Milwaukee schools that want to reopen for in-person instruction got a new directive from the city health department on Friday: they can reopen, but only with an approved safety plan and at maximum 50% capacity.
It’s one of many restrictions on businesses and gatherings to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Milwaukee.
Earlier this summer, the health department issued an order prohibiting any in-person school. But Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik clarified that the department would write a new order allowing schools with approved safety plans to reopen — with limits.
“We’re not talking about bam, everything’s back to normal,” Kowalik said in a media briefing on July 21. “We’re talking about phased. Whatever you can do remotely, that’s what you do, and whatever you have to do in person, that’s what you do in a very distanced and mindful way to limit the spread of COVID-19.”
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