Milwaukee Students Return To In-Person Learning In April

METRO MILWAUKEE, WI — More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools across Wisconsin, most Milwaukee Public School students will head back to classrooms next month, the district’s board of education decided Tuesday.

Students who choose to return will attend in-person class every day except Wednesday, when schools will close for cleaning, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Anyone who wishes to stay home and finish the remainder of the school year remotely can do so, the board decided.

Students will return on the following dates:

• April 14: Kindergarten through third grade
• April 19: Grades four through eight
• April 26: High school students failing at least one class, and all high school seniors

The decision by Milwaukee school administrators came following emotional pleas from parents and students, who said they “desperately wanted to see their friends and teachers again after an isolating and tumultuous year.”

Read more by Rory Linnane, reporting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

City Needs Help Keeping The Lights On

Milwaukee residents will soon see a new fee appear on their city utility bills, one intended to help the city keep the lights on — literally. The new fee, designed to help the city pay for its street lights, will be calculated as $1 per linear foot of a property line.

Read more via WISN

Metro Milwaukee Headlines

• Senate Approves Bill To Allow To-Go Booze: The Wisconsin bill will allow taverns, restaurants and supper clubs to sell cocktails to go in tamper-evident sealed containers. Via Milwaukee Patch
• Couple Attacked With Pellet Guns: A Milwaukee man and his pregnant wife are recovering after they were caught in an unprovoked attack with a pellet gun. Via Fox 6
• Student-Inspired Bill Advances: A bill in memory of a teen athlete who died in 2019 from a rare heart condition passed the Wisconsin Senate on a voice vote Tuesday. Via Waukesha Patch
• Milwaukee Airport Sees Busiest Pandemic Month: The Milwaukee Airport in March reported its busiest month since the pandemic began, likely attributed to spring break travel. Via CBS 58
• VA Seeks Volunteer Drivers: The Milwaukee VA Medical Center needs volunteers from the Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha and Milwaukee areas to take patients back and forth to their hospital appointments.
• Netflix Greenlights Dahmer Series: “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” will tell the story of the infamous serial killer known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” in a 10-part limited series. Via What’s On Netflix

SPORTS TALK: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday named its 2021 all-area boys basketball team. Members of the team include Hayden Doyle, a senior at Brookfield East, and Cam Palesse, a senior at Waukesha West. Read more by Mark Stewart, reporting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

THURSDAY’S WEATHER IN A WORD: Colder

LET’S MAKE PLANS: J Ryan Trio will perform for Thursday Night Live at The FireHouse from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Watch online. Tickets are free.

• Milwaukee Film will host a Women’s History Month event featuring keynote speaker Sophia Chang, who will share her path to becoming an entrepreneur, and her candid accounts of marriage, motherhood, aging, desire, marginalization, and martial arts. Learn more
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