WI School Districts Make Decisions On Mask Policies: List

WISCONSIN — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recommends that all students 2 and up and all staff wear face masks at school regardless of vaccination status.

However, the department doesn't mandate that schools require masks for the upcoming school year. This means that individual school districts have to decide whether or not to mandate students, staff or both to wear masks while in school buildings.

Most school districts will hold their first day of classes on Sept. 1 and most schools will have in-person classes. Some districts have released mask policies that are concrete while others depend on the scale of coronavirus infection during the school year.

Here's what we know so far:

Considering Mask Requirement

The Waukesha School District won't require masks in in the coming school year, but will monitor cases and consider masking policies two weeks after the first day of school, the district said.

The Port Washington-Saukville School District won't require masks at the start of school, but will require them if positive cases among students and staff reaches 5 percent, the district said.

Districts That Won't Require Masks

• The Elmbrook School District won't require masks, but gave families the option to enroll 4-year-old kindergarten to sixth grade students in masks required classes.
• New Berlin School District.
• The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District made masks optional in school buildings.
• Hudson Schools said masks are optional in its schools and will adjust its protocol as needed.
• School District of Menomonee Falls.
• Muskego-Norway Schools.
• The Hamilton School District in Sussex.

Districts That Will Require Masks

• Milwaukee Public Schools.
• Appleton Area School District.
• Greenfield School District.
• Green Bay Area Public School District.
• Madison Metropolitan School District.
• Shorewood School District.
• Whitefish Bay School District.
• Fox Point-Bayside District.
• Greendale Schools will require masks for its elementary school students, but recommend them for middle and high school students.

The Wauwatosa School District will require masks at the start of the school year, district spokesperson Sarah Frittitta told Patch. The school district is following a mitigation plan it voted on Aug. 10 and will decide what mitigation level it will use Monday.

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