13 Area School Districts To Close Over Coronavirus Concerns

MILWAUKEE, WI – A day after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency, 13 school districts have announced they're closing for about a month over fears of spreading the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

In a news release issued Friday, March 13, area school districts are closing Monday, March 16, with a tentative re-opening date of April 13.

Those districts include:

• Brown Deer
• Cedarburg
• Fox Point-Bayside
• Germantown
• Glendale-River Hills
• Grafton
• Maple Dale-Indian Hill
• Mequon-Thiensville
• Nicolet Union High School
• Northern Ozaukee
• Port Washington
• Shorewood
• Whitefish Bay

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Individual school districts will communicate their plans for the official date when classes will
resume. Any further adjustments to school calendars will be handled by individual school
districts, each of which are reaching out to families with additional details today.

This closure is in line with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for school
districts and is supported by the North Shore and Washington Ozaukee Public Health
Departments to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.

"The health of our students, staff, families, communities and most vulnerable is of utmost
importance and closing school is a measure we can take to support efforts to reduce the impact of
COVID-19," officials said in a joint statement.

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