Depending on where they go to school, some students may get an early spring break before their scheduled one. The school districts of Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Kewaunee, and Algoma all canceled classes for Tuesday before 1:30 p.m. Monday. Gibraltar, Washington Island, and Luxemburg-Casco are already on spring break this week.
Kewaunee School District Superintendent Scott Fritz says that with Tuesday being their fourth snow day of the school year, they will make up the day lost in May. Some school districts in the state will use virtual learning to keep their students on schedule, but Fritz adds that connectivity issues throughout the county made the built-in snow day a better option for them.
It marks the second straight day schools have been closed due to the winter storm. According to the National Weather Service, more than a foot of snow has fallen across the area, with totals climbing to between 2 and 3 feet farther north.
Kewaunee has seen 11.5 inches of snow fall over the last 24 hours, while Algoma has received more than 20 inches. Sturgeon Bay and Egg Harbor have each recorded more than 33 inches.
The cities of Algoma and Kewaunee, the village of Sister Bay and the town of Gibraltar have all issued snow-related emergency orders as a result of the storm.
