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At noon on Friday at the Lac du Flambeau Youth Center, clusters of students bend over bowls of wild rice and pages of schoolwork.
“I come here and do everything I missed from the last week,” said Tristan Poupart, a tribal student at Lakeland Union High School
Poupart is at the Youth Center for Remote Friday.
It’s a practice the school adopted in response to the challenges of COVID-19.
After a quarter of pandemic schooling, teachers felt overwhelmed trying to teach some students in-person and others online at the same time, and students learning remotely sometimes needed an opportunity to connect with teachers face-to-face.
By Mike Leischner
MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU) Another walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic is coming to Central Wisconsin.
Oneida County Health Officials have announced that they will be offering 200 doses of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua on April 24th from 10 AM until 2 PM, or until the vaccine supply is exhausted.
No appointment or pre-registration will be required to get the shots. Those who want to take advantage should just report to Lakeland Union High off Highway 70 at 10 AM. Parking lot attendants will be on hand to begin the registration process.
Face coverings will be required for everyone in attendance. Officials also encourage those getting the vaccine to plan for between 15-30 minutes of observation time following their shot to make sure there are no adverse side effects.