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*****************ECRWSS**** PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE POSTAL CUSTOMER PAID SHAWANO, WI PERMIT NO. 135 DECEMBER 9, 2020 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM VOLUME 3, ISSUE 49 INSIDE Local case rate remains at ‘critical’ School district report details burden status Airport update By Jack Tierney Wittman projects Oshkosh Herald are taking off For the past two-week period the Page 4 COVID-19 case rate within Oshkosh Area School District boundaries was 1,032, which places this area in the critically high Deer tally category, director of pupil services Mat- thew Kaemmerer reported to the Board of Area, state hunting Education last week. results detailed “The OASD remains the only school district in the county that continues to Page 6 have its burden status in the critically high category,” he said. “All others are consid- ered to be in the very high category.” The Winnebago County Health Depart- ment sends out a weekly data summary based on confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the geographic boundaries of each school district in the county. The summa- ry looks at the case rate — positive cases Photo by Michael Cooney per 100,000 people — over two weeks. The case rate is used to determine bur- City rivalry den status for each school district, which Spartans stop Wildcats Special holiday delivery is categorized as either low, moderate, Oshkosh Fire Department members load donated toys Thursday into a Salvation moderately high, high, very high or criti- in close contest Army truck during the department’s 22nd annual Food and Toy Drive. Last year cally high. Page 20 about 450 families signed up. This year there are 740, including 2,010 children. Donations can be dropped off at any fire station through Friday. SEE District rates ON PAGE 18 Rapid testing South Park principal effort extended Oshkosh Herald closing long tenure The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s COVID-19 rapid testing program avail- spring with the rise of the pandemic. able to the public will continue into Jan- McLaughlin praises “Last spring was shocking to everybody. uary depending on availability of the free I really wanted to help the staff and the tests, the campus announced Monday. staff and families students and families through that,” she UW Oshkosh Police Chief Kurt Li- said. By Dan Roherty ebold, who is a lead facilitator for cam- Oshkosh Herald McLaughlin said the hybrid learning pus-based testing programs, said the Cul- mode that started this fall went well with ver Family Welcome Center site will be South Park Middle School’s principal is students overall considering its unprece- closed from Dec. 24 through Jan. 4, then stepping down this month after more than dented challenges, while also providing resume its 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours Monday two decades as its leader, looking forward future lessons. She credits Deputy Superin- thru Friday. Adjusted holiday hours for to more family time while knowing she tendent David Gundlach for his leadership Dec. 19 and 20 are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will miss the other special relationships Submitted photo on virtual teaching tools and said staff were The Culver site is offering the antigen she is leaving. Lisa McLaughlin is leaving her position as able to offer an improved virtual model af- tests with about a 15-minute turnaround Lisa McLaughlin has been a part of the principal of South Park Middle School after ter last semester’s emergency plan. on results. If an individual has symptoms Oshkosh Area School District since 1992 leading the school since 1997. The sixth- through eighth-grade stu- of COVID-19 or tests positive, they may — she was an assistant principal at North dents who make up the student body re- also get a polymerase chain reaction High before taking over at South Park in time, for which she has personal experi- quire extra understanding from teachers (PCR) test to confirm the result. The re- 1997 — and has kept a steady focus on ence with a 14-year-old son. regardless of the circumstances, and Mc- sults of the PCR test are typically available a positive school environment that she McLaughlin came into the position in Laughlin said South Park staff have that within two to five days. wants to carry to the end of her tenure. the late 1990s by taking a general survey of quality while keeping learning fun. U.S. Surgeon Gen. Jerome Adams, “When your staff is happy, and loves what staff liked best and what needed im- “They are looking for positive role mod- acting UW System President Tommy coming to work every day, there’s a trick- provement. She said that similar to many els,” she said of middle school students Thompson and state Department of le-down effect to students,” she said of her other schools and districts, anti-bullying in their formative years. “They are very Health Secretary Andrea Palm were on leadership philosophy that has earned her and positive intervention programs helped emotional; their friend groups change so campus Nov. 6 to announce the opening. a district administrator of the year award. create a more positive environment that quickly.” The UW System received 250,000 rapid McLaughlin is confident that South she had set as a personal priority. She also has reminded first-time parents antigen tests and the centers are the first Park staff are now comfortable with the of middle-schoolers to have extra patience SEE ON PAGE 19 of their kind in the nation to conduct free shifting school modes that started last Principal with their children during that evolving surge testing with the BinaxNOW tests. PAGE 2 x OSHKOSHHERALD.COM DECEMBER 9, 2020 Credit union on Oshkosh Ave. advances By Tom Ekvall ployees, 14 customers and two spaces for nonconforming use for a property with Herald contributor vendors. two duplexes (3850-3852 and 3849-3851 Planning staff had recommended ap- Parkview Court). The property is north of The Oshkosh Plan Commission unani- proval of the project, which they said is East Snell Road, one-fourth mile east of 923 S. Main St. Suite C mously recommended approval last week consistent with what has been done in the Jackson Street. Oshkosh, WI 54902 of a plan for Fox Communities Credit area. They added that landscaping chang- The property owners, Barbara and Jean- Union to build a new financial institu- es will need to be made to comply with Claude Renoux, want to move from their General information/customer tion at 1870 Oshkosh Ave. near Oshkosh city requirements. present residence in Arizona to one of the service: Julie Vandenberg Corp. global headquarters. The Plan Commission also recom- duplexes, with the adjacent unit in the [email protected] Along with a general development plan mended: duplex to be occupied by a relative. The Phone: 920-508-9000 and specific implementation plan, the • Approval of a general development property was originally in the Town of Os- Website: www.oshkoshherald.com commission recommended approval of plan and specific implementation plan hkosh but annexed in 1991 and classified an access control variance that deals with that will enable development of Wood- as a legal nonconforming use. Planning News tips and story ideas traffic flow on the property. The variance stock Village, a multifamily townhouse staff supported the proposed change and [email protected] will reduce the lateral clearance from Rath project on Logan Drive just west of Jack- noted there will be no adverse impact to [email protected] Lane to 46 feet from the required 75 feet son Street. the surrounding area. and a reduced driveway spacing to 63 feet Support the Oshkosh Herald The developer plans to build six town- • Approval of removing a planned de- from the normally required 105 feet. homes, most of them with three-bedroom velopment overlay for a central mixed-use Membership The credit union will acquire two ad- units, which will be rented at market rates. zoned building at 500-502 N. Main St. The A $50 annual membership jacent parcels as part of the development There will be no one-bedroom units in city had petitioned for the zoning change supports receiving the newspaper with much of the land to be green space the 46-unit development. 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