A shifting of students to different buildings is part of some consolidation and cost-cutting considerations by the Dunkirk City School District. Board members
A shifting of students to different buildings is part of some consolidation and cost-cutting considerations by the Dunkirk City School District. Board members
Louis T. Ziegler
Louis T. Ziegler, 90, passed away Tuesday February 9, 2021, at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, NY after a brief battle with COVID-19.
He was born on May 6, 1930 in Weehawken NJ, the son of the late Peter and Irene Ziegler.
Moving from West New York, NJ as a young boy, his family came to Dunkirk where he attended school and graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1948.
After graduation he began working for Geiben Bros sanitation until he enlisted and served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 and was stationed in Paris, France. When he returned from his military service he enlisted in the Army Reserves for 5 years and went back to work with Geiben Bros until he took a job with the Dunkirk City School District in 1958 as a custodian. He worked for the district for 33 years and retired in 1991 from Dunkirk Senior High School as head custodian.
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Students returned to school in Dunkirk in February following a two-week remote fully program.
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On Monday, the Dunkirk City School District saw the return of students to buildings after nearly a month of being in the remote model. “I’ve heard nothing but good things today,” Superintendent Mike Mansfield said. “There are no problems that I’m aware of.”
Mansfield noted that there were a couple of tweaks to the high school schedule and that high risk sports are back as well, so tryouts and practice were going on as well Monday. “We’re forging ahead and have no future plans to shut down again,” Mansfield said. “We’re watching the community and our staffing, we’re constantly monitoring for any changes.”
Dunkirk has decided to allow hybrid students back into the buildings beginning Monday.
At the Dunkirk City School District’s Board of Education workshop Tuesday it was unanimously decided that students can begin attending in person classes again. “My own personal opinion is as long as you can keep us informed of where our staffing levels are, as long as we can hold staffing levels we can keep the schools safe and we have employees to be able to teach and monitor our children, I would be in favor of opening back up hybrid,” Board President Dave Damico stated.
Other board members agreed that so long as safety guidelines and staffing were alright opening up was fine with them as well.