In an emergency order, Public Health Madison and Dane County has required all Dane County schools to start classes online this fall for grades 3–12 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The order prohibits in-person instruction for grades 3–12 due to the age group’s inability to meet metrics required to open schools in the fall. With precautions in place, students in kindergarten through second grade will be allowed to return to classrooms.
Most public schools in Dane County have already opted to begin the year with online learning, but a number of private schools across the state had already planned to begin in-person instruction as early as this week.
