Your opportunity to weigh in on universal masking at Sturgeon Bay Schools could be coming later this month. Last week, a Sturgeon Bay School District parent told DoorCountyDailyNews.com that she and other parents collected over 200 signatures for the school board to review their decision last month to make masking optional. District Superintendent Dan Tjernagel says he understands the frustration on both sides, especially as school districts in Green Bay, Appleton, and Oshkosh have gone to universal masking. He says he has been in contact with the parents, but it is up to the school board to call a special meeting ahead of the regular session coming up on September 15th or wait until then to discuss it.

In a recent DoorCountyDailyNews.com poll, over 64 percent of the 525 respondents say students should be required to wear masks at schools until the spread of the Delta variant lessens. Thirty percent of respondents argue that it should not be required and five percent believe the policy should only be required for those not eligible for vaccinations.  On Tuesday, Sevastopol will join Southern Door, Algoma, Luxemburg-Casco, Kewaunee, and Sturgeon Bay in making the practice optional for its staff and students. At the same time, Gibraltar students and staff will all have to mask up regardless of vaccination status like they do at Washington Island and St. John Bosco schools. It comes after health officials at the local, state, and federal levels encouraged masking for everybody inside a school setting due to low vaccination numbers among students, many of which are not even eligible.