Wauwatosa Secondary Students Return To In-Person Learning

WAUWATOSA, WI—Middle school and high school students will head back to in-person learning on Tuesday.

On Feb. 19 the Wauwatosa School Board held a meeting to discuss returning Phase Into Learning students in grades 6-12 to five-day-per-week instruction on March 2 instead of the previously approved date of April 5. The Board approved this recommendation.

Secondary students didn't have school on Monday.

On Feb. 2, Sen. Dale Kooyenga, (R-Brookfield) sent a letter encouraging the Wauwatosa School District to move students to entirely in-person learning. Kooyenga says he will advocate to direct state funding to schools that return to in-person learning.

Kooyenga's district includes Brookfield and some parts of Wauwatosa and Milwaukee.The letter was addressed to Wauwatosa Superintendent Dr. Phillip Ertl and the Wauwatosa School Board.
The Wauwatosa School District responded to Patch with the following statement:

"We will continue to make informed, thoughtful decisions that are in the best interest of our students and staff. Our elementary students currently attend class in-person five days per week, and we look forward to bringing our middle and high school students back to five-day-per-week instruction on April 5, 2021, as determined by the School Board."