Wisconsin schools, including those in Door and Kewaunee Counties, had to make adjustments in teaching, food services, and transportation to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Local school officials hope those adjustments can help guide education operations during future crises. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Report on Virtual Instruction and School Operations During the Public Health Emergency 2019-2020 School Year surveyed all public school districts.  The  60-page report outlined how each district handled virtual remote learning and non-virtual instruction.  That included providing computers and WIFI hotspots to kids or printed materials for use at home. It also looked at how some districts tried their own approaches to meeting some COVID-19 related challenges.  Sturgeon Bay School Superintendent Dan Tjernagel says this was a huge learning experience for educators on teaching during a major crisis.

Many districts followed similar approaches in remote learning, teaching schedules, and reassigning school personnel to other tasks.  Sevastopol School Superintendent Kyle Luedtke says there was no one-size-fits-all for some school operations.  He believes, however, that documenting the responses will help future educators plan for future crises.

Luedtke believes school administrators will do a lot of note comparisons when they meet virtually later this month.