GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Schools across the country are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases and it’s forcing many districts to make adjustments.
In Green Bay, staffing shortages have caused some schools to go virtual temporarily.
Superintendent Stephen Murley, gives an update on how it’s going after students returned to the classroom following winter break.
He tells FOX 11 the district struggles on a daily basis with high numbers of students and staff out sick or in isolation.
“It started out, we thought reasonable but manageable the first couple days back, but then quickly deteriorated. We plateaued somewhat and any given day now, we’ve got 350 staff people that are out for isolation or quarantine, we’ve been as high as 2,500 students out in quarantine or isolation, those numbers have come down a bit. We’re hoping that as we listen to what’s going on around the country that we’re going to see a peak here and see the numbers decrease,” Murley said.
Right now three schools in the Green Bay district are learning virtually due to staffing shortages.
Murley says the district remains committed to not making all schools virtual and continue to go as a classroom by classroom basis.
Murley believes the CDC’s recommendation of shortening the isolation period to five days will really help the situation and hopes for stability in the weeks ahead.
