SUAMICO – A Bay Port High School instructor died Thursday morning of COVID-19-like headaches, the Howard-Suamico School District said in a letter sent home with the students.
Heidi Hussli, 47, of Beaver Dam who lived in Suamico, followed her mother in education and coached German at Bay Port High School for 16 years. Hussli had studied German at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
“I really enjoyed German culture,” said Amber Viegut, an Englishwoman from Bay Port.
“He took dozens of children, and added our principal’s son to Germany,” Viegut said. “He made countless trips to Chicago to get to the Christmas market. He has also conducted cultural events at the school. My favorite memory is his annual attire” for Oktoberfest. “
Hussli is believed to be the first schoolteacher in the region to die of COVID-19 since the start of the school year several weeks ago. One colleague said Hussli in elegance in the week of September 8, has fallen ill over the weekend and not able to return to elegance.
He is survived by a husband and a son. His mother died in late August.
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District officials announced they would have councillors friday at Bay Port. In addition, the school will suspend online and in-person categories on Monday and Tuesday, but will be open to academics and staff who wish.
“This news is heartbreaking for everyone who knew Heidi. His positivity and love for his students and career have left a lasting mark on our community,” Superintendent Damian LaCroix wrote in a letter to parents.
Advice can be received by phone or online by appointment.
At noon on Thursday, Bay Port reported nine positive cases of COVID-19, 8 involving academics. Eight staff members and 31 academics were quarantined.
Overall, the Howard-Suamico district reported that a total of two teachers and 10 academics in the district’s 8 schools tested positive for COVID-19. Schools and the district workplace have a total of 130 academics and 30 teachers and are quarantined.
As a component of the school district’s reopening plan, Bay Port students attend user categories two days a week (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday), with distance learning the other two days. remotely and takes component in laboratories, fitness sessions, interest-based learning, clubs/meeting organization. The presence of academics in user on Fridays is not required.
Hussli is remembered at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she studied German.
“Heidi graduated from UW-Green Bay in 1997 and was a long-time German instructor and enjoyed Bay Port,” professor David Coury, who runs UWGB’s German program, said in a statement. Travel with (assistant teacher) Jennifer Ham and me. As an instructor, she took her students to Germany and received many German scholars. “
Coury said UWGB’s German academics “were very moved by their enthusiasm and love for Germany and the German language. “
Officials from the Howard-Suamico School District released Thursday.
To: All HSSD staff
DE: Damian LaCroix and Mike Frieder
SUBJ: Bay Port High School Sad
DATE: September 17, 2020
Dear HSSD Families and Workers:
The purpose of this communication is to inform you of bad news involving one of our collaborators. We are deeply unhappy with the percentage with you that this morning at 10:30 am, we were informed that Heidi Hussli, an instructor at Bay Port High School, died after a brief hospitalization similar to COVID-19.
Heidi’s family circle gave us permission to share the following message: “Our family circle is grateful for Heidi’s friends and colleagues at school. We are devastated by your loss and respectfully ask for confidentiality as we we we mourn and reflect. We are deeply grateful to the staff at St. St. Mary for their professionalism and care. Heidi’s at peace now.
This news is heartbreaking for everyone who knew Heidi. His positivity and support for his academics and his career have left a lasting mark on our community.
The creation of crisis groups brought together academics and staff today in the coming days. In addition, here is a resource to talk to your youth about pain and loss.
Regarding our Bay Port High School schedule on Friday, September 18, PIRATE Time Plus meetings are canceled. Academics and staff with the availability of on-site advisors on Friday. Call 920-662-7325 to make an appointment.
In addition, Bay Port High School will stop our learning plan monday and Tuesday next week, September 21-22, to publicize the well-being of our staff and academics. Students and teachers will not participate online or in person learning activities on those days, however, the school will be open to students and staff they wish to support. Advice will also be provided by phone or online by appointment.
We will continue to compare our protocols with the physical protection of our academics and staff with respect to existing COVID-19 instances and Bay Port quarantine numbers. We will return to the existing schedule at Bay Port on Wednesday, September 23.
Our other will work on your existing schedules.
Please keep Heidi’s family circle in your mind and prayers as we join together to help each other and their circle of family members in these difficult times.
Kindly, Damian LaCroix, Superintendent
Brown County experienced an increase in the number of positive cases in September. In the last seven days, 837 positive cases were reported in 3429 tests for a positive rate of 24. 4%. The positive rate for two weeks is 24. 7%, with 1,463 positive cases of 5,919 tests. Fifty-nine deaths in Brown County were similar to COVID-19.
Contact Doug Schneider at (920) 431-8333, or DSchneid@gannett. com. Follow him on Twitter on @PGDougSchneider