New Berlin Schools Adopt Waukesha County Quarantine Guidelines

NEW BERLIN, WI—The New Berlin School Board adopted the relaxed quarantine guidelines recommended by the Waukesha County during Monday night's meeting.

Mitchell Helmer, vice president of the New Berlin School Board also motioned to change outdoor mask-wearing from mandatory to recommended for all students and staff. This motion passed unanimously.

According to the audio of the meeting, an update was masking outdoors, and the CDC updated the guidance related to masking outdoors, specific to those that are vaccinated.

Currently at the New Berlin middle and high schools, students don't have to wear masks, if taken proper social distance while outdoors. Right now at the elementary level, the district is requiring masks outside.

The board will be voting regarding summer school plans on May 24 and plans for next fall at the meeting in July.

Helmer also motioned to have the administration create a plan to remove the indoor mask-mandate for summer school and a path forward to continue to remove more mitigation measures as the district transitions back to normal for fall 2021. The motion passed 5-2.

Helmer clarified this wasn't a vote to do it but this is the direction that he felt the district needed to start looking at.