MPS closes five schools and 51 classrooms due to COVID in first weeks of in-person learning

Rory Linnane:

Just over two weeks into a transition back to in-person learning, Milwaukee Public Schools has shut down five full schools and an additional 51 classrooms due to COVID cases. The district has 152 schools.

Under MPS’ plan, classroom closures are triggered by a single positive test, prompting all students in that class to transition to virtual learning for two weeks. Three positive tests in a school trigger a full school closure.

The MPS COVID dashboard showed five school closures as of Friday afternoon:

Academy of Accelerated Learning
Eighty-First Street School
Garland Elementary School
Manitoba School
Milwaukee German Immersion School

The dashboard showed 51 classroom closures at 22 additional schools. MPS spokesperson Earl Arms said some schools may have multiple classroom closures from the same single case if, for example, a student or staff member tested positive after spending time in multiple classrooms.