Wolf Point School Board Shares Multi-Option Reopening Plan

Plan A In Place For Now

The Wolf Point School District held their regular board meeting Monday, Aug. 10, at the high school auditorium. The meeting was also accessible via Zoom and the Southside School’s Facebook page. Highlighting the meeting was the district’s three-pronged plan for returning to school this fall.

Superintendent Loverty Erickson discussed the district’s reopening planning before the council and attendees. She outlined the preferred district general COVID plan, which contains a three-tiered return-to-school plan:

Plan A — which is the district's current plan for reopening— covers a return to regular attendance, with adjusted kindergarten schedules and suspended shuttle service. Should changes in community spread and/ or directives from Governor Steve Bullock occur, one of the other two plans would be implemented.

Along with mandatory mask use and additional sanitation, Plan A includes transition protocols for lunch and recess, rules and etiquette for waiting in line, limited use of playground equipment and temperature and symptom screening for staff and students. Students will need to use water bottles, as they will not be allowed to drink from school fountains. School sports and extracurricular activities will follow MHSA and CDC guidelines.

Students who select for exclusively virtual learning will not be allowed to participate in extra curricular activities.

Plan B, a hybrid in-person and virtual approach, would only go into effect if the board or administrators feel it’s necessary to make scheduling adjustments due to community spread and/or other factors.

In the event of a switch to Plan B,