Parents who have doubled as homeschool teachers can rejoice. St. Michael-Albertville School District is rolling students back into school buildings over the next five weeks. STMA Superintendent Ann-Marie Foucault emailed the announcement to parents Thursday night, letting families know secondary students would be phased back into school buildings throughout February. That’s on top of a […]
Coronavirus Variants Pop Up in Minnesota
Vaccines are effective against strain, state epidemiologists report.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced the new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom was identified by genomic sequencing in positive specimens from five residents of four different counties in the Twin Cities metro area. Four of the cases were identified through the MDH Public Health Laboratory, […]
Restaurants Get Another Reprieve as Governor Turns MN Dial
Spectators will also be allowed at sporting events, including youth hockey.
While the United State Capitol descended into turmoil, the State of Minnesota seems to have emerged from its latest COVID-forced shutdown, as Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday, Jan. 6 that he would ease restrictions on dining establishments, bars, entertainment venues, and even sporting events. “Minnesota, we’ve asked a lot of you, and you have delivered,” […]
Walz, Minnesota Department of Ed Push for Students’ Return to Schools
The Governor announced Wednesday a plan to have elementary schools at least partially open in January.
Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-82 to implement Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year. This plan uses a localized, data-driven approach that allows school districts and charter schools to operate in a learning model that is responsive the prevalence of COVID-19 cases in their community. The plan prioritizes safe learning for […]
STMA School District Announces Learning Model Changes for Elementary Students
The district's grade 5 through 12 students went full distance learning this week.
Surging COVID-19 cases have again forced St. Michael-Albertville School District’s leaders to change learning models for students around the community. As STMA’s students in grades 5 through 12 adapted to full distance learning this week, Superintendent Ann Marie Foucault said changes will be coming on Dec. 10 for all students in grades kindergarten through 4. […]
Minnesota Dials Back: Walz Curbs Restaurants, Sports as Numbers Overwhelm Hospitals
On a day when Minnesota's Mayo Clinic reported hundreds of sick workers, 'hard' restrictions were put into place via the Governor's action.
As COVID-19 continues to climb around Minnesota, residents are now going to feel the pinch. For the second time in less than 10 months, restaurants will transition to take-out service only and youth/high school sports will grind to a halt. Executive order 20-99 will bring several things to a halt at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. […]
St. Michael-Albertville Schools Switching Secondary Schools to Full Distance Learning
Students in grades 5 through 12, which had started the year in a hybrid model, will stay home as COVID numbers continue to climb.
St. Michael-Albertville School District will join the long list of community schools making a shift to keep students home from school buildings during this latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ann-Marie Foucault, Superintendent of STMA Schools, said the District came to the conclusion this week that the coronavirus illness was having too great of […]
Walz Turns Dials Back on Bars, Minnesota’s Young Adults ‘Disproportionately’ Sick
Restrictions on bars and restaurants, social gatherings and even wedding receptions set to roll out, take aim at state's fastest-growing COVID population.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday, Nov. 10 that bars and restaurants will need to abide by an earlier closing time for in-person service, while wedding venues and gathering spaces need to also curb back their crowds in an effort to flatten the latest spike in COVID-19 cases statewide. “This is a critical time in […]
COVID Numbers Skyrocketing in Wright County as Fall Wave Hits
Schools, families adapt as coronavirus cases are hitting new highs all over Minnesota.
Colder weather, large gatherings – including weddings, and school events have led to a large increase in COVID-19 cases around the Minnesota, and Wright County is breaking records with new cases. Over the last two weeks alone, more than 1,000 people have tested positive for the disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to […]
ISD 728 Announces Model Change, Elementary Students to Hybrid in November
The COVID curve continues to push area schools to a new brink.
With the school district’s communities now breaking barriers put in place last August by the Minnesota Department of Health, ISD 728 leaders decided it could no longer put off a change in its learning model, according to a letter shared by staff Monday, Oct. 26. ISD 728 Superintendent Dan Bittman made the announcement via a […]
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