Schools scramble to plan for fall

As schools try to plan for fall, education leaders will testify before the State Assembly tomorrow for a hearing on reopening schools.

EDUCATION LEADERS WILL TESTIFYBEFORE THE STATE ASSEMBLYTOMORROW....FOR A HEARING ONREOPENING SCHOOLS.THIS COMESAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORK INOVERDRIVE TO DEVELOP A PLANFOR FALL.

MARY JO OLA TALKEDWITH PARENTS AND A GROUP MADEUP OF 31 DISTRICTS:MJ STANDUP: DISTRICTS ACROSSSOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FACE THEDAUNTING TASK OF DECIDING HOWTO REOPEN FOR THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR.MANY LEADERS ARE TAPPINGINTO THE COMMUNITY TO COME UPWITH ANSWERS.8:12:08KEVINJONES/PARENT: "You can restassured if you want to catch acold your kids would bring ithome to you.

So I'm just kindof worried about how theywould deal with that with thisvirus going on."8:56:14 MYRADE LA PAZ/PARENT: "Some daysI'm like yeah back to schooland other days you know Istart listening to things andmy gosh we cannot be inschool."AS PARENTS GRAPPLEWITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHATSCHOOL MAY LOOK LIKE THISFALL...SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREWORKING TO FORMULATE PLANS ANDBACK UP PLANS IN THE AGE OFCORONAVIRUS.04:41TERRIPHILLIPS/ EXEC.

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SOUTHEASTSCHOOLS ALLIANCE: "When Ispeak to my superintendents, Isee the weight of the world ontheir shoulders."TERRIPHILLIPS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOROF THE SOUTHEAST WISCONSINSCHOOLS ALLIANCE.THEORGANIZATION IS MADE UP 31DISTRICTS IN THE REGION.4:34TERRI PHILLIPS/ EXEC.

DIR.SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SCHOOLSALLIANCE: "Many of them haveformed community teams sothey're bringing in not justeducators, but also parentssometimes high school kidsbusiness leaders, publichealth departments to helpthem make their plans forreopening."TERRI SAYS THESTATE'S RECENT GUIDANCE FORSCHOOLS SERVES AS ANOTHERTOOLKIT FOR DISTRICTLEADERS...WHO HAVE TO MAKE THECALL ON OPERATIONS.A TMJ4 NEWSFACEBOOK POLL...SHOWS OUT OFNEARLY 3-THOUSAND PEOPLE...75-PERCENT THINK SCHOOLS SHOULDREOPEN.TERRI SAYS FLEXIBILITYAND COMMUNICATION ACROSS THECOMMUNITY WILL BE KEY INMOVING FORWARD.08:00TERRIPHILLIPS/ EXEC.

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SOUTHEASTWISCONSIN ALLIANCE: "We knowthis is not easy on And wealso know there's an equitything going on too.

There aresome parents who can work fromhome and some some that cannotso trying to find the rightbalance and also trying tofind the right balance ofmaking sure that our kids aregetting our quality educationis going to be key."MJSTANDUP: COMING UP...HOW ONEOF THE STATE'S LARGEST SCHOOLDISTRICTS IS DOING TO PREPAREFALL.TMJ4 NEWS AT 6.