The final first day of school in Door County began on Tuesday with hundreds of Gibraltar students learning from home. Gibraltar Area Schools was the only district to not open the year with some kind of in-person component. The district opted for a threshold plan that will correspond with the COVID-19 activity level for the county and the number of new cases at the schools once in-person classes resume. Gibraltar Secondary School principal Gereon Methner says the teachers worked hard to improve on their digital teaching this fall to include more opportunities to engage with their students. He adds the district invested in their teachers to help them teach more effectively as well.

Methner says 28 is the magic number for families wishing to see their kids go back to the Fish Creek campus for classes. As long as the number of new cases in Door County over a two-week span stays under that number, parents would have the option to send their kids to school. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services updates its COVID-19 activity level every Wednesday, which is when Gibraltar will make its call for classes beginning September 14th.