Green Bay Area Public School District Superintendent Stephen Murley speaking to the media during an August 5, 2020 press conference at City Stadium in Green Bay. (PHOTO: WTAQ News)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — Green Bay students won’t be heading to class just yet following a school board vote last night.
Green Bay Superintendent Stephen Murley says the board picked the best of a slew of bad options Tuesday night when they voted to delay bringing students back into the classroom until three weeks after teachers are allowed to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“One of the things that swayed the board was trying to make sure that we have a viable plan to come back to school and then stay in school,” Murley told WTAQ’s ‘The Morning News with Matt and Earl’. “And that’s obviously predicated on having staff available to work with students.”
Teachers are part of Phase 1B of the vaccine distribution, but not likely to be permitted to receive them for another few weeks.
Some parents are angry.
“Lots of frustration, I think, on both sides,” Murley told hosts Matt Z and Earl Brooker. “Understandably so. I think there is a significant desire to get kids back in school from everybody, it’s just a question of how to do it.”
A number of families say they’re looking to pull their kids out of the district over the decision, but Murley maintains it was the right call.
“The board really has a responsibility to look out for all 21,000 kids in the district, all 4,000 staff members in the district,” he said. “I understand the frustration that people have when they voice an opinion and elected leaders don’t do what they want them to do.”
The Green Bay Area School District has been learning virtually for the entire school year so far.
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