Wisconsin School Districts Being Asked to Step Up Efforts to Slow Spread of COVID-19

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 -- 10:00 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) Wisconsin school districts are being asked to step up their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.

A letter to school administrators from the Department of Health Services urges them to require masks for everyone, follow the CDC's new quarantine guidelines, and offer school vaccination and booster clinics.

The request comes as Wisconsin is experiencing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases. DHS on Monday reported the 7-day average of new confirmed cases at 9,063, a one hundred and fifty percent increase over two weeks.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly supports the recommendations from DHS.

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