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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020 VOL. 123 NO. 41 www.theameryfreepress.com $1.00
SUBMITTED Amery High School instructor, Josh Ganje, takes incoming students on a tour of the Tech. Ed. Department during Freshman Registration Night.
Not your mother’s class options
BY APRIL ZIEMER EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM
For many people choosing which high school classes to take was as simple as making a selection between a couple of Art, Shop and Home-Ec choices and then piling on your basic English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Today’s students have options galore and can be on their way to their desired profession faster than ever by receiving college credits while still in high school.
Recently, incoming 2020 freshman attended high school registration with their parents and some walked away stunned by the massive variety and amount of classes made available to students who attend Amery High School. Current eighth graders fi rst receive an in-class scheduling presentation in their middle school social studies course from a HS school counselor the week before freshman registration
SEE CLASSES, PAGE 8
Will closing between city and Bremer be delayed?
BY APRIL ZIEMER EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM
Following the release of the building inspection report of the current Bremer Bank building from engineering fi rm Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH), a special city council meeting was held March 6. A push for the city to provide a cost for repairs on renovation of the Bremer building was in the end granted, even if it affects the date of closing.
The council chamber was fi lled with community members, some of which voiced their concern about the project moving forward. Audience member Jerry Sondreal said, “I think the council would have been better off making everything public all along. You can say the other parties did not want information getting out, but you are representing the people, you are not representing the other parties involved. You represent us. I am going to shoot myself for saying this, but we should have had to read it in the paper.” The audience erupted into laughter, as
SEE CITY, PAGE 28
School districts respond to COVID-19 exposure
BY APRIL ZIEMER EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS
An individual with a confi rmed case of COVID-19 attended the Regional Destination Imagination competition in Osceola March 7. As a result, the School District of Osceola chose to cancel school Tuesday, March 10. Amery students, staff and parents were in attendance Saturday March 7, in Osceola. Mark Luebker, Osceola Superintendent of schools said in an email, “An individual who attended the Destination Imagination event at Osceola High School on Saturday, March 7, has a confi rmed case of COVID-19. According to guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), spending time in the same indoor environment as persons known to have COVID-19 is considered a low risk of exposure to the virus. While the risk to others is considered low, we cannot know for sure that there is absolutely no risk. In collaboration with the Polk County Health Department and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the decision has been made to cancel school and all activities for Tuesday,
SEE COVID-19, PAGE 2
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL An illustration of the COVID-19 virus.
