Officials at school districts in Door and Kewaunee counties are adjusting as they go along when it comes to handling COVID-19. While Gibraltar has not had classes in person yet this year, the area’s other seven districts have been able to host most of their students in their buildings for the majority of the year. At Luxemburg-Casco School District, there were 12 active cases among students and staff and 128 additional people out of the building due to COVID-19 as of last Friday. The high school went to remote learning for two weeks in early October. Superintendent Glenn Schlender hopes they are able to smooth out the “implementation dips” over time.

Sevastopol currently has six active cases, which has placed an additional eight people into quarantine. High School principal Adam Baier says they have learned how important technology can be in times like these.

According to COVID-19 dashboards at other districts, Sturgeon Bay has approximately eight students and staff with positive cases and another 121 in quarantine. Southern Door has five active cases among its students and staff while quarantining another 129. Gibraltar stands at zero active cases, but will not have in-person instruction until at least November 20th pending a decision by its school board. Algoma School District does not have a dashboard, but in its most recent communication with parents, Superintendent Nick Cochart wrote that it has not been uncommon for approximately 25 percent of their staff to be unavailable at a given time. Kewaunee and Washington Island do not have dashboards with their COVID-19 statistics posted.