “regular” school days. It is important for your students to actively participate in virtual learning. Please note that students are not expected to be online all day. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has advised us of the following expectations
Grades 6 - 12: about 3 hours of total virtual learning per day
Grades 3 - 5: about 2 hours of total virtual learning per day
Grades K - 2: about 1 hour of total virtual learning per day
School administrative offices will remain open and maintain regular hours as will administrative offices at all district schools. Other than the administrative offices, all buildings will be closed as of March 17th and no after school activities, field trips or evening events will take place until school reopens.
You and/or your student(s) will be provided with more information prior to Wednesday, March 18th regarding virtual online learning. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s building principal. As this is a dynamic event, we will do our best to keep you informed of any new developments.
Sincerely,
Dr. James Gottinger
Superintendent