Covid-19 Information

What will the 2020-2021 school year look like? Please review the Be Safe. Be Successful. document. (Last updated Aug. 31)

Videos

Note: The Back to School videos and District Administrator Rob Wagner's introduction were filmed prior to Gov. Evers' emergency order concerning face coverings, announced on July 30. All students and staff will be required to wear face coverings while in our buildings.

Winskill Elementary School: Welcome Back to School 2020-2021

Lancaster Middle/High School: Welcome Back to School 2020-2021

Lancaster Middle School: New Student Orientation

Lancaster High School: Freshmen Orientation

Protocols

2020-2021 Illness Protocol (Last updated Aug. 31)

Return to School Protocol (Last updated Aug. 19)

Quarantine Guidelines (Last updated Dec. 10)

When School Resumes

• Fever
• Cough
• Shortness of breath

Please contact your child's school to report the absence and symptoms. Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of Coronavirus at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website. Those at highest risk for Coronavirus complications are older adults and individuals with compromised immune systems or heart, lung and kidney disease. See how Coronavirus is spread. It can take two to 14 days for a person to develop symptoms after initial exposure to the virus; the average is about five days.

We continue to closely monitor the situation with our School Nurses and Grant County Health Departments, as well as review updates from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Department of Public Instruction and the CDC. Here is the latest information on confirmed cases in Wisconsin. Another 37 WI residents returned March 16 from a cruise where they may have been exposed and will be self-quarantined for 14 days. 
 

What You Can Do and Our Cleaning Measures

Lancaster Community Schools has a routine cleaning regimen in place to help reduce the spread of germs and communicable disease. In addition to our regular cleaning and disinfection, we are increasing the cleaning of high-touch areas and hard and soft surface items throughout the day. We will follow all guidelines of the CDC and our local and state health departments.

• Wash your hands regularly, for 20 seconds, using soap and hot water. Make sure to wash your fingertips. This is especially important after using the restroom, coughing or sneezing into your hands, and before preparing or consuming food.
• Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, and then throw the tissue away. If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze into your arm.
• As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose.
• If children are feeling sick, please keep them home from school. Families should have a plan in place for keeping your child home, picking up your child if they are sent home sick, and if schools are closed.