Staff at Gibraltar Secondary School will get to see many of their students in-person for the first time since last March this Monday and Tuesday.  Students in sixth, eighth, ninth, and twelfth grades will be in the building on Monday, and on Tuesday it will be orientation day for kids in grades seven, ten, and eleven.  After that, the two groups will alternate weeks until Gibraltar Secondary School enters phase two of its reopening plan. When they are not in the building, students will still be learning remotely five days a week. For families opting to not allow their kids back, they will learn synchronously with the students who are in the classroom. School will look different than it did pre-pandemic with students and staff members masking up among other mitigation efforts. Principal Gereon Methner says he is just happy to be able to see students get off the bus and walk through the hallways again.

Methner says it varies by grade level, but up to 75 percent of kids will be returning to the classroom. Gibraltar Elementary School will be in Phase 2 of their reopening plan, which allows more students in the building. High school-aged students participating on the school’s athletic teams have been able to come to the building for practices and games since their seasons started in late November.