A set of mitigation strategies to ensure the safety of students and staff and permit the continuation of in-person learning was passed by the Neenah Joint School District Board of Education at its Sept. 7 meeting.
The mitigation process is intended to maintain flexibility and ensure the District is using all available community and District data as well as information gathered from school sites to make decisions. District and school data will be prioritized to determine steps intended to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. The components of the plan that have changed address contact tracing of students and staff, periods of quarantine and testing parameters.
In personnel changes, a number of certified staff positions were approved. Megan Ruffing will serve as a literacy interventionist at Taft, Alyssa Mason was hired as a District nurse, Kevin Engel will teach math at Shattuck, Shelley Peterson will teach English at Shattuck, Laura Kauth will teach special education at Hoover, Patricia Weisensel will serve as a literacy coach at Roosevelt and Spring Road and Dominic Sollitto will teach special education at Horace Mann.
Non-certified staff hires included Amanda Rebman as behavioral interventionist at Hoover, Sheila Hanby as an educational assistant at Horace Mann, Kerry Wiitanen as an educational assistant at Wilson, Deanna Popp as data clerk at the high school and Kayla Kraus as an educational assistant at Shattuck.
Resignations were approved for Shattuck educational assistant Joanna Dane, effective Sept. 1, Shattuck educational assistant Heather Heemstra, effective Sept. 10, technology coach Amanda Albrecht, effective Sept. 20, and Coolidge health assistant Kristin Thompson, effective Sept. 23.
Student Board representatives shared results of a recent survey of Shattuck and Neenah High School students that was conducted over Schoology regarding their thoughts about COVID procedures and class schedules.
The next meeting is set for Sept. 21 at 6 p.m.
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