7th Congressional District Representative Tom Tiffany.
RICE LAKE, WI (WSAU-WRN) — Seventh Congressional District representative Tom Tiffany made a call for Wisconsin students to get back to full in-person classes as soon as possible on Friday.
Tiffany, appearing on WJMC Radio in Rice Lake, said there have been few reports of COVID-19 outbreaks in school settings. To him, that means students can get back to class.
“We’re not seeing the spread of COVID in schools. This is almost coming from outside, in the community. I believe kids are safer in school. We’re better off – as long as they’re asymptomatic – that they should be able to stay in school rather than sending them home and creating this chaos for families,” said Tiffany.
He says that would then allow parents to get back to work without worrying about who’s at home to watch the kids.
“This would especially help with the health care worker shortage that we have right now,” he added.
Each Wisconsin school district has been responsible for making their own decisions regarding in-person, virtual, or blended learning for the 2020-’21 school year. Most area school districts have had some sort of mix of all three of those models so far. Wausau went back to in-person classes in early November after starting the year online. In Stevens Point, students will move to virtual learning after the Thanksgiving break.
Back in March Governor Tony Evers issued an order that closed all school districts for in-person learning. That ultimately led to schools finishing the year with virtual learning and drive-through or virtual graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2020.
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