Elmbrook COVID-19 Timeline

Click here for COVID Impact Year-in-Review infographic.

• March 13, 2020 - Elmbrook becomes first District to announce transition to virtual learning on Monday, March 16 ( Video: https://vimeo.com/398948961 )

• March 25, 2020 - Safer at Home Order: Gov. Evers announces initial Safer at Home order which eventually changes the 19-20 school year to completely virtual learning.

• June 10, 2020 - Weekly meetings conducted with Waukesha County Executive and Health Department and area Superintendents (Safe Schools Resources)

• June 11, 2020 - End of 2019-20 School Year: The 2019-20 school year comes to a close with virtual and drive-thru graduation ceremonies.

• June 12, 2020 - School Reopening Task Force (SRTF) is established

• July 1, 2020 - Learning Hub website is created to provide parents, students, and staff with updates and information for learning, COVID updates, etc.

• August 11, 2020 - Board of Education:

  • approves SRTF’s recommended School Reopening Plan including both virtual and in-person instructional options

  • establishes Medical Advisory Board (MAB)

  • universal masking policy is implemented for 2020-21 school year

  • Board approves school year soft-start to acclimate students to new mitigation protocols and learning environments

• August 16, 2020 - Families declare in-person or virtual learning preference, with 75% choosing in-person learning.

• August 18, 2020 - Medical Advisory Board is formed and meets weekly to analyze disease data and provide guidance to Board and District leadership. Updates are shared on website following each meeting

• August 21, 2020 - Facility Profiles are created to transparently show updates and facility mitigation strategies

• September 2020 - COVID Tracing Team is implemented to monitor and quarantine students to help mitigate spread of disease within school environments

• September 1 - In-person instruction begins with soft-start model

• September 4, 2020 - COVID Dashboard is created to transparently display active COVID cases, disease spread data, absences, and community disease data

• September 8 - In-person and virtual instruction begin full-time

• October 13, 2020 - Tonawanda Elementary is first school to transition to Temporary Virtual Learning to slow disease spread within school, a strategy used four times during the school year.

• October 26, 2020 - CDC updates guidelines for Close Contacts which confirm Elmbrook’s approach

• November 2020 - Quarter 2 Transition option announced, staffing analyzed between each quarter

• November 2020 - MAB recommends all schools transition to virtual learning surrounding Thanksgiving holiday due to high community disease spread

• December 2020 - COVID Impact Infographic Sept - Dec 2021

• February 2021 - Through partnership with Hayat Pharmacy & the Elmbrook Family Wellness Center, Elmbrook staff are offered opportunity to receive vaccination

• March 2021 - 100% of Elmbrook staff are offered access to COVID-19 vaccine

• March 2, 2021 - Elmbrook Shortens Student Close-Contact Quarantine Expectation

• April 6, 2021 - Last quarter begins with 81% of students in-person and 19% (nearly 1,700 students) virtual.

• April 2021 - COVID Impact Infographic Sept 2020 - April 2021

• May 17, 2021 - District announces change to masking policy, making face-coverings recommended instead of required

• June 11, 2021 - School year concludes having sustained both in-person and virtual learning models for entire year