BURNING QUESTIONS WITH DR. WIPKE
Superintendent Dr. Wipke answers students’ most pressing questions CAROLINE TYRRELL news editor
illustration by | DANIELLE ZHANG
Q A
: What are snow days going to look like in the
Q A
: Is there a certain number of cases in which
future now that virtual days are an option?
: “We have five built-in snow days, so our plan
is that if we have a snow day to go ahead and let you guys have that day off. If we go over our five days we plan on doing what we call an AMI, alternate method of instruction, which in this case is online learning.”
the school will have to shut down?
: “If a school was at more than five percent of
students and staff testing positive in the building, then we would have to have some serious conversations with St. Louis County Health Department about if we have to shut down or not.”
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Q A
: Will there be a vaccination requirement for
Q A
: What long-term effects do you think the
students or teachers in the future?
: “We can’t require a COVID-19 vaccination.
My hope is that as many people as possible will get it. What I’m more worried about right now is why it is taking so long for our teachers to get it. We can’t require a vaccination, but we strongly encourage it.”
pandemic will have on schools?
: “I think you are going to have more opportu-
nities because think about this: we don’t offer Mandarin, but let’s say Clayton does. We can do online classes together so that we can have Ladue kids learning Mandarin with Clayton kids.”
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