Sturgeon Bay School District Superintendent Dan Tjernagel is not quite ready to throw in the towel on the traditional snow day. School districts in Neenah, Stevens Point, and Wauwatosa have replaced their snow days with virtual learning days. Gibraltar Area Schools notified parents on Wednesday ahead of the storm that it would shift to remote learning if the building was closed. Tjernagel says the district has not gone into a deep discussion about the topic but raised the possibility of it during the fall. He believes switching to remote learning would be better for colder stretches of weather when temperatures are unsafe for kids to be out.

Tjernagel says icy roads and cold are a bigger determination for days off from school compared to snow. The switch to virtual learning may be needed next week when overnight lows are expected to be below zero and high temperatures are not expected to reach the double digits.