A WCRIS high school graduate has been honored with a state-wide Rising Star Award from Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG). The award honors a woman who has been in her profession for 10 years or less, but has demonstrated excellence by making an extraordinary impact in her profession relative to her years of service. A [...]
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Current Events
A library of WCRIS weekly E-letters that keeps you updated on issues of concern to private schools
State Law on Meningitis: Notify 6th Graders Parents
November 05, 2020
Since 2012, all public, charter and private schools have been required to provide information on meningococcal disease to parents and guardians of students enrolled in 6th grade. The DPI is required by state law to make information about the disease available to the schools. (Wisc. Stat. sec.118.07(3)) The information and suggested templates regarding meningococcal disease [...]
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Dept of Ed Fellowship Program Open
November 05, 2020
The US Department of Education (USDE) is accepting applications for the School Ambassador Fellowship program. This program provides public and private school teachers with the opportunity to work with USDE in Washington, D.C., or at home, supporting the department’s mission. This is a year-long program with full-time or part-time commitments. You can learn more and [...]
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Principal Question: Student Band and Instrument Classes
October 29, 2020
Question: We have gone by the DPI September guidelines for instrumental music and have plastic wall dividers between students, shields, and horn covers to prevent any airborne transmission. We have had no problems. I am assuming that the State mask mandate is the part that wouldn’t be covered in this methodology? Thus, it’s not ok [...]
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COVID Testing: Option Available for Schools in CESA 6 & Surrounding Counties
October 29, 2020
CESA 6 has worked with Froedtert Hospital to provide low-cost, fast result COVID testing for all teachers and their families. There is no obligation and it is up to you to determine if participation would meet a need for your school. Rapid Testing Sites provides information on how the program works and locations of testing [...]
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What is “Close Contact?”
October 29, 2020
The Department of Health Services definition of close contact can be found in its guidelines on preventing, investigating and controlling Covid-19 in schools: “Close contact has occurred if any of the following situations happened while an individual (student, teacher, or staff person) spent time with the person with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19, [...]
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GEER and ESSER Funds Update
October 22, 2020
The DPI released the ESSER reserve funds that were held during the dispute over the funding formula. The private school ESSER allocation is based off of the Title I low-income formula. GEER Funds are now available in WISEdata for school districts to use. Private schools located within the district that are receiving GEER funds are [...]
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Special Education Issues: DPI Updates FAQ
October 22, 2020
There are four recent updates to the DPI’s COVID-19 Special Education Question and Answer Document: There is a clarification that the use of the I-10 form cannot take the place of an annual IEP team meeting [see section H1 of the document]. There are three new questions discussing the use of the I-10 form for [...]
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Private Schools: Securing the Future of America
October 22, 2020
A new study “The Protestant Family Ethic: What Do Protestant, Catholic, Private, and Public Schooling Have to Do with Marriage, Divorce, and Non-marital Childbearing?” explores how the kinds of schools that children attend affect their future.
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Mask Wars Continue
October 15, 2020
Governor Evers is asking state residents to contact their legislators and ask them to weigh in on his COVID-19 response and prevention efforts. In a briefing earlier this week, Gov. Evers called on Wisconsinites to contact their legislators and give lawmakers input on the state’s pandemic response. Wisconsin Republicans have said they will come in [...]
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