ALC opts for hybrid while WSHS reopens (3/17/2021)
Some Winona Area Learning Center (ALC) students are doing very well in hybrid learning, ALC Principal Emily Cassellius said. For that reason, as well as wanting to keep learning models as consistent as possible for students, she said, the ALC will remain in hybrid learning when Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) students in grades six through 12 at Winona Middle School and Winona Senior High School (WSHS) move to daily in-person learning in April.
Whenever the ALC had to shift learning models this school year, Cassellius said, the change was difficult, and it took time to adjust. ALC staff would prefer to avoid such change now, she continued. “At this time, we just didn’t feel it was a time to kind of uproot everything we have in place and change everything for every student,” Cassellius said. “But it’s a time for us to really look at what each of our students need and provide that for them
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(2/24/2021)
Leaders at Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) and the Lewiston-Altura School District are still considering whether, how, and when to potentially switch secondary students to in-person learning five days a week, after Minnesota updated its guidance for middle and high schools.
Minnesota’s updated guidance allows for hybrid or in-person learning when districts can put particular COVID-19 protocols in place. For local schools that are already implementing hybrid learning for middle and high school students, the updated guidance did not signal an immediate shift to in-person learning five days a week.
WAPS leaders are currently discussing the plan they could follow if they decide to shift to in-person learning, WAPS Superintendent Annette Freiheit said. The plan is similar to plans WAPS announced before the state guidance change, with the exception of a potential shift to in-person learning. Under the plan, if WAPS were to decide to make the change,