A lack of staffing coverage is the cause of Luxemburg-Casco Primary School going into virtual learning until after the Thanksgiving holiday. The decision came down late last week after it was determined a number of staff members had come in close contact with a student who tested positive for COVID-19. Many of those staff members are in critical positions at the school, which forced the district’s COVID-19 team to make a decision to go into virtual learning. Earlier in the month, the district discussed following the lead of other Green Bay area school districts, like Ashwaubenon and Pulaski, to go into virtual learning mode until after Christmas break. The districts made the move to preemptively slow the spread of the virus after families travel to celebrate the holidays. After looking at the data over the last several weeks, Superintendent Glenn Schlender said they recommended to the school board last Wednesday to stay open.

A similar situation happened to the district’s high school and intermediate school in October when those building’s students went into virtual learning due to a lack of staff. Schlender says the district weathered another surge after that happened, but they did not lose any in-person instruction.